The book and paper conservation lab of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation participated for the 4th consecutive time in the celebration of the European Day for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. On the topic “Good practices in movable monuments and cultural heritage objects”, we created a video presenting conservation treatments on two handwritten letters from 1804, from the Nelson collection. In addition, on Sunday, October 16, 2022, a special event was held at the Historical Library where old and rare books from the Vandeplas collection were displayed. A discussion with our visitors took place regarding the different bookbinding techniques, the constructive materials used for books, the most common types of damage to books and the methods of storing and handling them. At the same time, visitors were guided through our temporary exhibition “Greek Literature in Early Printing: Incunabula from the collection of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, Aristotelian Editions in Early Printing”.
