{"id":7622,"date":"2025-03-12T14:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.salvador-dali.org\/obra\/conservacio-i-restauracio\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:11:46","slug":"conservation-and-restoration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.salvador-dali.org\/en\/artwork\/conservation-and-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation and restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About the department<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The department centres its activity on the preventive conservation and restoration of works in the collection. It performs this work based on meticulous documentation and study of the techniques and materials Dal\u00ed used, in order to gain a deeper understanding of his oeuvre and the ageing processes affecting his works. When necessary to achieve these objectives, the department works closely with other areas of the Foundation, coordinating interdisciplinary teams of specialists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Preventive conservation<\/h2>\n

The Foundation museums\u2019 collections include a vast array of object types. Dal\u00ed\u2019s works and legacy are moreover famously singular. The result is a profusion of highly diverse installations created using a wide range of techniques and materials, whose conservation poses an exceptional challenge for conservators and restorers. Additionally, the unusual nature of the architectural and museum spaces \u2013 the former theatre in Figueres or the compact spaces of the repurposed fisherman\u2019s huts in Portlligat \u2013 means that specific environmental control strategies and solutions are required for each case.<\/p>\n

Preventive conservation comprises a series of measures and tasks aimed at minimizing alterations to works caused by ageing of the materials over time or by external factors, such as handling, in order to prevent future damage and deterioration and, thus, the need for restoration. Accordingly, the restorers\u2019 work is focused on prevention programmes, defining exhibition systems and materials, addressing storage and transport issues, and supervising the packing and movement of works.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n\n \n \n

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