by Conservation @ NMS | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Conservation Department are always open to working with colleagues across Norfolk County Council. This month the Conservation Department have teamed up with the Adult Learning team based at Wensum Lodge, who are developing an ambitious new model for Wensum Lodge...
by Conservation @ NMS | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Later this year, to coincide with the school summer holidays, there will be an exhibition of some of the many treasured textiles from the costume and textiles collections. Highlights include large patchwork bedcovers, embroidered letters and clothing. The exhibition...
by Conservation @ NMS | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The terracotta bust of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, made by John Bushnell, is to go on loan from Strangers’ Hall Museum to Tate Britain for their exhibition ‘The Baroque Age in Britain’ early next year. Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707) had a distinguished naval...
by Conservation @ NMS | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
As well as our core work for the Museums Service, Conservation are often approached by members of the public to conserve, repair and transform precious heirlooms and personal possessions. Recently, one such object was an interesting discovery that had been stored away...
by Conservation @ NMS | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The relocation of the Norwich Castle Museum Egyptian collection began as a simple decant project to safe guard the objects during the Keep Project building works. The Egyptian gallery may in the end, be relatively unaffected by the Keep redevelopment. But building...