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Installation of the Holme timber circle timbers (Seahenge) at the British Museum
The blockbuster World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum was a phenomenal success. We were thrilled and trepidatious when the British Museum requested to loan the palisade timbers from “Seahenge”, as we knew it would take a great deal of work, both...
Conservation of an 18th Century Tabard, Elizabethan House, Great Yarmouth
Tabard def. a herald’s official coat emblazoned with the arms of the sovereign (Oxford English Dictionary) Herald def. an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry...
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, More in Commons temporary exhibition 2021
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, More in Commons temporary exhibition 2021 Recently we have been cleaning, conserving and mounting items for the exhibition which explores the wildlife, history, communities and future of Norfolk’s common land. The display includes two...
Conservation Collaborations
The Conservation Department are always open to working with colleagues across Norfolk County Council. This month the Conservation Department have teamed up with the Adult Learning team based at Wensum Lodge, who are developing an ambitious new model for Wensum Lodge...
Conserving Textile Treasures
Later this year, to coincide with the school summer holidays, there will be an exhibition of some of the many treasured textiles from the costume and textiles collections. Highlights include large patchwork bedcovers, embroidered letters and clothing. The exhibition...
Sir Cloudesley Shovell terracotta bust being prepared for loan
The terracotta bust of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, made by John Bushnell, is to go on loan from Strangers’ Hall Museum to Tate Britain for their exhibition ‘The Baroque Age in Britain’ early next year. Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707) had a distinguished naval...
A tablecloth with a difference
As well as our core work for the Museums Service, Conservation are often approached by members of the public to conserve, repair and transform precious heirlooms and personal possessions. Recently, one such object was an interesting discovery that had been stored away...
Mummies on the Move
The relocation of the Norwich Castle Museum Egyptian collection began as a simple decant project to safe guard the objects during the Keep Project building works. The Egyptian gallery may in the end, be relatively unaffected by the Keep redevelopment. But building...
Loans to Angelsey Abbey
In May, the Conservation Department fulfilled a loan to Anglesey Abbey, a National Trust property in Cambridgeshire, historic home of Lord Fairhaven. Lady Fairhaven, Cara Leland Broughton, was a fashionable woman and after her death, several Louis Vuitton packing...
Snap the Dragon Moves Home
Over the past couple of months, the Conservation and Collections Management teams have been busy decanting collections from the Castle Keep in readiness for the transformation of the space. A particular challenge, was the removal...