Our work

covers a range of activities directly carried out on heritage sites in order to facilitate their enjoyment, understanding and use. Activities are carried out in cases where the value or function of the cultural heritage has been lost due to past alterations or deterioration. Restoration activities are based on respect for the original material and the historical context.

Between 2018 and 2022, a very large and technically demanding project was carried out on the ceiling painting at the top of the staircase of the Gruber Palace.

The painting technology in Vittore's organ paintings is very different from the series of paintings kept by the Academy in Venice. They are painted in thinner layers of colour and the texture of the canvas is more pronounced. Vittore must have been aware of the fact that the paintings would be a rich visual decoration of a musical instrument, and he adapted his technique accordingly.

Benedetto's canvas preparation is made up of several different layers and is applied in thick coats. The layers of colour are also more pronounced in the son's work than in his father's. The similarity between the two painters can be found in the pigments used, where cinnabar, lead red, orpigment, natural ochre, enamel, azurite, etc. were specified for both artists.

Rescuing a piece of artwork by painter Maks Kavčič - a graffito from the former Trbovlje Machine Factory

The ZVKDS is an active member of a number of international institutions and associations. Together with our partners, we organise and carry out various international development tasks, organise educational and promotional programmes, and participate in numerous domestic and international projects. We pay particular attention to scientific research activities.

Excellent international cooperation has led the Research Institute (RI) to partner in the E-RHIS project. The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science ( www.e-rihs.eu ) was already included in the priority list of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures ("ESFRI Roadmap") with an excellent rating in 2016 and E-RIHS was included among the international priority projects in the field of research infrastructures. In the framework of the IPERION HS project, we have provided access to research to five projects.

European Heritage Days, as the name suggests, are a joint action of many European countries under the auspices of the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Almost every year, a new community joins the ranks of participants, and each year the organisers choose a different theme to showcase Europe's cultural heritage to the local public, Europeans and the world.

The basic idea of InnoRenew is to develop and operate a new InnoRenew CoE, dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge scientific research in the field of renewable materials.

The role of the ZVKDS Restoration Centre in the project: Analysis of the regional situation in the strategic analysis of cultural heritage competences and professional profiles at EU level, elaboration of professional standards, participation in the dissemination of the project, improve the role of Slovenian cultural heritage at international level, organising an international workshop in the framework of WP2 and WP3.