by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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....
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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,...
