Next Series of Hornemann Institute's Online Courses Runs from 6 October - 30 November 2025

06 October - 30 November 2025 | Online
The Hornemann Institute of the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen is offering the following internet-based learning courses in the winter semester:
- Mould and written material - consolidating wood. Possibilities and limits of structural consolidation
- Church interiors and their climate. Heating, ventilating, protecting furnishings
- Safe handling of contaminated cultural artefacts
- Microbial infestation of art and cultural artefacts
- Photography as a tool for documentation and investigation
- Saccharide binders and adhesives
- Basics of wood science. Properties - use - damage - examination methods explained using the example of oak wood
- Damage to cultural artefacts caused by salts
- How should we act? Theory and ethics of restoration and their significance for practice (Renaissance and Baroque periods)
- Restoration theories and methods from 1945 to the present day
- Conservation of wax moulages
- Analyses of transparent coatings on furniture and wooden objects
- Conservation of Globes New:

From the winter semester 2025/26, we will also be awarding ECTS for the first time for the courses "Mould and Documents" and "Conservation of Globes": Participants have the choice between our previous qualified certificate or a HAWK certificate as a microcredential. Booking and further information on our website.

Registration deadline: 17 September. You can find our English online courses on our English website. HAWK alumni receive a 25% discount on the course fee. Contact: Dr Angela Weyer, Hornemann Institute of the HAWK