The Fitzwilliam Museum is pleased to have launched its Conservation and Collections Care blog<http://blogs.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/conservation/> and welcome you all to follow it!
The Fitzwilliam Museum has studios for the conservation of antiquities, applied arts, manuscripts and printed books, works of art on paper and a scientific laboratory to carry out analysis on the collection. The Museum’s paintings are conserved at The Hamilton Kerr Institute<http://www.hki.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/>, which is also a department of the Museum. Conservators at the Fitzwilliam Museum work alongside curators, researching and investigating the materials and technology of the objects. They assess and record condition and undertake conservation treatment where necessary. The other important part of conservation work is collections care. This includes all the actions taken to avoid damage and slow down deterioration of the objects by controlling the environment around them. The new blog will enable Conservators, Technicians, Conservation Scientists and Collections Care experts, working on the rich collections of the Museum, to share some of their behind the scenes activities. Gwendoline Lemee Assistant Book Conservator The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, UK ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
