Drakon Heritage and Conservation is a partnership which provides conservation and project management services to museums, heritage organisations, private individuals and development-funded projects across the UK.
We provide conservation treatments, assessments of individual objects and collections, exhibition checking, collection health-checks, collections decant and storage move support, assessments for loan and storage, collections care and advice.
Our services include:
Conservation treatment
We offer specialist practical conservation treatments for three dimensional objects regardless of material or time period. We ensure that all conservation treatments are to the highest professional standards and are carried out by Icon accredited conservators. We work both on-site and in our fully-equipped lab.
Project Management
Whether it’s a storage move, an exhibition, an archaeological research or collections care project, targeted project management support can help with planning and delivering an efficient and cost-effective project that meets its aims successfully.
We provide quality assurance and specialist oversight of heritage projects for organisations who need to supplement their in-house expertise or capacity.
We are experienced at delivering secretariat and coordination functions for groups and organisations, specialising in complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Collections Care
We provide expert collections care advice and guidance for individual objects, exhibitions, collections, or whole museum projects.
This includes collection surveys and health checks, museum decants and storage moves, rationalisation projects or bespoke courses on conservation, integrated pest management and collections care.
X-rays
High-quality digital x-rays for all organic and inorganic materials and objects. X-ray available for use during micro-excavation and other complex conservation projects.
We provide bulk x-ray services for large archaeological projects but are also happy to produce individual plates – no project is too small. Do enquire if you have a query or would like to know more.
Heritage Services
We deliver a range of activities and services which draw on our collective skills and experience:
- Editing, copyediting and proofreading.
- Public talks, popular and academic writing and online outputs from website content to social media events.
- Training workshops and written guidance.
Egyptian materials conservation on site. Egypt
Early medieval silver pin conservation- Cookham excavations
Bevis Marks during conservation (left uncleaned and right cleaned)
Bevis Marks conservation. Torah crown
Accredited members
Pieta Greaves ACR
Pieta is partner of Drakon Heritage and Conservation, a private company that provides conservation and heritage services. Prior to setting up the company, she was the conservation coordinator of the Staffordshire Hoard 2013-2016, the project won the 2015 The Pilgrim Trust Award for Conservation at the Icon Conservation Awards. Pieta’s specialism is the conservation of museum and archaeological objects and she has considerable field experience in conservation and archaeology, working in the UK and abroad.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Anthropology/Geography -Auckland University NZ. BSc Conservation of objects: Museums and Archaeology- Cardiff University MSc Architectural Conservation -University of Edinburgh
Associations: IIC, Maya Research Project
Client testimonials
Pieta has provided a great deal of invaluable advice and training to the Portable Antiquities Scheme staff, including devising the excellent guidance for finders of archaeological artefacts. All have bee consistently excellent and I can't recommend her highly enough.
Claire Costin
Portable Anquiquities Scheme Resources Manager, The British Museum
