Saying Goodbye to Dr. Coffin TAGS: conservation | Intern | Thomson-Walker This week, we say farewell to our conservation intern, Samantha. To mark the end of her 10-week internship working on the Thomson-Walker collection, we put some questions to Samantha to …Continue reading →

Stirling Work Last week, a contingent from conservation left their natural habitat of the studio to embark on a day trip up North. Stirling University was our destination, more specifically their conservation …Continue reading →

Clean up your sax TAGS: Archives | conservation I am a Preventive Conservation Masters student at Northumbria University, and as part of my course, I am fortunate to be able to put theory into practice for six weeks …Continue reading →

An Exhibition in a Day As part of the University of Edinburgh’s Innovative Learning Week, the Centre for Research Collections ran a joint event between Conservation, Exhibitions and Archives entitled ‘An Exhibition in a Day’. …Continue reading →

Getting to the Heart of the Matter This blog post starts where I left off last time (with another pun!) and details my efforts on the Thomson-Walker medical print collection thus far, describing the first phase of …Continue reading →

Capturing the Moment on Glass Plate Negatives I recently attended a one-day workshop at the RCAHMS conservation studio regarding the preservation and conservation of glass plate negatives. The day was split roughly into two parts, with the …Continue reading →

It’s Bound to be a Pamphlet TAGS: Archives | conservation | Pamphlets | treatment As part of my ongoing conservation treatment plan, I have been asked to address the needs of the Special Collections popular and regularly consulted pamphlet series. We are all used …Continue reading →

A gutsy project: A heart to heart with the new girl If you didn’t guess from the anatomical pun title, this blog post details the beginnings of my 10-week internship conserving the Thomson-Walker collection at The Centre for Research Collections conservation …Continue reading →

Previously, in Conservation… There have been many highlights in conservation over the last 12 months, but one of the most enjoyable for me has been the opportunity to take part in outreach activities, …Continue reading →

Opportunity Knocks… We have been very pleased to welcome some new faces to the conservation studio over the past month – we now have two new conservation volunteers, Olivia and Collette, and …Continue reading →