About us

The Hornemann Institute, named after the Africa traveller Friedrich Konrad Hornemann (1772-1801) and originating from Hildesheim, is a central institution of the HAWK in Hildesheim. The institute works as a scientific service centre in the field of preservation of cultural assets, in particular through the worldwide transfer of knowledge for restorers and monument conservators via internet. We are also active in the region around Hildesheim (Lower Saxony).

The Team from the fields of restoration, monument preservation and EDP offers you the following:

• We enable further education and training worldwide by providing up-to-date basic knowledge in internet-based learning courses.
• We promote the exchange of experience by offering fast and free publication and research by means of electronic publications of university papers, conference reports, essays, videos, posters as well as project documentations (e.g. of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU). We also publish books.
• We regularly organise scientific events in Hildesheim, international conferences and the Hornemann Kolleg.
• We help by publishing annotated link lists, e.g. for the procurement of literature or online resources of related subjects.
• In the region we work to raise public awareness, e.g. through public lectures, activities on World Heritage Day, teaching materials on heritage education or the lending of cultural kits.
• At the HAWK, we promote the quality of teaching.

As a small, interdisciplinary institute team, we are open to suggestions and participation from outside, from students to experts with practical experience, in the region and worldwide. We design the Hornemann Kolleg together with students, usually work with colleagues inside and outside the HAWK at conferences and look for our speakers through international calls for papers.