Using an interdisciplinary approach inspired by science and technology studies, and combining museological and sociological perspectives, this groundbreaking study of museum storerooms sheds new light on the world of art and cultural heritage conservation.
Tiziana Nicoletta Beltrame is an anthropologist at the University of Padua. Her investigations, carried out in various European museums, focus on the creation and circulation of knowledge relating to the conservation practices of art, ethnography and science and technology collections.
Yaël Kreplak is a sociologist who develops a pragmatic approach to the conservation of artworks, focusing in particular on their installation, documentation and restoration.
