The “Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration” will be held this Sunday at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) Auditorium, gathering experts, specialists and scholars to discuss technical knowledge and case-study experiences in heritage preservation.
Promoting public awareness of heritage preservation and restoration, the free-admission symposium will be hosted by the Centre for the Preservation and Transmission of the Cultural Heritage of the Palace Museum in Macao, according to a recent statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). Registration, which has been open since Saturday, will end today and can be done via one’s Macao One Account.
The symposium, which will be conducted in Putonghua and English with simultaneous translation in both languages, will feature Palace Museum Conservation Standards Department Director Qu Liang; metals conservation expert Ian Miles from Australia; Amalia Siatou, a senior heritage conservation expert from Greece; and University of Macau (UM) Research Assistant Professor Kin Hong Ip.
The speakers will tackle topics including the state of heritage preservation in the Chinese mainland, best practices for restoring and maintaining metals and bronze, and their experiences with, and opinions about, the conservation of the bronze statues at the façade of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ruins of St. Paul’s. They will also share insights through case studies of practices with conservation efforts in Australia and Greece, among others. A Q&A session will also be included.
The statement highlighted that the centre has been conducting restoration and maintenance works on the seven bronze statues at the façade of the Ruins of St. Paul’s in phases, with the second phase of restoration work underway.
The statement said that the Sunday symposium will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. One can find more details on www.icm.gov.mo, as well as the bureau’s Facebook page and WeChat account.
This image recently provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) shows the four speakers invited for this Sunday’s “Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration”.
