APAC Labs hosts internship program for students from the French-Cypriot school in Nicosia

This past month, students from the French-Cypriot school in Nicosia were invited to APAC Labs for a weeklong internship in Cultural Heritage Science. Students gained hands-on experience working with real sample objects, following a case-study–based approach designed to simulate the full research process used in heritage science. Through a multidisciplinary workflow developed at APAC Labs, students explored the biography of historical objects, from material identification to interpretation by engaging directly with laboratory analyses and digital documentation.

The training brought students into close collaboration with APAC Lab researchers,  including physicists, chemists, archaeologists, and architects, exposing them to integrated scientific methods such as dendrochronology, non-invasive chemical analysis (XRF), microscopy, and 3D documentation. This approach emphasized how different scientific disciplines converge to study, document, and interpret cultural heritage objects in a research-driven environment.