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Conservation of the Winfarthing Anglo-Saxon Pendant
In December last year, just before heading off for Christmas break, it was announced that the Winfarthing pendant had been voted the Art Fund’s acquisition of the year. Voters had been invited to choose from a shortlist of 10 works of art and objects that the Art...
Couriering Paston Treasure Loans to Yale British Art Center
Hopefully, you will have had a chance to visit ‘The Paston Treasure: Riches of the known world’. This blockbuster exhibition was formed in partnership with the Centre for British Art in Yale Connecticut, who had their own Paston Treasure exhibition prior to ours,...
Conservation, Conferences & Gels
Regularly in the course of our work as conservators, opportunities arise to research and discover new and improved methods and materials for conservation challenges, which can be shared across the conservation community. In October last year, conservators Jonathan...
Sea History Differently – Three Boats & Two Conservators
As part of an Esmee Fairburn funded project ‘Sea History Differently’ at Time and Tide Museum in Gt Yarmouth, the three boats in the museum’s courtyard underwent a conservation project involving the community between June and September 2017. The three vessels are the...
Marie-Antoinette’s bodice
September 2014 Marie-Antoinette’s bodice by Deborah Phipps, Textile Conservator The Nelson & Norfolk exhibition contains some amazing textiles from the enormity of the ensign, brilliantly described in Lisa Little’s previous blog, to a delicate embroidered skirt...
Boulton and Paul P10 wing
April 2017 This spring sees the opening of Norwich International Aviation Academy, a new technical learning facility adjacent to Norwich Airport. NMS are supporting this project with a significant loan from our collections to be displayed in the communal area of this...
Sir William Beechey’s portrait of Lord Nelson
July 2017 One of the key pieces in the Nelson and Norfolk exhibition is the magnificent painting commissioned by the then Corporation of Norwich in 1801. The painting hung in St Andrew's Hall for many years as depicted in the painting by James Sillett, which has been...
The conservation of Noah’s Ark at Elizabethan House, Great Yarmouth
June 2017 A slightly more unusual task came the way of the Conservation department recently, by way of a request for help and guidance to redisplay a nineteenth century Noah’s Ark and figures toy, made from wood and painted. The Ark and figures, of which there were...
Nelson & Norfolk Conservation of textiles
May 2017 The Nelson and Norfolk exhibition is currently the focus of much of the department’s time. Primarily the ensign (tri colour flag) from Le Generaux which will be going on display for the first time in over 100 years. The logistics of conserving this enormous...
Small Stories: The Norwich Baby House Conservation
March 2017 Conservation work began on the Norwich Baby House this month in preparation for a collaborative exhibition of doll’s houses in March 2017, one at the Norwich Castle Museum, featuring a Victoria & Albert Museum touring show called “Small Stories”, and...