by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
September 2013 Storing a Parasol, Sunshade and Umbrella Collection The Costume & Textile Collections at Shirehall Study Centre, include over 100 parasols, umbrellas and sunshades from the early 1800s to the 1960s. Some are extremely fragile with delicate silk,...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
July 2013 Over the last few months, the Conservation Department has been preparing objects for Thetford Ancient House Museum’s exhibition ‘Lost Tudor Sculptures’. The stonework, a mixture of sculpted figures and architectural fragments, are from monuments planned by...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
June 2013 Good environmental conditions, that is, steady levels of temperature and relative humidity within defined parameters, are desirable for the preservation of museum objects. Although temperature levels are important, it is the relative humidity (RH), or the...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
April 2013 ‘The Star of Bethlehem (or the Adoration of the Magi); designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1885 and produced by Morris and Co, 1907. The tapestry has been requested by Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow as part of the “Pre Raphaelite:...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
January 2013 Since autumn last year, the Conservation and Design & Technical teams have been working closely with curator Kate Thaxton to select and prepare an incredible variety of objects for the imminent re-display of the regimental collection on the Castle...
by Helen Rush | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
December 2012 At the end of 2012, the Conservation Department invited Norfolk Record Office paper conservator Yuki Uchida, to provide some training in the mounting of documents and works on paper. We were shown various different styles of mounting and methods of...
