2006 BARTOSCHEK, K. Diploma thesis on Smart Labels based on radio frequency identification technology (RFID) – A case study in the collection of the Museum Ludwig (Cologne)

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Kerstin Bartoschek

specialized in conservation and restoration of wood and modern materials

Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Cologne

 

Period

2006

 

Title

Smart Labels based on radio frequency identification technology (RFID) – A case study in the collection of the Museum Ludwig (Cologne)

 

Keywords

RFID, radio frequency identification technology, Smart Labels, collection managment, documentation, registration

 

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate if and how RFID-technology can be used as identification system and for collection management in a museum environment. Main focus is placed on possibilities, requirements and limits for attaching Smart Labels to objects of art. 30 Objects of the collection of the Museum Ludwig (Cologne) were selected in order to examine how and where Smart Labels could be attached, which size they may have and which minimum detection/reading range they must have. Attachment tests with Smart Labels were carried out on different dummy-objects and several alternative attaching methods were developed. The results of these tests and examinations were adopted for developing a positioning scheme and to establish requirements for the use of Smart Labels on artifacts from museums` and conservators` points of view.

 

Supervisors

Prof. Dr. Friederike Waentig and Dipl. Rest. Kathrin Keßler

 

Language

German

 

Contact

Through the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences

http://db.re.fh-koeln.de/ICSFH/Daten/datenbanken.aspx

 

petra.christian@fh-koeln.de