Museum & Heritage Case study
Oxygen monitoring for the anoxic treatment of a mummified person
In early 2025, conservation specialists ANOXART were engaged to treat a mummified person and anthropoid coffin for potential insect infestation. Because the object could not safely leave the museum, portability, and continuous verification of the chamber environment, was everything.
0.01%
Oxygen sensing resolution
2025
On-site treatment
1884
Museum founded
A sensitive object, treated on-site
The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (MAA), founded in 1884, preserves finds spanning hundreds of thousands of years. The mummified person and coffin were too sensitive to transport, so ANOXART set up a portable anoxic chamber in a designated area of the museum stores, siphoning argon off safely, leaving little impact on the working space.
Bespoke oxygen sensing to 0.01%
Eltek developed a bespoke system to monitor oxygen, temperature and relative humidity inside the chamber. Its remotely monitored oxygen sensors measure levels as low as 0.01%, with cloud login providing comprehensive, real-time proof that oxygen had remained anoxic and environmental conditions stayed consistent throughout the treatment.
“By allowing us access to the data transmitted by the Eltek-based monitoring system placed inside the chamber, we could track the readings across the treatment period and witness the successful application first hand.”
The platform
The Darca solutions behind it
One connected platform, Collect, Connect and Command, configured for this application.
