Conservation of museum objects as an employee's piece of work and as an object of civil law obligation

Abstract

The paper contains analysis of the legal relationships that constitute the basis of museum objects’ conservation. In the introductory part a brief presentation of the essence of conservation as a process always aimed at the object’s good is contained. It is reminded that views on a creative effect of conservation projects have already been well rooted in the doctrine. The basic topic of considerations is the legal analysis of an Employment Contract and Civil Law Contract to conduct conservation. It is the two, analysed in the perspective of museum objects’ conservation, that are of major importance for museum practice. Furthermore, employee’s piece of work resulting from museum objects’ conservation is analysed as a creative activity of individual nature. The specificity of a Contract to Conduct Conservation is presented, which has been qualified as a mixed contract, combining elements of a Specific-Task Contract and Deposit Contract.