A Review on Conservational Methodologies of Tangible Cultural Artifacts from Environmental Corrosion

Abstract

Tangible cultural heritage are invaluable assets inherited from our ancestors, encompassing transformative skills, culture, tradition, knowledge and practice, passed down by generations to generation. It is sad to say that, these assets are at brink of deterioration, and vandalism from both pernicious natural forces and relentless time laps. There is an urgent need of preserving and carefully transferring these treasures to the future generations. The main objective of our study is to provide basic knowledge for the conservation of cultural artifacts. With this investigation, we lay stress on the significance of cultural artifacts, delve the factors influencing corrosion, talk about cleaning methods and stressing the use of inhibitor or protective coating to shield them from further decay. Our study emphasizes the urgent need of development of new methodologies and strategies to safeguard these assets from ruinous events. In addition, it also present ongoing efforts applied in transmission and preservation of these metallic artifacts in their original form.

Keywords

• Conservation
• Corrosion
• Cultural Heritage
• Preservation
• Artifacts
• Prevention

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