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Up close: a look behind the scenes of the restoration

The press images will be available for download until 2 April 2027. The images provided may only be used in connection with current coverage of the relevant exhibition. We would be grateful if you could send us a specimen copy.

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Preservation of a palm-leaf manuscript in the restoration workshop of the Berlin State Library. © Stabi Berlin, 2026

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Preservation of a palm-leaf manuscript at the Berlin State Library.

Barnes Ziegler is holding a cello whilst wearing white gloves and examining the instrument.

Conservator Barnes Ziegler examines an 18th-century violoncello from southern Germany. Photo: SPK / Photothek, Sebastian Rau

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An examination of an 18th-century cello from southern Germany.

Marie Grotewohl is working on a damaged manuscript at a lit desk.

Conservator Marie Grotewohl preserving a Coptic manuscript suffering from severe ink corrosion. Photo: Berlin State Library / Felix Baßler

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Conservation of a Coptic manuscript suffering from severe ink loss.

Dorothea Habel is cleaning a bronze statue with a fine stick, whilst wearing green gloves.

Conservator Dorothea Habel cleaning the early 18th-century bronze figure ‘Dancing Bacchante’. Photo: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art / Mika Wißkirchen

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Cleaning of the early 18th-century bronze statue ‘Dancing Bacchante’.

Preservation of a palm-leaf manuscript in the restoration workshop of the Berlin State Library. © Stabi Berlin, 2026

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Preservation of a palm-leaf manuscript at the Berlin State Library.