Precious artifacts and historical monuments are often affected by decay through environmental pollution, vandalism, climate change, lack of budget or just simple neglect. Conservators around the world are working day by day to save the world’s heritage for the future. Bruker’s art conservation solutions are perfectly suited to analyze artifacts, help to restore objects without destroying their original substance, and determine the composition of materials used for production. Bruker offers mobile Micro-XRF and handheld XRF solutions for non-destructive, in-situ analysis as well as innovative FT-IR and Raman solutions for optimal sample visualization and sample collection. Bruker’s instruments enable a reliable and fast analysis of ceramics, paintings, photographs, glass, obsidians, bronzes, coppers and alloys. These instruments include the following.