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Voices From the Workhouse Project

July 2015 As the Voices from the Workhouse redevelopment project at Gressenhall continues to roll forward, the conservation lab at Gressenhall has been busy preparing the collections for phase one of the new displays. The objects that have been selected offer an...

Conservation – Professional Development

May 2015 Whilst the recent museum trainee recruits embark on their year long teaching programme, the Conservation Department have been busy keeping their knowledge up to date, by attending conferences and workshops. Conservation is a lively and evolving discipline....

A Painting’s Signature Uncovered

April 2015 Our county’s historic close links with, and influences from, the Low Countries, has led to us curating a significant Dutch and Flemish art collection. The Listening Maid, attributed to Cornelius Bisschop (1630-1674), is a popular work with visitors and...

Martha Infray – Conservation Intern, Says Goodbye

April 2015 Twelve months have come and gone and I can hardly believe that it is time to say goodbye. I have had an incredible year here in the Conservation Department. As many of you will remember I came to Norfolk Museums Service after completing my MA in the...

Strangers Hall Annual Deep Clean

January 2015 Every year we take advantage of the post Christmas lull in visitor numbers, and the winter closing hours in museums to undertake a thorough deep clean of Strangers’ Hall. This is a joint operation involving the Strangers’ Hall staff, the conservation...

Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell, Costume Refresh

December 2014 It may come as a pleasant surprise that ‘The Museum of Norwich’ has been open for two years now, and it is time to rotate the costume which has been on display since then. Historic clothing was not designed to be worn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for...

Loans To The Design Museum, London

November 2014 Loans of objects to other museums, galleries and organisations, present great opportunities to highlight our wonderful collections which may otherwise never go on display. Amongst the regular requests received by NMS, a recent request by the Design...

Pots, pavements and parasols

As a conservation intern, it is always exciting to walk into the lab and to see my colleagues at their benches working on objects. Objects are fascinating to me because they tell us about the development of technological skills which in turn has shaped our material...

Martha Infray – Conservation Intern

August 2014 I arrived in the Conservation department on the 31st March 2014 as an Institute of Conservation (ICON) Preventive Conservation Intern. I graduated in January 2014 and was delighted to be offered the ICON internship in Preventive Conservation at NMS. I...

Work begins on a 16th century Southern German altarpiece

July 2014 At the beginning of the year the NMS Conservation Department started work on a 16th century Southern German polychrome church altarpiece which is destined for display in Norwich Castle Keep. So far, the altarpiece has undergone extensive investigation and...

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