Most of the cultural heritage objects hosted by museums are often stored in unsuitable climatic conditions. APACHE will develop cutting-edge technology to control and prevent the degradation of this heritage. The new approach is based on three pillars: 1) advanced sensing and absorption materials to control the artifact environment; 2) modeling to define the degradation threshold and discriminate between the need for prevention or corrective conservation; 3) remote control of the stress factors of works of art. The unique combination of these pillars will reduce the costs of a new generation of technologies for the preservation of museum art objects to the lowest possible level. Specifically, the CNR-ISM will take care of the development of environmental sensors for technological showcases.

Acronym: APACHE 
Finanzing body: UE – H2020
Starting year: January 2019
End year: May 2022
Call: H2020-EU.2.1.2. (Nanotechnologies) e  H2020-EU.2.1.3 (Advanced materials), Grant Agreement 814496
Diathema Budget : 121 k€
Partners involved: CSGI (capofila), University College Cork, University College London, Idryma Technologias Kai Erevnas, Chalmers Telniska Hogsola AB, Ethnicon Metsovione Polytechnion, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, ZFB Zentrum für Buchrehaltung GmbH, Ionvac Process srl, Universa v Ljubljani, Max Planck Gesellshaft zur Fordrerung der Wissenschaften EV,  Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV, Università Ca’ Foscari, Green Decision srl, Bewarrant, Warrant Hub spa, Mirabile Antonio, Goppion spa, Nouryon Pulp and Performance Chemicas AB, Ericsson AB, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Ministero della Cultura, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Norodni Muzej Slovenije, Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Website: https://www.apacheproject.eu/