From May 19 to 21, the State Hermitage Museum's Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center will host the conference "Stained Glass: History, Restoration, Study, and Research."
The program includes:
- scientific research to study the monument. Issues of stained glass attribution;
- pre-restoration technological research in the conservation and restoration of stained glass;
- experience and methods of restoration and refurbishment of stained glass located outside museum collections;
- challenges and specifics of stained glass display;
- the use of modern restoration materials, traditional technologies, and the challenges of repeated stained glass restoration;
- volunteer efforts to preserve stained glass outside museum collections.