Tag Archives: conservation

Summer Hols and Sandy Beaches

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Laing Art Gallery   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on July 3, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Summer has come at last and with it some new student placements from Northumbria University Conservation Course. It’s great to have new people to work  and exchange knowledge with. At the moment I have one student on placement and two ex… Read more

Sharing the Love…

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Design   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on June 2, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

One of the pleasures of working with an amazing museum collection is being able to share it with people, whether through our own exhibitions and behind-the-scenes store tours or by lending objects out to other museums, galleries and carefully selected… Read more

Behind the Scenes in the Science and Industry Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Science
Posted by administrator on April 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Last week I cleaned a German World War One Torpedo, found out what’s stored inside the drawer of an Electro Shock Therapy table, took photographs of an airplane engine and opened a wooden crate that had been sealed for over… Read more

Framing Icons: Hanging Old Masters

Art   Collections & Objects   Hatton Gallery
Posted by administrator on December 13, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

 “He’s slipped on the right”, I tell a patient Ray and Steve. Nimbly, blue-gloved hands raise the picture edge a fraction higher, straightening a two metre, grisaille Christ. It’s a Friday afternoon at the Hatton, and we are hanging ‘Framing Icons’,… Read more

Divine company!

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Exhibitions   Hatton Gallery   Technology
Posted by administrator on August 21, 2012     Permalink     Comments (2)

I’ve been busy working on the conservation of some of the old masters from the Hatton gallery for their new exhibition. some of the paintings are really old and really dirty. This painting is by de Wit and was painted… Read more