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Future for Polychromy

Symposium: 31 October 2025

Collaborative projects in the field

As a midterm for the Project PoCo (Polychromy Conservation), SRAL The Conservation Institute announces a one-day symposium with a representative selection of international speakers. They will talk about state of the art research on polychromy in Europe.

Symposium Speakers

  • Lydia Beerkens, managing director SRAL / senior conservator
  • Michael Rief, deputy director / conservator Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen
  • Elisabeth Sobieczky, researcher University of Salzburg
  • Regina Urbanek, dean Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Cologne University of Applied Sciences | TH Köln, Cologne Institute for Conservation Sciences | CICS
  • Jitka Å rejberová, project researcher – art historian, Czech Republic
  • Noëlle Streeton, professor of Conservation University Oslo
  • Seppe Roels, conservator polychromy and art historian/curator
  • Marieke van Vlierden, RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History
  • Arnold Truyen, senior conservator, polychromy-specialist
  • Ausrine Dambrauskaite, junior specialist Project PoCo
  • Rosanne Snijders, junior specialist Project PoCo
  • Manon Antenbrink, junior specialist Project PoCo

Besides the lectures there will be time to meet colleagues from different polychromy-projects and to take a look at actual examples of conservation (research).

More information and a preliminary program is available on the event page of the SRAL website.

Practical information

The event takes place at Bonnefanten in Maastricht on 31 October from 10:00 to 17:00.

Participation costs € 50, and includes lunch and drinks, the student fee is € 35, -.

For questions about this symposium, please send an email to info@sral.nl.