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National Museum of Denmark.
Copenhagen, Denmark:
The National Museum is Denmark's primary cultural history museum. Housed in
a beautiful eighteenth-century palace in the centre of Copenhagen, the extensively
renovated and extended museum is a vibrant cultural centre, offering a broad
spectrum of exhibitions and activities. The permanent collections portray more
than 10.000 years of history, providing insights into the world of the past
and foreign cultures worldwide. The various temporary exhibitions focus upon
a number of different periods and themes. Exhibitions on a smaller scale take
place throughout the year in the museum's foyer and exhibition halls.
The Conservation Department has about 80 conservators and a small support and
administrative staff. Most of the workshops are in an old factory in Brede,
a northern suburb of Copenhagen. The department conserves the collection of
the National Museum. It also works for other institutions and individuals on
a non profit basis, covering about half of its expenses in this way. The department
conducts research in conservation processes and in historic techniques of fabrication
and decoration.
Function is to advise on microclimates surrounding paintings and participate
in their monitoring. They will provide assistance with regard to the role of
moisture transfer through the wall and floor structure and its effect on the
microclimate of paintings with and without backboards. this is of interest to
NT and in this way they will complement each other.