Posts by venue: Collections Management

Preparing a Japanese Norimono for exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery

Here’s a movie which records Dawn Bradshaw and Christina Stephenson, two of TWAM’s Conservators, preparing this beautifully crafted object (TWCMS : J1509) for an exhibition which was held at the Laing Art Gallery (Japanese Wave, 1st May 2010 to 5… Read more

Adam, Lou and the Magnificent UV Ray Machine

Here’s a picture of Lou, one of TWAM’s Conservators. She’s currently busy preparing objects for an exhibition which will celebrate 150 years of South Shields Museum and Art Gallery. Adam the exhibition curator selected the UV Ray machine (TWM : 2010.3227) because… Read more

A look at the dodo

The collections held in the Great North Museum Resource Centre contain an intruiging little cardboard box labelled ‘Dodo bones’. I’ve recently had a request from a researcher to look at these bones and it’s given me a rare oportunity to… Read more

Tynemouth Lifeboat Station

One of the current tasks of the Documentation team is to work through a collection of old maritime glass negatives. We scan the negatives and create computer records about each one. These are two images we find really interesting, capturing… Read more

Painting Conservation: the CSI of the Museum World

Welcome to the new Conservation blog. I am hoping to be able to give you a little insight into what is happening behind the scenes in the conservation studio. Usually when I introduce myself to people and tell them I’m… Read more