Projects per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Current:
Associate professor at School of Conservation since 2014. Main areas of teaching and research are preventive conservation, and the conservation of photographs.
Education:
2007. PhD, School of Conservation, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark.
2001. Conservator (MSc), School of Conservation, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
1995. Conservator (BSc), School of Conservation, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Publications:
Full list of my publications (including those from previous positions) is available at www.ryhl.dk
Previous positions:
2010-2014. Senior scientist, National Museum of Denmark.
2007-2010. Research fellow, National Museum of Denmark.
2004-2007. PhD fellow, School of Conservation.
1997-2004. Conservator, National Museum of Denmark.
1995-1997. Conservator, Danish Museum for Photographic Art, Brandts.
Research areas
- Environment's influence on material's longevity, with a special focus on cultural heritage objects.
- The impact of air pollution on materials.
- The dynamics of air and climate: from outdoor atmospheric chemistry and meteorology to the micro-environments found indoors.
- Energy, sustainability and the operation of museum buildings.
- Climate control in buildings by active or passive means, including the special needs in historic houses.
- Living conditions, health, indoor environments, and personal exposures, for historic and prehistoric people (e.g., in Viking Age houses).
Research area
- Conservation
- Preventive conservation
- Photographic materials
- Climate monitoring
- Air pollution
- Graphic materials
- Climate control
- Archives
- Museum storage
- Display cases
- Exhibitions
- Data media
- Conservation of photographs
- Construction
- Low-energy
- Indoor climate
- Museum buildings
- Air quality
- Climate control
- HVAC
- Archives
- Museum storage
- Exhibition design
- Ventilation
- Energy consumption in museum buildings
- Analysis and deterioration
- Dosimetry
- Climate change
- Climate monitoring
- Air pollution
- Environmental monitoring
- Climate
- Weather
- Condition monitoring
- Cultural and natural heritage
- Climate
- Environmental monitoring
- Condition monitoring
- Preventive conservation
- Storage
- Data media
- Longevity
- Preservation
- Conservation
Projects
Bevaring af konserveret hjerner og klaring af specimens
Redsted Rasmussen, A., Bredal-Jørgensen, J., Ryhl-Svendsen, M. & Frangova, K.
15/09/2020 → 15/02/2026
Project: Research
Maskinlæring til varsling af skadeligt bevaringsmiljø på arkiver, biblioteker og museer
Ryhl-Svendsen, M., Bøgvad Kejser, U., Vinther Hansen, B., Boesgaard, C. & Mollerup, S.
01/10/2020 → 31/03/2022
Project: Research
Birch bark preservation and degradation in the Neolithic passage grave Maglehøj
Pedersen, N. B., Ryhl-Svendsen, M., Botfeldt, K. B., Klenz Larsen, P. & Klügl, J.
01/08/2017 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
En sort fremtid? En undersøgelse af mekanismer for eftermørkning af blyhvidtholdige farver på grafiske værker.
01/05/2015 → 01/05/2016
Project: Research
Research Output
Distribution of temperature, moisture and organic acids in storage facilities with heritage collections
Hjerrild Smedemark, S., Ryhl-Svendsen, M. & Toftum, J., 2020, In : Building and Environment. 175, 10 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Mindeord om Tim Padfield, 1937-2020
Shashoua, Y., Scharff, M. & Ryhl-Svendsen, M., 2020, In : BEVAR. 1/2020, p. 32-33Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Open Access
Obituary: Tim Padfield (1937-2020)
Scharff, M., Shashoua, Y. & Ryhl-Svendsen, M., 2020, In : News In Conservation. 78, p. 32-33Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Open Access
Quantification of formic acid and acetic acid emissions from heritage collections under indoor room conditions. Part I: laboratory and field measurements
Hjerrild Smedemark, S., Ryhl-Svendsen, M. & Schieweck, A., 2020, In : Heritage Science. 8, 8 p., 58.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Removal of Organic Acids from Indoor Air in Museum Storage Rooms by Active and Passive Sorption Techniques
Hjerrild Smedemark, S., Ryhl-Svendsen, M. & Toftum, J., 2020, In : Studies in Conservation. 11 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
Statens Museum for Kunst (External organisation)
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (Member)
Mar 2020
Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
Low-energy Museum Storage Buildings in Denmark: Their design, considerations involved, and lessons learned.
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (Lecturer)
18 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Practical implications, pitfalls and problems within preventive conservation aimed at house museums (and other historic buildings)
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (Lecturer)
10 Dec 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
The Ulrich Schießl PhD Colloquium in cooperation with The Nordic Conservation Programmes Network
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (Participant)
22 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Materials Testing Symposium
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen (Participant)
6 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Press / Media
Museernes vikingeskibe kan få grøn pels og smuldre
11/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Landets fineste kunst ramt af mystiske svovlskader
07/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Landets fineste kunst bliver sværtet sort og skadet
07/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Danmark i dag: Mystiske skader på kunstværker
07/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media