On the 6th and 7th of November 2008 Museum Boerhaave organises an international conference on anatomical models in their scientific and cultural context. The reason for this conference to be organised is the restoration of the Museum Boerhaave collection of Auzoux’s papier-mâché anatomical models.

The conference focuses on the multidisciplinarity of modern day conservation of anatomical models. Today a restoration project needs historical as well as technical input. In four sessions the subject is approached from different angles:

I) Materiality of models

II) Papier-mâché in science and arts

III) The Auzoux project

IV) Changing roles of anatomical models

Museum Boerhaave invites historians of science, art historians and conservators with an interest in anatomical models, whether made from wax, plaster, papier-mâché or glass, to attend this conference.

The organising committee:

Elizabet Nijhoff Asser, Conservator Mooie Boeken,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bart Grob, Curator Museum Boerhaave,

Leiden, The Netherlands

Contact:

Bart Grob

Museum Boerhaave

National Museum for the History of Science and Medicine

Leiden, The Netherlands

Email: research@museumboerhaave.nl

Visit the website at http://www.museumboerhaave.nl

Location:

Museum Boerhaave

Lange St Agnietenstraat 10

2312 WC Leiden

The Netherlands

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