by Helen Rush | Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
July 2016 The conservation department has been involved at most stages with this phase of the project, to redevelop Gressenhall Museum and tell the story of its workhouse origins. From assessing object condition and conducting remedial treatments, to advising on...
by Helen Rush | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 2016 Oiled smock NWHCM: 1991.63.1, this is a farm workers smock dating from around the start of the 20thC. It belonged to the donor’s Great Granny Gaze who took it with her from her parents farm at Upton Hall, Upton when she moved to her husband’s farm at Aldeby...
by Helen Rush | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
February 2016 Over the past few months, the conservation team have been working on a large number of objects for a major re display project, Stories of Lynn, at Kings Lynn Town Hall. Amongst the many civic related objects, is an incredible piece of architectural...
by Helen Rush | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 2016 In December, NMS conservators worked with conservation colleagues at the Norfolk Record Office to organise and host a meeting of the East Anglian Conservator’s Forum. This is a group that meets at least once a year to share knowledge and skills across...
by Helen Rush | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
October 2015 The Voices from the Workhouse HLF funded project to reinstate/recreate the workhouse ‘experience’ at Gressenhall continues apace. In July, we saw some of the social history objects that have been selected and already conserved. This month, two hats from...
by Helen Rush | Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
August 2015 Lynn Museum produced an ambitious object list for the conservation team earlier this year for their exhibition “Art at the Mart”. One of the key pieces was a chalk drawing of a cockerel. The drawing was produced by Savage’s c1920. It would have been used...
