MUCH Forum 2022: Best Practices in Illustration and Reconstruction of Submerged Archaeological Materials

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Let’s get drawing!

Artifact illustration and reconstruction are important aspects for archaeological interpretation and examination. In celebration of Museums and Galleries Month this October, the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), through the Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage (MUCH) Division, will be conducting the MUCH Forum 2022.

The MUCH Forum started in 2018 and continued as an annual activity which aims to highlight the significance of maritime archaeological studies and the protection and preservation of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in the Philippines. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, however, discontinued the said activity. Last year’s MUCH Forum was a lecture series on the concepts and significance of material analysis using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy techniques. NMP researchers and technicians who specialize in the use of spectroscopy techniques were invited as lecturers. 

This year’s forum will showcase and share best practices in illustrating and reconstructing maritime and underwater cultural heritage specimens. Museum technicians from the MUCH Division with expertise in both traditional and digital illustrations will showcase the pre-reconstruction method (e.g. photography, line and perspective drawings, 3D rendering). A lecture and demonstration on reconstruction and restoration method will also be conducted by a museum technician from the Archaeology Division. This will focus on the principles of recapturing the art and story behind every archaeological material. 

The MUCH Forum 2022 is free and will be held on October 26, 2022, via Zoom and Facebook Live from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN. 

Kindly register here: https://tinyurl.com/regform-muchforum2022. Please be informed that the forum can only accommodate a maximum of 90 participants on Zoom but the lectures can be watched live on Facebook. 

For other inquiries, you may reach the Museum Services Division at (02) 52702778 or you may email them at services.nationalmuseumph@gmail.com.