Theodor Bartus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Explorer; museum conservator
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Place of Birth: Lassan, Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Theodor Bartus
- Theodor Bartus (January 30, 1858 in Lassan, Germany - January 28, 1941 in Berlin) was a German sailor, museum technician, and conservator.
- Bartus was the son of a master weaver.
- He began his nautical career on the sailing ship of his uncle.
- In Australia, he passed his First mate exam and became captain.
- He acquired many years of experience sailing ships.
- At times, he lived as a squatter in Australia.During a visit to Germany, his Australian bank went bankrupt, and he became suddenly destitute.
- Forced to find a job, he worked from 1888 as a museum technician at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, where he rigged vessels.
- Between 1902 and 1914, he was a technical crew member on all four German Turfan expeditions headed by Albert Grünwedel and Albert von Le Coq.
- Bartus developed a method of detaching mural paintings and inscriptions from caves, rock walls, and ruins, leaving them largely undamaged, which were then transported to Germany.
- Until his death, he was employed at the museum, preparing and preserving the finds he brought back from Turfan.
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