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The paper discusses the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, particularly focusing on digital tourism. It highlights the use of AI-assisted learning to personalize educational content and enhance learning experiences for students. Specific examples include AI-powered platforms for designing cultural travel blogs and personalized learning paths for cultural tourism education. The paper also emphasizes the role of AI in supporting self-learning, adaptive learning systems, intelligent tutoring systems, and natural language processing. It showcases case studies from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and explores AI's potential to improve accessibility and provide tailored educational experiences for learners with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In contemporary society, artificial intelligence (AI) impacts human lives to different extents, including reshaping the public's creative experience. Software and programs enable users to create images from scratch, notwithstanding their actual knowledge or competencies. The visual art system is currently facing an ongoing democratization process, in which the distance separating the creator and the informatic algorithm is gradually fading. Therefore, there is a growing need to analyze AI's implications on the creative process. The paper will analyze the different software and websites providing image-generating services while discussing their impact on society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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It is possible to ensure this talk into the "open" philosophy tout-court and not on a specific issue. As it will read only, only during the last year did ArcheoFOSS officially bring the "golden road" for its proceeding publication. The paper aims to get the public up to date as a brief guide to speed with Open Access applications and smartly understand the value of Open Access in the research world. The paper consists of four sessions: during the first, titled "The project," we will recognise the previous situation in ArcheoFOSS publication, and we will define why it was essential to decide to publish from 2020 on all the proceedings in an Open Access way. The second called "Open Access Basics", shows the fundamental rules to remember when discussing this theme. In the third session, we can find how to "Publish in Open Access", and the last one, a "Smart introduction in the Wiki-world", is a practical chapter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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CRS 4 (CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SARDINIA) DEVELOPED THE GEOPORTAL NURNET (HTTP://NURNET.CRS4.IT/NURNETGEO/) TO MANAGE AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BRONZE AGE IN SARDINIA (ITALY). THE SCOPE OF THIS PAPER IS TO EXPLAIN HOW THE GEOPORTAL NURNET (NET OF NURAGHES, THE TYPICAL SARDINIAN BUILDING FROM THE BRONZE AGE) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROMOTE THE BRONZE AGE CULTURE IN SARDINIA, IDENTIFIED IN THE PRE-NURAGIC (3200-2700 BC) AND NURAGIC (UP TO THE 2ND CENTURY AD) CIVILIZATION. IT IS FED BY A NET OF CONVENTIONAL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND SOCIAL WEB NETWORKS EMPOWERED BY PRIVATE CITIZENS, AGENTS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS SHARING THE SAME GOALS AND INTERESTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper examines the use of digital photogrammetry and terrain data management within GIS applied to Archaeology, i.e. the study and reconstruction of the settlement layout of Uşaklı Höyük (Central Anatolia, Turkey) during the Hittite period, through 3D surveys and geo-spatial analyses. Thanks to the data acquisition and processing using algorithms software, i.e. Structure for Motion and Multi-view stereo, it was possible to create highresolution photogrammetric products and cartographic maps valuable for interpreting and further examining archaeological evidence collected during excavations. These products include: i) Digital Elevation Models (DEM), ii) 3D textured models, iii) aerial photogrammetric survey of the Hittite temple (Building II) at a scale of 1:200 and, iv) the orthophoto map of the höyük at a scale of 1:500. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this article is to provide several practical procedures for working within the GIS environment in the archaeological sector, with specific reference to the excavation site, through open source methodologies and software such as Qgis and PyArchinit. It will also demonstrate how to use the data derived from the survey, processed and managed through Qgis and PyArchinit for enhancement projects such as 3d modeling and 3d mapping through Blender software. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper presents a combination of geophysics technologies and spatial analysis methods for the analysis of an improper geographical space: the frescoe of the east wall at the Gymnasium (Pompei). This allows to construct a decay map and to quantify decay patterns found as a first step for restauration, protection and mitigation of the risk that involves the frescoe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and intangible data cannot be easily transferred to georeferenced maps; it follows the need to identify elements on the territory based on appropriate correlations. The paper examines two types of heritage, one of a tangible type and one of an intangible one, which have a common strong reference represented by the territory in which they are located. The first consists of the archaeological sites of the colony of Vulturnum, present in the river system of the low plain of the Volturno river in Campania; the second concerns the culture "Arbëreshë" which finds its connections in the typological-constructive language and in the peculiar urban conformation of the Albanian-speaking centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ROVs have been employed to explore underwater environments and have played an important role for documentation and surveys in different fields of scientific application. The employment of a low-cost vehicle support a request for safer, cheaper and efficient methods for exploring underwater environments. The paper is related to photogrammetric surveys for the documentation of underwater environments and to comparison between different solutions: two GoPro Hero4 Session -images and videos- and a Nikon D610. Some targets have been used to connect in the same reference system the different models, allowing the comparisons of the point clouds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents an overview of the main causes of decay affecting archaeological stone materials in underwater environments. It is a complex phenomenon so far quite investigated, where a multitude of factors is involved. Degradation forms in seawater imply not only a variation in the physico-mechanical and geochemical properties of materials, but also an aesthetic damage, due to superficial deposits, which can determine to the illegibility of the artefacts. In this context, it is crucial to determine to what extent these decay factors, mainly attributable to biological growth, could affect the durability of materials and what are the effects of new and suitable procedures for their maintenance and protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cultural Heritage can largely profit from the set of technologies that have recently been developed in Submarine Robotics. In this paper we focus on how underwater robotics and related technologies can be used to enhance economical fruition, control, protection and social impact of the cultural heritage. Robots allow on-line experience, in remote locations, realizing the remote museum concept as extension and enhancement of the virtual museum. These solutionspush the cultural tourism beyond actual limits of the sites like the number of simultaneous visitors, the travelling costs, , the difficulties to access dangerous locations coimng to a true, advanced fruition of the Cultural Heritage goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at reporting an overview of the principles and applications of micro-Raman spectroscopy in cultural heritage. Micro-Raman was used for characterizing painting pigments, inorganic binders, degradation materials in artworks with different goals: to know the materials and so the execution technique, to investigate the state of preservation, to establish the authenticity of the artefacts. The micro-Raman analyses were often performed on the occasion of conservative projects and they were able to supply valid and useful information to the conservators during their work. As case study, the project on the investigation of rock-hewn wall paintings in Cappadocia (Turkey) will be shortly presented as exemplificative of application of Raman techniques for the knowledge of the constituent materials, for supporting the conservation work and for detecting degradation products. The analysis was performed in the Interdepartmental instrument Center of Modena and Reggio Emilia University by a bench top system equipped with a microscope allowing for studying in non-destructive way different kinds of samples: powders, cross and thin sections, pre-treated samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The EUreka3D project, coordinated by Photoconsortium, aims to digitize cultural heritage collections in 3D and make them accessible through the European Digital Library, Europeana. The project partners are digitizing a diverse range of assets, including monuments, archaeological objects, early cinema items, and paper moulds. The project will add approximately 5,000 new 2D and 3D records to Europeana, some of which have never been featured before. The project also includes the creation of a cloud-based platform for advanced digital collection management. CRDI/Ajuntament de Girona is one of the partners involved in the digitization process, focusing on pre-cinema objects from the Cinema Museum of Girona. [Extracted from the article]

In this article it is described an unusual application of an existing technology that is relatively inexpensive and already in widespread use. It is the proposal of the use of flatbed scanners, normally used to import drawings or plan maps, in this case suggested to scan artefacts or objects, rather than photographing or illustrating them. Here we discuss the scanning methods we have proposed, as well as the advantages and the limitations of using this technology. The paper reports numerous examples of application in various fields documentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new technologies related to geomatics and informatics now offer significant applicative potentiality for the documentation of cultural heritage, both in terms of data acquisition and for all representation, dissemination and communication stages. The paper shows an application of high resolution laser scanning survey, with photogrammetry data integration, in order to create a digital 3D model of a portion of a Byzantine mosaic that is later reproduced by rapid prototyping technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents methodologies and specific technologies connected to research activities of LAREA (LAboratorio di Rilievo E Architettura/ Laboratory of Survey and Architecture) of University of Roma Tor Vergata in cooperation with ITABC (Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali) of CNR. The goal of this case study is to contribute to the 3D digital documentation of Villa Mondragone in Monte Porzio Catone (Rome). In particular, the research is aimed to integrating laser scanning, digital photogrammetry and thopographic survey of Ninfeo, a monumental and scenographic artifact located at one end of the Giardino della Girandola, characterized by an articulated architecture and detailed decorations to produces a virtual tour of the manufact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to offer a preview of the pilot project at the "Paolo Orsi" Regional Archaeological Museum of Syracuse (Italy). Thanks to a free partnership with Google Business Photos/Street View Indoor, we managed to map the entire museum, the only archaeological museum in South Italy that can be visited online on a 360° tour on a Google platform, with a dozen archaeological finds which can be clicked as POIs from the museum windows and explored, taking 360° virtual tours, provided with descriptive sheets. The aim of the project is is to begin to bridge the gap of Sicilian Cultural Heritage's visibility on the web. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

3DHOP (3D Heritage Online Presenter) is an innovative technological solution for the advanced presentation of high-resolution 3D content on the Web. The design of this tool has been focused towards the Cultural Heritage (CH) field, even though its versatility makes it a general-purpose instrument. 3DHOP is particularly suitable for the online presentation of CH artifacts due to its main features: the capability to efficiently stream high-resolution 3D models (as the ones coming from 3D scanning which are usually employed in CH); the possibility to build integrated presentations schemes by interconnecting the viewer to the rest of Web pages elements; and, finally, the ready-to-use templates and examples of configuration focused towards CH applications. In its design and development, we put particular attention on three factors: easiness of use, smooth learning curve and performances. 3DHOP is written in JavaScript and it uses the WebGL subset of HTML5 for efficient rendering. Thanks to its modular nature, and a declarative-like setup, it is easy to learn and may be configured and customized at different levels, making it accessible for people without skilled knowledge in Computer Graphics (CG) programming. In this paper we present capabilities and characteristics of the third release of this tool, using some examples based on real-world projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Maasser el-Shouf Archaeological Project (MeSAP) is aimed to study climate, landscape, and settlement changes of the area between the Beqaa valley and the Mediterranean coast, from the Bronze age to the Ottoman period. The project pursues such goals through interdisciplinary research. The paper sheds light on the open-source cutting edge technologies put in the field by the project carried out since 2018 by Silvia Festuccia (University 'SuorOrsola Benincasa', Naples) with Myriam Ziadè (Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon) in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. In particular, this paper explains how the GIS platform of the project has been created, tested, and customized according to the typology of the data, supported by the use of Qfield and PyArchinit for the centralized management of the data collected from archaeological and geophysical surveys, remote sensing, geoprocessing and conservation and study of the archaeological material found out. All these data will improve knowledge and interpretation of the historical-environmental processes of the territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO EXAMINE, IN DETAIL, THE CORROSION OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS GROWN DURING THE LONG-TERM BURIAL AND IDENTIFY ITS PRODUCTS; THIS WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE CORROSIVE FACTORS AND THE DEGRADATION MECHANISMS , AS WELL AS TO IDENTIFY THEIR CONSTITUTING METALS IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT AND CONSERVATION . FOR THIS PURPOSE, SAMPLES FROM THE OBJECTS WERE EXAMINED BY METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE (ME) AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SE M), WHILE THE CORROSION PRODUCTS WERE ANALYZED BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD). X-RAY FLUORESCENCE( XRF) WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE BULK ELEMENTS OF THE OBJECTS. XRD DATA SHOWED THAT THE CORROSION PRODUCTS ARE CUPRITE , ATACAMITE AND PARATACAMITE , WHEREAS XRF ANALYSIS POINTED OUT THAT THE ANKLETS ARE COMPOSED BY A BRONZE ALLOY. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION REVEALS THAT THE THREE ANKLETS SUFFERED DETERIORATION MAINLY IN SPOTS. EXPLOITING THE COLLECTED INFO, CHEMICAL CLEANING WAS CHOSEN FOR TREATING THE OBJECTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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THIS PAPER AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE USEFULNESS OF DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE VISUALIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ANALYTICAL DATA OBTAINED IN SCIENCE CONSERVATION PR OJECTS. THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE TOMB OF THE MONKEY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOMB OF THE ETRUSCAN NECROPOLIS OF POGGIO RENZO, NEAR CHIUSI, DATED AROUND 480- 470 BC. PHOTOGRAMMETRY SURVEY METHOD WAS USED TO GENERATE A 3D MODEL OF THE WHOLE UNDERGROUND GRAVE. THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS METHOD, WHICH IS BASED ON DENSE STEREO MATCHING TOOLS, IS THE POSSIBILITY TO GENERATE 3D RECONSTRUCTION STARTING FROM A SET OF UNCALIBRATED IMAGES, WITH NON-INVASIVE AND EASY TRANSPORTABLE HARDWARE. OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS ALSO USED TO INTEGRATE 3D WALL PAINTING DATA TO THE DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCHES: (I) MULTISPECTRAL ANALYSIS, ABLE TO IMPROVE THE READABILITY OF THE PAINTED SCENES, DETECTING DETAILS OTHERWISE INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE, AND (II ) X-RAY FLUORESCENCE DATA THAT GIVE INFORMATION ON THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS AND CONFIRMS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MULTISPECTRAL SIGNALS COLLECTED ON THE WALL PAINTING SURFACES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The integration of storytelling and gamification in cultural communication and education offers a powerful means to engage audiences and make cultural content more accessible and enjoyable. The Cultrip project exemplifies how these methodologies can be successfully implemented, providing an interactive and educational experience for children at the Colosseum archaeological park. By embracing innovative approaches, cultural institutions can foster a deeper appreciation and understanding of heritage among diverse audiences, ultimately contributing to the democratization of culture and knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The terrestrial laser scanning is a well established technology for a wide range of applications. Recently the development of wearable systems based on multiple profilers and cameras opens to new challenging field of applications. The potentialities of such systems in terms of accuracy, productivity, completeness of the final dataset has been tested and described in the paper. The case study is provided by the Military Academy of Modena where an expeditious survey was carried out both in internal and external environments with the objective of evaluating the performance of the Leica Pegasus Backpack, a wearable system, in comparison with the Leica ScanStation C10, a traditional terrestrial laser scanner in static position. The field test allows to highlight the most suitable applications for these wearable systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The town of Nunziata di Mascali, Sicily, has sponsored in 2013 the restoration of its 19th century canvas painting representing the Annunciation. Some losses of color had suggested to the restorers the possibility of another painting existing underneath the surface layer. The "strappo" procedure was successfully carried out, revealing another Annunciation, in optimal condition. The complex history of this discovered Annunciation has been further brought to light by diagnostic tests, X-radiography and infrared reflectography that are discussed in this paper. In the first version, the Virgin welcomed the Angel while standing and her arms were drawn towards her chest in an unusual gesture with respect to the traditional representation of the Gospel scene. In the latest version, however, the arrangement is more suited to the style of the time, depicting the Virgin on her knees with open arms. The posture of the Angel was modified as well, acquiring a twisting movement. This article presents the diagnostic investigations that made the reconstruction of the previous version of the discovered Annunciation possible and illustrates briefly the "strappo" procedure and conservation treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developer tools, such as code editors, markup languages, and revision control have a greater range of functions than word processors. As a scholar engaged in both Digital Humanities and the FOSS community, I have become increasingly interested in how these tools can be applied to research workflows. I wrote my dissertation in the editor Dr. Racket using Scribble, allowing me to incorporate code directly into my document. In this talk, I will discuss the benefits and pitfalls of this decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the workflow used to develop a 360-de-gree short film set in the Roman Villa in I'Albir (Alicante, Spain). This project has included the virtual reconstruction and recreation of the entire archaeological site, as well as the use of the Extended Matrix tool to record the different stages and the decision-making process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Landscapes are the result of the complex long-term interactions between natural and cultural forces, hence requiring techniques that enhance past landscape mapping and sustainable development perspectives. This paper presents a FOSS cloud-based protocol that employs Sentinel-2 imagery in GEE to identify palaeo-landscape features. Developed in Google Colab, the procedure is tested in the Po Plain riverscape (Italy), and it can be easily adapted and replicated for any area of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the meeting organized in Novara (Italy) by the Nuova Regaldi, on September 22nd 2022, entitled "The Emmanuel Anati's exodus proposal according to the publication of the Ennateuch in the holy language of Jerusalem Sanctuary", during my presentation I mentioned the book "Diary of a Pilgrimage", by the IV century AD Spanish pilgrim Egeria. In this book, among other, she describes, with wealth of details, her climb to the top of Mount Sinai. In the subsequent discussion session, two hypotheses raised about the location of Mount Sinai climbed by Egeria: Gebel Musa, in the South of the Sinai Peninsula and Har Karkom, in the Negev desert, proposed some decades ago by Emmanuel Anati, as an alternative location hypothesis of Mount Sinai. In the following, considering the description offered by Egeria about the landscape visibility from the top of mount Sinai, an objective comparison on the two hypotheses (Gebel Musa and Har Karkom) will be carried out, so to define in a scientific way, the most probable location of the Mount Sinai described by the Spanish pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AMOR project focuses on the development of pre-commercial services addressed to the Institutions responsible for the conservation and the valorisation of the Cultural Heritage. Services, developed both for Safeguard and Fruition, will be tested at the Ancient Baths of Caracalla and on Aurelian walls, that will be surveyed with several technologies for the detection of superficial (satellites, UAV) or subsuperficial (GPR) damages/anomalies affecting them. Fruition services will offer to tourists a mobile app equipped with Institutional approved contents and with Mixed Reality experience (3D model) directly available on personal mobile devices. Moreover, the anonymous (previously authorised) tracking of tourists will allow to obtain further information useful for safeguard aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses a campaign called Twin it! that aims to create a pan-European collection of 3D-digitized heritage assets. Under this campaign, EU Member States are encouraged to submit one 3D digitized heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage. The goal is to collect and showcase high-quality examples of Europe's cultural assets in 3D, while also supporting Member States in their digitization and preservation efforts. The campaign will culminate in a high-level event in Brussels during the Belgian Presidency, where the collection will be showcased. The article emphasizes the importance of 3D digitization in broadening access to culture, preserving cultural heritage, and spurring innovation and creativity. It also mentions the EUreka3D project, which aims to digitize cultural heritage objects in high quality and make them accessible on the Europeana website. [Extracted from the article]

Egyptians probably drew their first supplies of copper as native metal and step by step from the abundant malachite stones found in south Sinai region and in the hills near Red Sea in the eastern desert. There was integrated between the mines of copper and the mines of turquoise in the literature studies of south Sinai, especially in wadi El-Maghara, Wadi El-Nasib, Wadi Kharag and serabit El-Khadim, so this study tries to clear this point and determine exactly the mines of copper and the mines of turquoise. The study aims to investigate the source zones for copper in south Sinai, Egypt during the pharaonic ages, to determine the extent of a manufacturing centre and its position and to know the systems of metallurgical works, fire places, furnaces, etc. To achieve that the study had two main aspects: first, a serious survey to investigate of the mines of south Sinai was a cured; several different mining features were randomly chosen for excavation such as open cisterns, plates and galleries, collected every small things and fine details of the mining technology used at these sites. Secondly: Careful investigations by a serial of different analytical techniques for Ore and slag samples from the selected mines have been applied; the obtained information can be married up and exploited to determine exactly the main activity for each site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Brass is more malleable and has better acoustic properties than pure copper or zinc; consequently, it is used in a variety of musical instruments, including trumpets, trombones, bells, and cymbals. The overall goal of this work is to represent an analytical and conservation study of brass Trumpet from the handcrafts collection of Dhamar museum in Yemen. Metallographic examination and scanning electron microscope were performed to identify the microstructure of the alloy. Energy dispersive spectroscopy EDS and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) were used to identify the alloy composition used for manufacturing the musical instruments and the solder joints. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used for the identification of the crystalline corrosion products. Finally, exploited the previous info., in a systemic treatment and conservation for the selected object. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The RECOPLART Project has allowed for the study and restoration of 28 objects of the Plart Collection, selected according to four parameters: relevance of historical aspects, design type, condition of the object and type of material used. Four case studies were selected based on the different materials and degradation signs they presented: a tobacco box, produced by Ebena (Belgium) during the 1920s, in pre-industrial plastic Ebena; Fusillo, prototype of a floatation toy designed by Keith Mascheroni in 2006, in painted poly-ether-urethane; the lamp Metropolight, designed by J. Roth, produced by Design M in 1971, in expanded polystyrene; a table lamp, produced in England in the 1930s, in ureic resin. The Project involved an initial survey phase including the study of historical and artistic aspects, the identification of materials and the compilation of a conservation report. Secondly, restoration procedures were carried out aiming at re-establishing the aesthetic and formal unity of the objects and attempting to respect the concepts of minimal intervention, compatibility, reversibility, and durability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The RECOPLART Project has allowed for the study and restoration of 28 objects of the Plart Collection, selected according to four parameters: relevance of historical aspects, design type, condition of the object and type of material used. Four case studies were selected based on the different materials and degradation signs they presented: a tobacco box, produced by Ebena (Belgium) during the 1920s, in pre-industrial plastic Ebena; Fusillo, prototype of a floatation toy designed by Keith Mascheroni in 2006, in painted poly-ether-urethane; the lamp Metropolight, designed by J. Roth, produced by Design M in 1971, in expanded polystyrene; a table lamp, produced in England in the 1930s, in ureic resin. The Project involved an initial survey phase including the study of historical and artistic aspects, the identification of materials and the compilation of a conservation report. Secondly, restoration procedures were carried out aiming at re-establishing the aesthetic and formal unity of the objects and attempting to respect the concepts of minimal intervention, compatibility, reversibility, and durability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]