How often do you think about what kind of care and maintenance museum exhibits need? We are sure only if you go through special installations to control temperature and humidity in museum halls.
But in fact, there is a lot of work going on “behind” the exhibitions that cannot be seen with the ordinary eye. We learned about this by holding a press conference on September 21, where Samsung Electronics and the State Hermitage presented their restoration projects under the “Link of Times – Link of Technologies” program.
It turned out that the partners have been collaborating under this program since 2007. During this period, such valuable exhibits were restored as a music box with a clock “Birdcage” by the master Pierre Jaquet Droz, a mechanical “Bureau with Apollo” from the workshop of David Roentgen, a large table clock with an organ belonging to the master Pierre Jaquet Droz. To Catherine II, made by the English master Eardley Norton and others.
Agree, when you are stunned by the detail and luxury of the exhibits in the Hermitage, you cannot even imagine how this value has passed over the centuries and is not only preserved, but also useful. At Russia’s (and perhaps the world’s) most famous museum, restoration artists at the State Hermitage Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Clocks and Musical Mechanisms are working meticulously to ensure that history and art continue to beat with their mechanical mechanisms. hearts. And Samsung experts help them in this most complex and delicate matter.
As Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, correctly noted: “The joint work of Samsung and Hermitage is an excellent example of stable, calm and intelligent cooperation. It focuses on two areas that are fundamentally important to the mission of both institutions: sophisticated technologies of the past and present, and modern technologies at the service of the audience. The name Samsung appears very often in the halls and texts of the Hermitage”
But let’s get back to the name that leaves no one indifferent: Carl Faberge. This year the same forces are working on Carl Faberge’s St. He will restore the egg-shaped clock created in 1902 by the masters of his company in St. Petersburg.
Check out what this watch can do: There is a music mechanism hidden at the top of the device. The original feature of this work is the gold-enameled and diamond-covered rooster. According to the masters, he was supposed to appear every hour and sing for 15 seconds by flapping his wings and bowing his head.
To be honest, even from the descriptions I get goosebumps and I really want to look at the watch with my own eyes. We will wait for the restoration work to be completed and immediately buy tickets to the Northern capital.
Source: People Talk
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