Based on the results of the cooperation between the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” and the experts of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, the specialists in crate building and fine arts shipping Chris Barber and Ashley McGrew presented drawings to build protective packaging (crates) for unique monumental slate slabs with relief compositions of the 11th century from the collection of the Preserve.
The Round Table was organized by the UNC ICOMOS together with the World Monument Fund and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. Experts of UNC ICOMOS, as well as representatives of Ukrainian World Heritage properties, and sites included in the Tentative List, were invited to participate in the meeting.
On May 31, 2022, an online meeting of the National Focal Point of ICCROM Ukraine Anatoliy Antoniuk with the Senior Program Leader of ICCROM program "First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis" Aparna Tandon took place.
We continue consultations with experts from the Smithsonian Institute. This time the meeting was joined by Corine Wegener, Director of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, Jenifer Bosworth, Exhibitions Conservator, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Chris Barber, a crate builder for a fine arts shipping company, and Ashley McGrew, a preparator at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.
In the framework of the cooperation of the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” with the Blue Shield of Great Britain, the University of the West England, and the Association of Art and Heritage Consultants “Exhibition Team” the second online meeting took place. Participants discussed thematic areas of joint workshops and consultations on improving the methodology of digital inventory of movable and immovable monuments of the Preserve during the war.
Thematic areas: - church institutions’ activity during wars and armed conflicts in historical, historiographical, and source dimensions; - preservation of sacred monuments during military actions: historical retrospective and today’s challenges; - digitalization as one of the important areas of heritage protection and museum activity; - written monuments in the digital world: preservation, systematization, and promotion; - restoration and reconstruction of monuments damaged by hostilities; - archaeological research in the areas affected by hostilities: history and contemporary international practices; - interfaith dialogue and relations between the Church and the State in wartime: historical and legal aspect.
The National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” has started cooperation with the National Committee of the Blue Shield of Great Britain, the University of the West England and the Association of Art and Heritage Consultants “Exhibition Team” with a project aimed at enhancing the methodology of the digital inventory of the movable and immovable monuments of the Preserve, strengthening the technical base, as well as providing training programs for the Preserve staff to create 3D modeling of the most valuable monuments in order to preserve them.
