Academic thesis

Bigna Ludwig: Mummies in Museums. back

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Abstract: Different professional disciplines are dealing with mummies in museums. They have different professional interests and different opinions about the correct way to deal with mummies. It’s important not only to know the ethical guidelines of one’s own profession but also to look at the situation from different points of view. Furthermore it was considered to be helpful to have a strategy for decision-making in conservation. The dutch „Decision-Making-Model“ for conservation of contemporary art was adapted to mummies in museums. It was then applied to a peruvian childmummy from the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim, resulting in a conservation concept. Proposed was a storage and display mount fabricated with rapid prototyping technique from biocompatible material. This method is used in medical surgery and thus is taking account of the mummy’s original humanity.

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  • academic institution: Technische Hochschule Köln
  • kind of theses:  Diplomarbeit
  • main Tutor:  Prof. Dr. Annemarie Stauffer
  • assistant Tutor:  Brigitte Majlis
  • date:  2006
  • Language:  German
  • pages:  146
  • pictures:  66
 
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 10.5165/hawk-hhg/113

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