6th International Colloquium - Lost Luster. Innovative interdisciplinary research on archaeological window glass in North Western Europe (10th - 18th c.). Abbey Farm Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde.

The collection of window glass of the Abbey Museum of the Dunes is one of the largest archaeological window glass collections in North Western Europe. This important collection was longtime unnoticed and heavily impaired by weathering and poor storage conditions. Recently the collection is being revalued by conservation and scientific research, offering new perspectives for similar collections in North Western Europe.

The 6th international congress of the Abbey Museum of the Dunes will present the findings about:

• archaeological collections of window glass in North Western Europe
• production, exchange and social value of window glass through history and focuses on the contribution of applied scientific research within an innovative framework of interdisciplinary research.

This congress is the official start of the research project ‘Lost Luster’ (2013-2015). In this project four partners join forces to study the large collection of window glass of the museum: Abbey Museum of the Dunes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Department of Applied Physics and Photonics – B-PhOT), the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK/IRPA) and UGent (Henri Pirenne - Institute for Medieval Studies).

Programme du 6e Colloque international

Participation de Juliette Rollier-Hanselmann du Laboratoire.