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The CRC works on three cross-cutting themes corresponding to the fundamental missions of its teams: carry out applied research on heritage objects

Unique in the international landscape of cultural property conservation, the Conservation Research Centre is made up of three research teams based at the...

The CRC Unit Director is Christine Andraud The Deputy Unit Director is Marie-Angélique Languille

Through its supervisory bodies, the CRC is involved in various federative structures active in the field of heritage, which, in addition to national (ANR,...

Decree no. 95-1300 of December 19, 1995, creating the Établissement public de la Cité de la musique, created the Musée de la musique within the...

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is an analytical technique allowing the identification of chemical elements present in materials composing the analyzed objects....

Le pôle « Matériaux photographiques » du CRCC a pour mission de développer les connaissances sur les procédés photographiques anciens, les matériaux et leur...

The cross-examination of the decoration of musical instruments and their representation in the visual arts underpins an important research program...

The “Musical Instrument and Sound Heritage” theme focuses on the musical instrument as a source of sound, in order to answer transdisciplinary questions...

The theme 'History of Collections' aims to investigate and document the diverse and specific journeys of the objects in the museum's collection,...

The mission of the CRCC's Leather and Parchment section is to develop our knowledge on ancient techniques used to manufacture leather, parchment and...

The mission of the CRCC's "Tracings" group is to develop characterization of the materiality of the various tracings present on cultural heritage objects,...

The origins of the CRC go back to the Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Documents Graphiques (CRCDG). Here is a text (from its origins to ARSAG)...

The CRC's equipment, medium-weight instruments