High tech conservation efforts are underway. New scientific methods unlock secrets. When Rembrandt painted white preparatory ground on his canvases, little did he realise that some 350 years later a scientist would be interested in the tiny fossils it contained. One art historian believes so. Masterpieces are shunted around the world, often against the advice of conservation departments, primarily to bring prestige to the lenders, publicity to the sponsors and paying customers to the host institutions.
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We don't just want to clean and restore the monument. We want to make it even more well known than it already is. People will be able to follow the whole process of restoration minute by minute and day by day. It's a way of letting them feel a part of it. Michelangelo's statue of Moses in Rome is to get its first restoration in 200 years.