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