Luminita Paul

Preventive Conservator Expert MC Biologist Investigator Expert MCThe National Museum of Banat, Timișoara, Romania Work experience: She has been working as a cultural heritage specialist for 30 years.Education: BA in Biology, Faculty of Biology TimișoaraMA in European Cultural Policies, Faculty of Arts and Design, The West University of TimișoaraUniversity of Applied Sciences and Art, Hornemann Institute, Faculty of Conservation and Restoration, Hildesheim, course “Microbial Infestation of Objects of Art and Cultural Heritage”

 

INVESTIGATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ROMANIA
PAST AND PERSPECTIVES

Established in 1974, the Romanian System for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage on a scientific basis.

In Romania there are three professional categories: conservators, restorers, investigators, chemists, physicists and biologists. In recent years, measures have been taken to train a new generation of investigators in all three specializations. The most important techniques that they use are pXRF X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD).

The Zonal Restoration Laboratory has been operating within the Banat National Museum since 1975. With the re-establishment of the research sector in recent years, it became the first Laboratory in the western region of Romania that employs a chemist, who is in training, and a biologist.

The technical equipment currently includes a pXRF Brucker Tracer 5.i, a Zeiss Imager A2 m material research microscope, and soon a Zeiss Axiolab 5 biological investigation microscope.

In addition, we initiated a project for a Center for Conservation, Restoration and Systemic Research of Cultural Heritage.

As national cultural heritage is an element of national security, the preservation of material and immaterial memory is a priority of cultural policies on both national and local levels.