October 27, 2015

Lafayette’s IDEAL Center Co-hosts Nanotechnology and Art Conservation Speaker at Allentown Art Museum

Two-day workshop Oct. 30-31, 2015, “Nanotechnologies for Cultural Conservation: Current Trends and Practices,” presented at the museum by IDEAL Center for Innovation of Lafayette College in collaboration with the University of Florence’s Center for Colliod and Surface Science (Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase-CSGI) with the support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

Piero Baglioni, director of CSGI and chair of physical chemistry at the University of Florence, a pioneer of nano-based conservation technologies, will present a free public lecture at 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30 at the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley. Call (610) 432-4333 ext. 110 to reserve a seat.

His talk is part of a two-day workshop Oct. 30-31, “Nanotechnologies for Cultural Conservation: Current Trends and Practices,” presented at the museum by the IDEAL Center for Innovation of Lafayette College in collaboration with the University of Florence’s Center for Colliod and Surface Science (Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase-CSGI) with the support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

For complete information, visit www.nanoforart.org. Advance registration is required for the workshop.

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Kristine Y. Todaro
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Lafayette College
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