What is the protection of cultural relics in museums? What if cultural relics are stolen?

In recent years, with the continuous development of science and technology, the protection of cultural relics in museums is getting better and better. But decades ago, people's awareness of anti-theft of cultural relics was not as high as it is now, and many cultural relics were stolen. For example, the national first-class cultural relic plain gauze clothes were stolen. When unearthed, there were two pieces, one weighing 48 grams and the other weighing 49 grams. However, during the search, in order to destroy the evidence, two plain gauze clothes were destroyed. Although every effort was made to rescue it, only the plain gauze clothes we see now were destroyed. I'm really sorry. So what is the current cultural relics protection work? Cultural relics protection can be roughly divided into three aspects.

1. Cultural Relics Restoration

Many cultural relics are incomplete when unearthed because of their age. Is it necessary? Heritage doctor? Repair these damaged cultural relics. Different kinds of cultural relics have different restoration methods. But what can be unified is that restoring cultural relics is a work that requires enough patience and care. It is necessary to ensure that cultural relics are not damaged in the process of restoration, and the integrity after restoration is guaranteed.

2. Cultural relics storage

Our country is rich in history and culture, and there are too many cultural relics, but all these cultural relics cannot be exhibited. One is the lack of exhibition space, and the other is that some cultural relics are not suitable for exhibition. This means that a large number of cultural relics are stored in the warehouse. The protection of these cultural relics is also very difficult, and it is necessary to carry out various protections such as moisture prevention and fire prevention to ensure the safety of cultural relics during storage. And some cultural relics need regular maintenance, such as clocks and watches. Their internal machinery will change with the change of air humidity, so it needs regular maintenance.

3. Cultural Relics Exhibition

All the cultural relics we can see are on display, basically in glass display cases. The glass of the showcase is a barrier to protect cultural relics. This kind of glass needs to be very protective, which can prevent explosion and collision.