6th International Scientific and Practical Seminar «Document Restoration: Conservatism and Innovation»

21 июня 2022 года

On April 5-9, 2022, the 6th International Scientific and Practical Seminar «Document Restoration: Conservatism and Innovation» was held in Moscow in the Russian State Library. The seminar has a long history and has proved itself as a professional platform for experience exchange, professional development and presentation of innovations in the field of document heritage restoration.

Seminar programm


Photo credit: Maria Govtvan, RSL

This year, more than 350 people from various organizations of Russia, the CIS and European countries attended it in person and on-line. During the three working days of the seminar, there were presented 14 live reports, 6 video reports with the opportunity of viewing them through a QR code. Specialists of the largest restoration centers in Russia and the CIS conducted 14 workshops and 2 practical classes.

On behalf of the organizers, awards were presented to participants for their contribution to the development and formation of the seminar.

For the first time, there were introduced two new methods, the authors of which are specialists of the State Historical Museum and the Grabar Art Conservation Center.

Scanning in the Transmitted Infrared (940 nm) and Visible Ranges of the Spectrum of Flat Originals Transparent and Partially Transparent to IR Rays for Visualization of Damaged Images.

«Technology for Restoring a Lost Fragment of an Image on Documents»

Following the seminar, there were published the Proceedings of the Scientific and Practical Seminar «Document Restoration: Conservatism and Innovation — 2022».

The protection of cultural heritage has been and remains our top priority!

Organizing Committee


Day 1. Official opening and reports

Day 2. Plenary session

Day 3. Plenary session