New lecture series deals with cultural heritage under pressure

The lecture marks the start of the "Heritage under Pressure" series organised by the Institute of History of Art and Architecture.

When cultural heritage is threatened by natural disasters, fires, accidents or other crises, action must be taken quickly. For this reason, the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA) and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) established the KulturGutRetter project. Its aim is to provide emergency care for museums, monuments, collections and archives in a crisis situation. Cultural property experts are developing equipment, software, minimum standard procedures (MSP) and training courses that make it possible to cover the tasks of damage assessment, salvage and emergency care for mobile cultural heritage such as statues, ceramics or archives and immobile cultural heritage such as architectural monuments.

The presentation "KulturGutRetter. Developing an emergency response unit for cultural heritage in times of crisis" by Dr.-Ing. Katja Piesker, Scientific Director and Head of the Architecture Department at the German Archaeological Institute, will kick off the "Heritage under Pressure" lecture series organised by the Institute of History of Art and Architecture.

Location: BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg main campus \ Lecture theatre B in the Central Lecture Theatre Building (ZHG)
All interested parties are cordially invited. All lectures will be held in English.