Mission and Profile

Art and museums’ collections have to meet numerous expectations. Not only, are they experienced on an aesthetic level and as the expression of previous cultures. More than ever, cultural heritage has become an important resource for science and education. All of which is leading to intense object utilization and increased hazards to collections.

The preservation of cultural heritage is the core of Co.Co Heritage’s work. It is aligned to balance current conservation standards, collections requirements and museums expectations.

Co.Co Heritage focusses on long-term conservation stategies for art and historic collections, archives and libraries, as well as archaeological sites. Services include preventive conservation consultancy, especially collections and risk assessments, disaster preparedness, as well as storage improvement, exhibition monitoring and display solutions.

Co.Co Heritage also offers active conservation and restoration services, starting with object documentation and material analysis, and leading to treatment and preservation concepts for historical and archaeological objects of all matter.

Collections Management

As an integral part of preventive conservation, collections condition assessment aims to improve object and collections state of preservation. Evauation of collections are performed on-site, and are always complemented by records of environmental parameters, as well as procedure improvements. Finally, in-house education completes assessments in order to develop individually fitted, and independent preventive strategies.

Disaster Preparedness

The past fifteen years have seen numerous catastrophic incidents occurring to museums, archives or libraries due to geo-climatic phenomena, or technical and anthropogenic deficiencies. All of which led to severe damage on objects and loss of collections. According to international guidelines cultural heritage institutions need to elaborate disaster preparedness concepts, including information on evacuation, salvation and first-aid treatments.

Risk Assessment

While collections assessment deals with common hazards, and disaster preparedness focusses on extraordinary situations, risk assessment provides a comprehensive understanding of institutions settings, policies, and the state of collection preservation. Risk assessment aims to evaluate situations with regard to the future outcome of present risks, resulting in quantified preventive measures and determined actions for risk mitigation and control.