Re:store

Cultural heritage sites, traditions, and objects across the world are deteriorating. They are being affected by war, climate change, and growing urban infrastructures. With every lost asset, we are erasing another chapter in our shared heritage of history, experiences and traditions – the things that make us human, providing us with a sense of place and identity.

Our cultural heritage research at NTU brings together science, engineering, arts and humanities to develop innovative ways to reveal, record, restore, and preserve priceless artifacts and protected monuments. Changing how we see our past and preserving it for the future.

NTU researchers respond to challenges at home and across the globe. They have developed solutions to create a virtual reconstruction of Nottingham Castle, providing a window into how Kings and Queens used to live. They’ve created digital models to save the Hawara Pyramid in Egypt, protecting important information of societies that came before us. They’re also using astronomy imaging techniques to accurately date 800-year-old Tibetan Buddhist cave temple paintings.

Through innovation and collaboration, we’re reimagining how we restore, protect and preserve cultural heritage assets around the world. We are shaping cultural heritage policy to safeguard traditions and cultural identity, and we’re redefining approaches to heritage science to conserve knowledge of previous generations for the future.

Our cultural heritage research was recently submitted to the Architecture, Built Environment and Planning Unit of Assessment in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, where 100% of our research environment was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.