by Helen Rush | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Aug 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Helen Rush | Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
