04.09.2024 The presentation of the "OPEN RESTORATION CENTER"
On September 4, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan invites you to the presentation of the "OPEN RESTORATION CENTER" aimed at expanding visitors' knowledge about the restoration and conservation of museum artifacts.
The purpose of the opening of the restoration center is: to preserve and protect museum objects, to ensure their accessibility to the public by further showing them to visitors.
Restoration and conservation of museum objects is one of the main and complex areas of museum activity, which includes a set of measures aimed at preserving, restoring and preventing the destruction of exhibits.
The Restoration Department of the Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established in 1978. Specialists of the restoration department carry out complex and step-by-step work on the restoration of wood, leather, bone, metal, ceramics, fabric, as well as works of art, making a significant contribution to the restoration and careful storage of museum valuables.
The Open Restoration Center solves several tasks: demonstration to museum visitors of various directions of museum restoration; familiarization of visitors with the peculiarities of technologies and methods of restoration and conservation of museum valuables; presentation of restored museum objects (archaeological, ethnographic materials, historical documents and manuscripts from the museum fund, etc.); to show the important role of the profession of "restorer" in preservation and restoration historical, artistic and cultural values; providing opportunities for visitors to study and receive advice on the preservation and conservation of historical values; developing cooperation with museum specialists and researchers of the republic to ensure the best practice of preserving and interpreting collections.
As part of the presentation, a round table on the topic "Methods of restoration of cultural heritage sites" will be held: SPEAKERS - Majer Masanov "Restoration works implemented within the framework of the UNESCO Silk Road project", coordinator of the Unesco and the European Union Silk Road project; Aizhan Bekkulova, Chairman of the Union of Artisans of Kazakhstan, Member and expert of the National Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage Elina Altynbekova "Renaissance of the carved door of the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi: conservation and restoration", designer and restorer of the Scientific Restoration Laboratory "Island of Krym".
During the opening of the Restoration Center, the staff of the Central Museum will present demonstration workshops in the following areas:
• Restoration of ceramics (Kurakbayev A.M.);
• Restoration of woven carpets and products (Ibraeva D.);
• Restoration of felt carpets and products (Mekebayeva G.);
• Restoration of clothes and fabrics (Perova O.);
• Restoration of metal (Shaikenov B.);
• Restoration of paintings and works of art (Zamanbekova Sh.).
The opening of the Restoration Center will increase interest in the museum and attract the attention of both visitors and specialists (restorers, art historians, artists, masters of decorative and applied arts, etc.), the scientific community, as well as all those interested in preserving the historical and cultural heritage of Kazakhstan.
As part of the presentation, unique exhibits will be presented – dimensional drawings of the washing of the detail of the majolin border of the Gur-khana dome, the unfolding of the facade of the corner three-quarter majolica column with fragments of the panel of the northern niche of Kazanlak, the restoration project of khanaka Kazanlak, etc. the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi complex, XIV century. (Turkestan, Turkestan region), made by the famous researcher Mankovskaya Liya Yulievna, Doctor of Art History, Soviet researcher of architecture of Central Asia and Kazakhstan of the IX – early XX centuries, prepared for restoration work. As well as pencil drawings of the carved door to the tomb of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi were made by the artist Kenbaev Moldakhmet Syzdykovich (1925-1993), Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR.
The Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan invites you to the opening of the Restoration Center.
Phone numbers for inquiries: press service, 87016781538, Ainur Maulen 8 (727) 2642680.