April 2012 As the installation phase of the Bridewell Museum project begins, new challenges face both the Conservation and Display Teams. Throughout the project, the two teams have been working closely to find the best display options for varied and often vulnerable...

March 2012 Conservation work on collections to be displayed in the Bridewell Museum is continuing steadily. One of the more challenging objects that David Harvey has recently conserved, has prompted more quizzical looks from visitors to the laboratory than most....

February 2012 Rose Miller, paintings conservation student at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, is undertaking her third year project on J.S. Cotman and has been working with the NMAS conservation department and fine art collections at the Castle Museum. Cotman has long...

January 2012 As part of the initial gallery design, 3 rotations of all the textiles and costume were planned over forthcoming years. This would enable more of the collections to be viewed and accessed . It is also part of a collections care strategy as these objects...

November 2011 During October, the Conservation Team have been preparing objects for the new regimental displays located on the Castle Museum’s rotunda mezzanine. This exhibition includes a wide spectrum of wonderful and often thought-provoking objects, including...

October 2011 Rumsey Wells Hatters from Norwich will have their own section in the Bridewell Museum redisplay; Shopping and Trading section. The company made school caps, military caps and berets and what we now know as 'golfing caps'. Debbie Phipps, Textile...

September 2011 Earlier this year, a successful minor works bid enabled the Conservation Department to refurbish an existing laboratory space at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. On the site of the old workhouse laundry block, the laboratory has been restricted in its...

July 2011 Conservation work on shoes for the Norwich Shoe Gallery at the Bridewell Museum continues apace. There will be approximately 160 shoes, boots, sandals, slippers and heels in this gallery alone. Each shoe is measured and a paper foot-print template created to...

June 2011 Over the last 3 months, conservators and curators from the British Museum and Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service have undertaken a joint project to uncover the secrets of an ancient Egyptian textile. The textile, a burial shroud, was bought by the...

April 2011 This event took place at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge on Thursday 10 March. With rapid changes in lighting technology in recent years, NMAS Conservation Department with support from East of England regional colleagues organised this very accessible...