Art Conservation and Research Centre

Abstract

The preservation of cultural heritage is extremely important. Expressions of culture can be passed down in different ways, including artistic expressions, objects, buildings, skills, relics and crafts. It can be difficult to preserve historical artefacts as they can fall into poor condition and finding ways to preserve or restore them is crucial to retaining a culture’s heritage. A team of researchers at the Art Conservation and Research Centre, Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan, is working on projects seeking to restore and preserve cultural relics and artefacts. The team is led by the University’s Vice Chancellor Dr Bo-Wen Huang who is interested in how innovative technologies can be harnessed to meet the Research Centre’s goals. A primary focus for the researchers is on preserving cultural and art assets located in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. Currently, the preservation and development of cultural heritage in this region is limited to the development of humanities and the social sciences but Huang believes it’s important to integrate other domains. He sees great room for improvement in the concept and implementation of cultural assets preservation and restoration in Southeast Asia. The Conservation and Research Centre takes inspiration from Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong as they have shown significant improvement in the field of cultural asset preservation. An important area for the team is on promoting international academic exchanges and cooperation, as well as collaborating with local art transportation companies and checking local imported and exported artworks.