Academic thesis
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The Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum and Archive at the Ernst-Haeckel-House, also known as Villa Medusa, hosts an exhibition area displaying the Zeitgeist of the 19th century - built and devised by the zoologist, Darwinian and freethinker Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel. Subject of this Master-Thesis is the table of the ´´Pithecanthropus´´ (1878) –a box-table with pedestal and inserted photographs, given to Ernst Haeckel personally as a sign of esteem and gratefulness by the so-called ´´Dienstags-Verein´´ at Apolda. The aim is to investigate and document its condition, to outline a suitable conservation concept and the optimisation of the use and storage within the given facilities of the exhibition area at the Ernst-Haeckel-House. Cultural and scientific studies were executed to determine the materials of the box-table and an overview of the beginning of photography (1826-1924) and today´s level of awareness of the conservation of photographs is given. Technologies which are used in wood and furniture restoration as well as inconservation of photographs are discussed to find adequate conservation methods suitable for the treatment of the´´Pithecanthropus´´ box-table. Finally, a concept of measures for preventive conservation is outlined to improve the given conditions at the place of storage, in order to support the display within the exhibition area especially after the renovation of the historic building in 2019.
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- academic institution: FH Erfurt
- kind of theses: Masterarbeit
- date: 2019
- Language: German
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