Vatican Museums

The final appointment before the summer break in the Thursdays in the Museums Conference cycle. Restoration & Experimentation. Application of new materials in the restoration of paper and leather artefacts. Four case studies is the title of the meeting scheduled for Thursday 16 June at 04.00 p.m. in the Vatican Museums Conference Hall.

Professor Ulderico Santamaria, director of the Diagnostic Laboratory for Conservation and Restoration of the Vatican Museums, will introduce the all-female panel. The initiative will involve presentations by Dr. Chiara Fornaciari da Passano, coordinator of the Paper Restoration Laboratory of the "Pope's Museums", along with four new graduates from the Tor Vergata University of Rome, interns for the year 2015–16 in the same restoration laboratory: Sara Bernabucci, Ilaria Camerini, Marta Cesaretti and Clarissa Coletti.