Twitter

Man-Yee Liu

Head of Conservation

Man-Yee qualified as a conservator at the Institute of Archaeology, London in 1986. She has worked in conservation at the Hong Kong Museums of Art and History (1986 – 87), and also at the British Museum, (Organics Section 1987-1994) and the National Heritage Board in Singapore (1997 – 2001).

Man-Yee has worked for the Norfolk Museums Service since 2001. As Head of Conservation, she manages the Conservation Team in delivering conservation support for 10 museums.

Helen Rush

Conservation Co-ordinator

Helen joined the Norfolk Museums Service in 2008. She studied Archaeology at University College London and worked in a variety of archaeological research projects with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Helen’s role in the Department is to co-ordinate the conservation work required for exhibitions, capital funded projects and loans as well as planning collections care work across the 10 NMS Museums.

Debbie Harris ACR

Senior Conservator

Debbie qualified as a conservator from Cardiff University in 1996 and began her career working as an archaeological conservator at AOC, Scotland. She is an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation (ICON). Over the past 14 years, she has worked on Heritage Lottery funded capital projects seeing most of the 10 museums in NMS completely refurbished. This has involved many aspects of collections management, through to the management of remedial work and advice on display specifications.

David Harvey

Conservator

David has worked as an objects conservator at NMS since 1991 and gained a conservation of industrial collections qualification in 1995. He works regularly with museum volunteer groups carrying out collections care work. David has specialist expertise in the conservation of large and working objects and social history collections.

Jonathan Clark ACR

Conservator

Jonathan has a BA in Archaeology & Anthropology and an MRes in the display, conservation and treatment of human remains from the School of World Art and Museology at the University of East Anglia. He joined the NMS conservation team in 2005 and his work as an objects conservator covers a wide and varied range of object materials and types. He has a special interest in the conservation of archaeological and ethnographical collections.

Deborah Phipps

Textile Conservator

Deborah studied at Norwich School of Art and Design in BA (Hons) Textile Art, followed by an MA in Conservation of Historic Objects from De Montfort University in 2001. She now specialises in textiles conservation, with a particular interest in costume (historic dress) conservation and display.

She joined the NMS conservation team in 2011 on contract and continues to work on a freelance basis, working regularly on the Royal collections for the summer exhibitions at Buckingham Palace. Deborah was Chair of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) Textiles Group from April 2012 until June 2015.

Alice Forkes

Conservation Technician

Alice joined the Conservation team in 2007 after beginning her museum career in the NMS Design & Technical Department. Alice completed the Institute of Conservation (ICON), Conservation Technician qualification in 2012. She is involved in many aspects of collections care work, from handling and packing, storage design to conservation housekeeping.

We use cookies in order to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this site, you agree to our use of cookies.
Accept
Privacy Policy