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15.05.2020

Waking Up Collections: A Post-Lockdown Guide

Icon and the Icon Care of Collections Group have published a new Guide and Checklist to outline how to address collection...

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21.04.2020

Caring for the Mary Rose - a Coronavirus Case Study (2)

Professor Eleanor Schofield, Head of Conservation and Collections Care at Mary Rose Trust, shares her reflections on caring...

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14.04.2020

Caring for the Mary Rose - a Coronavirus Case Study (1)

Professor Eleanor Schofield, Head of Conservation and Collections Care at Mary Rose Trust, shares her reflections on caring...

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02.04.2020

Icon Trustee Sophie Rowe ACR reflects on collections care during a crisis

Staff working in the University of Cambridge Museums have been fortunate to have a staged lockdown which has given us time...

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31.03.2020

Conservation and care of collections during the Coronavirus pandemic

Many heritage organisations are implementing special measures to ensure that their collections are secure, safely cared for...

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27.04.2017

5 Things to Consider When Dealing With Egyptian Artefacts

National Museums Liverpool's World Museum is about to open its doors to the new Ancient Egypt gallery In the face of the...

Tags: members, blogs, care of collections, archaeology, ethnography

30.03.2017

The Genesis of Modern Conservation – the Florence Flood Revisited

The Florence Flood – Interview with Ezio Buzzegoli by Gianlorenzo Pignatti ACR Florence December 2016 After the fiftieth...

Tags: paintings, care of collections, history, blogs

24.03.2017

Conservators to the Rescue! 6 Averted Artwork Blunders

We’ve decided to look back at famous incidents of artworks and artefacts being damaged and then conserved back to their...

Tags: paintings, care of collections, heritage

23.03.2017

Conservators Get to Work to Repair Slashed Gainsborough

A much loved masterpiece by Gainsborough, known as The Morning Walk, was slashed with a screwdriver by a member of the...

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17.03.2017

State-of-the-art Conservation Studio Opens at Knole

The two-story studio is the latest project to be completed in the £20 million restoration The revamp at Knole is the largest...

Tags: buildings, care of collections, furniture and wood

20.02.2017

Call for Papers: First Aid for Finds

European Association of Archaeologists Conference 2017 Abstract submission deadline 15 March 2017 We would like to invite...

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16.02.2017

Face To Face With Talbot's Death Mask

Accredited Icon member, Valerie Kaufmann, recently took to work conserving the death mask of Charles Talbot, The Duke of...

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06.12.2016

Rare world map saved by National Library conservators

Conservators at the National Library of Scotland complete complex restoration of 17th century wall map Conservators at the...

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15.11.2016

Louvre unveils controversial Da Vinci restoration

Nine-month restoration has removed as many as half of the 15 varnish layers accumulated and oxidised over time The Louvre...

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02.11.2016

Florence Flood: memories of the aftermath

Designer bookbinder and Icon Member Faith Shannon shares her account of the monumental rescue efforts following the Florence...

Tags: care of collections, book & paper, heritage, history

02.11.2016

Waters rising: Sheila Waters marks 50-year anniversary of Florence Flood

Renowned calligrapher Sheila Waters shares memories of the disastrous Florence Flood and her husband's efforts to instil...

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19.10.2016

Ghent masterpiece restored to former glory

First stage of complex restoration project reveals secrets of ‘the most stolen artwork of all time’ Like any famous icon,...

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18.10.2016

AIM conservation grants funded for three more years

The Pilgrim Trust continues support for conservation projects across independent museums The Association of Independent...

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04.10.2016

The death of an object: a follow-up report

Following our recent discussion of whether or not objects can die, we hear from Catherine Fairless, the Icon Member who...

Tags: gilding and decorative surfaces, care of collections

28.09.2016

Material girl: Ksynia Marko ACR featured in the Financial Times

Plowden Medal winner explains why tapestry conservators have their work cut out Ksynia Marko ACR , winner of the Plowden...

Tags: plowden medal, care of collections, textiles

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