Facilities for in situ diagnostics and monitoring of paintings

The laboratory of Archaeometry of the University and INFN of Ferrara in the last years has developed facilities suited for in situ diagnostics of Cultural Heritage. The more recent efforts have been applied on digital X-radiography and on macrophotography. In this paper, the two tools are described, highlighting their portability and easy to handle peculiarities. Both the facilities have been applied on paintings directly in the museums or exhibition spaces where they were conserved.