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Calling Paul Storch, calling Paul Storch
- Thread starter Rob Markoff
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Wow. Thanks for sharing this, Rob.
That is horrible. Hopefully the damage can be reversed.
Hugh and Paul to the rescue?
We visited there before it moved to the new location, and were surprised how everything is out in the open and can be touched. This was in an acrylic box in its own room. I was surprised how small it was compared to what I had perceived from seeing it on TV.
Hugh and Paul to the rescue?
We visited there before it moved to the new location, and were surprised how everything is out in the open and can be touched. This was in an acrylic box in its own room. I was surprised how small it was compared to what I had perceived from seeing it on TV.
Paul Storch
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That is horrible. Hopefully the damage can be reversed.
Hugh and Paul to the rescue?
We visited there before it moved to the new location, and were surprised how everything is out in the open and can be touched. This was in an acrylic box in its own room. I was surprised how small it was compared to what I had perceived from seeing it on TV.
I think that this says it all in the article that Jim attached:
"Museum employees are required to inform the Ministry of Antiquities of damage to any artifacts to that specialists can be called in for repairs. For whatever reason, however, they abandoned this protocol. Several sources report that the head of the renovations team, Elham Abdelrahman, instead called in her husband, also a museum employee."
This comes down to poor management and an ingrained culture of incompetent management (politics, nepotism, etc.) trumping the work of experts. It's certainly not unique to the Egyptian Museum, as I can attest to. The museum has received a lot of outside conservation assistance over the recent decades, so they are certainly not cut off from modern conservation methods and practices. This speaks to their internal communication and planning, and shows what can happen in any museum when that is dysfunctional.
The mask will obviously never be the same again, but with the proper treatment, the epoxy can be swelled with methylene chloride and other solvents to remove as much as possible and a proper mend performed. The scratches can probably be reduced. The joint might need an internal support at this point, especially if they intend to travel the mask again. The sooner that the adhesive can be removed, the better to avoid further cross-linking and discoloration.
facepalm
