TC26 - Metrology for Cultural Heritage - Aims

For the first three years, the purposes of TC26 include but are not limited to the following:

  • Promotion of the international exchange of scientific and metrological information and opinions concerning instrumentation, sensors, measurement methods, and techniques for cultural heritage, including the organization of special workshops devoted to the current scopes.
  • Promotion of intersectoral exchange between researchers belonging to different scientific sectors
  • Discussion on the current state and further development of the measurement for cultural heritage, including sampling, handling, and key concepts such as destructive and invasive and their measurement, etc.
  • Dissemination of measurement principles and techniques that could be useful in this topic, aiming to promote the standardization of processes and methods for analyzing the cultural heritage
  • Development of guidelines and standards useful in this research field
  • Definition of paths that can promote the introduction and the diffusion of the concept of accuracy and uncertainty within the topic’s context
  • Development and improvement of current instrumentation

Expected Results:

  • Articulation of the paths that aim to the realization and dissemination of standards
  • Recommendations for Integration of the international metrology infrastructure to accommodate Cultural Heritage standards
  • A forum for the metrology community, industry and academia to facilitate the exchange of ideas, and the discussion of difficulties and limitations inherent to the analysis of cultural heritage, i.e. sampling, mobility of the equipment, handling of fragile materials etc.
  • Developing benchmarks and modes of intercomparison for Cultural Heritage technologies
  • Promote the dialogue with industry as an essential partner for the development of new and specialized instrumentation and to promote the diffusion of possible defined guidelines

Related TCs:

TC1 – Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation

TC3 – Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque

TC4 – Measurement of Electrical Quantities

TC7 – Measurement Science

TC8 – Traceability in Metrology

TC10 – Measurement for Diagnostics, Optimization and Control 

TC12 – Temperature and Thermal Measurements

TC16 – Pressure and Vacuum Measurement

TC24 – Chemical Measurements