Thompson-Walker Internship TAGS: Internship | Thomson-Walker This week, we have a final blog post from Irene, our fourth Thomson-Walker Intern…. Times goes by so quickly, and I am already reaching the last week of my internship …Continue reading →

Store Room Surprises! TAGS: rehousing | Royal Dick Vet School Project Conservator, Helen Baguley, describes some of the more unusual objects she has found in our store rooms, and how she has conserved them, in this week’s blog… One of …Continue reading →

Thomson-Walker Internship – Round 4! This week’s blog comes from our newest Thomson-Walker intern, Irene García Bustos. Irene is the fourth in the series of interns to conserve the Thomson-Walker collection of medical portraits. You …Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing Conservation 2018 TAGS: crowdsourcing | David Laing | rehousing Due to the success of last year’s ‘Crowdsourcing Conservation’ event, we are repeating the session on 19 and 20 February 2018! You can read more about last year’s event here. …Continue reading →

Under the Skin: Studies in Parchment TAGS: analysis of parchment | conservation of parchment | identification of parchment | National Archives | under the skin studies in parchment | x-ray This week’s blog comes from Special Collections Conservator, Emily, who recently took part in a training event in London on the conservation of parchment. This is the first in a …Continue reading →

Conservation Volunteers in the Collections Rationalisation Project TAGS: Collections rationalisation project | rare books | surface cleaning | volunteers This week our Project Conservator, Helen, talks about the great work volunteers have done as a part of the Collections Rationalisation project… Some of the main aims of the Collections …Continue reading →

Interactive Integrated Pest Management TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | e-learning | employ.ed | Integrated pest managment | preventive conservation The final post from Sophie Lawson, our conservation Employ.ed intern, in this week’s blog… We are approaching the end of our Conservation E-learning project, with a completed trial resource being …Continue reading →

E-learning with Employ.ed TAGS: employ.ed | Integrated pest managment | IPM | Preventative Conservation Today we hear from Sophie, our first ever Employ.ed student in the conservation studio… Hi, my name is Sophie Lawson and I am currently the Conservation E-learning intern at the …Continue reading →

Conservation Work Placement at St Cecilia’s Hall TAGS: conservation | musical instruments | St Cecilia's Hall In this week’s blog, Alberto Bonza, an apprentice from Italy, describes his time working with conservators from the CRC… I am writing this blog post at the end of my …Continue reading →

Conservation Student- Claire Hutchison TAGS: copper plate charter | highlands to hindustan | student placement | volunteer In this week’s blog, Claire, our first placement student of the summer describes her experience of working with us… My name is Claire and I am a conservation student from …Continue reading →