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Tuesday till Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00
Thursday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Monday closed
Tuesday till Wednesday and Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 19:00
Saturday till Monday closed
Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Long Night of the Museums 06.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 23:59
Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2025 0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00
Knabenschiessen 15.09.2025 closed
Family Day 19.10.2025 10:00 - 17:00
22.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
23.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
27.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
28.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
30.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00
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Show allMICMAC_II (Microbes for the Archaeological Wood Conservation_II) is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and conducted under the lead of the University of Neuchatel (Prof Edith Joseph).
The aim of the project is to examine in how far the decay of marine waterlogged woods (e.g. ships), or even freshwater finds, can be prevented by removing the sulphur and iron compounds lodged in the object. For this purpose, the use of biological agents (sulphur-oxidizing bacteria and iron-binding complexes) is now being tested on the wood, prior to any regular conservation steps.
Partners in the project are the Swiss National Museum, the Archäologische Dienst Bern (ADB), the Haute Ecole Arc Neuchatel, and Arc’Antique (France). The SNM is tasked with carrying out analyses and lab tests and preserving various pre-treated samples.
The biological pre-treatment of waterlogged woods from marine and freshwater environments was shown to be successful through this project.
Publications
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/2/203
Project participants
Head of Conservation Research, Deputy Head of the Collection Centre