Flaky Paint at the Glasgow Science Festival

How do changes in the environment cause paintings to flake?

Come along and test for yourself how moisture causes the layers of paintings on wood to flake. Just as James Watt use to test the strength of materials, we will test our models paintings using cold “steam”.

Colour logo of the Glasgow Science Festival

Visit us at The Hunterian Museum on Science Sunday, 9th June. The event is free, and you can drop in anytime from 12-3pm.

For more details, please check the Glasgow Science Festival programme.