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April 1, 2023
Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 1 This week we have the first instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi Boyle. Mhairi spent April 2022 working on The Witness, a collection of Edinburgh-based newspapers held …Continue reading →
Homes for Rocks – Rehousing the Lyell Geological Specimen Collection Today we have the first installment of a two-part series from Joanne Fulton. Joanne is here on an 8-week internship funded by the John R. Murray Charitable Trust to help with …Continue reading →
Righting Letters – Conserving the Lyell Collection TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | conservation | rehousing | SirCharlesLyell | University of Edinburgh Today we have the first installment of a two-part series from Sarah MacLean. Sarah is here on an 8-week internship funded by the NMCT to help with the conservation of …Continue reading →
Putting the Pieces Together: The Challenges of Working on Architectural Models (Part 1) Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from our Projects Conservator, Mhairi Boyle. In this first instalment, Mhairi discusses the assessment and the first treatment steps involved …Continue reading →
Shooting the breeze TAGS: book of the dead | egyptian | papyrus | polyester sling | rehousing It’s not every day that you are asked to conserve a magic spell on papyrus, but this is exactly what happened when I was asked to take a look an …Continue reading →
A Passage to India – Part 2 TAGS: adhesive removal | gellan gel | indian paintings | rigid gel | tasawir In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily Hick, describes the next stage of conserving a collection of Indian paintings, and explains how she used a rigid gel to remove …Continue reading →
A Passage to India – Part 1 TAGS: conservation | indian paintings | tasawir In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator Emily, describes the first stage of conserving a collection of Indian portraits… I was recently asked to complete a condition report and treatment …Continue reading →
The History of Access to University
Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been...
Volunteering at the CRC: Charlotte’s experience
Today we’re introducing Charlotte Holmes, a postgraduate student who is doing some volunteer work under...
Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 1
This week we have the first instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi...
Glazy in Love: Rehousing the Emma Gillies Collection
Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from Collections Care Assistant, Sarah...
