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1. Event - Threads of Identity: Conservation as Storyteller in the Doddington Hall Tapestry Interiors 2. Housing for Panotypes or Pannotypes 3. Museums as Cooling Stations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: Leah Warriner-Wood Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:54 AM Subject: Event - Threads of Identity: Conservation as Storyteller in the Doddington Hall Tapestry Interiors Message: Dear colleagues, Please join me for an online talk on Monday 27 July (from 18.30 UK time) titled 'Threads of Identity: Conservation as Storyteller in the Doddington Hall Tapestry Interiors <https://www.icon.org.uk/events/threads-of-identity-conservation-as-storyteller-in-the-doddington-hall-tapestry-interiors.html>' Drawing on a multi-year conservation project, and based on my doctoral research, I will be exploring how close material examination and documentation uncovered the human stories quietly embedded in two sets of 17th-century tapestries at Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire. The event will be hosted on Zoom, in a collaboration between the Institute of Conservation Textiles and Historic Interiors Groups. Places are free for Icon members. Non-members also very welcome (10 fee applies). Best wishes, Leah. <http://lincoln.ac.uk/> Dr. Leah Warriner-Wood (she/her) AFHEA Senior Lecturer, Conservation of Cultural Heritage Joint Programme Leader, MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage Lincoln School of Humanities & Heritage Part of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities University of Lincoln. Brayford Pool, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. LN6 7TS Tel: 01522 835023 <tel:01522%20835023> NB. I work from home for parts of the week. Please email in the first instance. 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Further information can be found at:https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/legal <https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/legal>. 2.From: Laura Covarsí Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2026 1:42 PM Subject: Housing for Panotypes or Pannotypes Message: Good afternoon, I would like to get in touch with collection managers and conservators who hold panotypes in their collections. Specifically, I'm interested in loose panotypes that have not been mounted on a secondary support or housed within Anglo-American cases or European frames. These are rare objects in collections, and complex ones, given their constituent materials (fabric, lacquers, collodion, protective varnishes, etc.). Designing appropriate housing for them is a real challenge, and I would welcome the opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues facing similar issues. Thank you very much in advance. I would greatly appreciate the chance to discuss these challenges further. Best regards, Laura Covarsí ------------------------------ Laura Covarsí Conservator of Photographic Materials Barcelona Spain ------------------------------ 3.From: Carolyn Tallent Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:50 PM Subject: Museums as Cooling Stations Message: The recurring extreme heat is causing thousands of deaths across Europe. Some museums have been officially opened to the public as cooling centers, and many others are undoubtedly being used as such by the public. This is an important function for museums, but we know that it will play havoc with climate control as spaces fill up with hot, sweaty humans. I am interested in collecting information from museums/institutions as to what has taken place: what has been the effect on temperature or RH; what was the recovery time; was the entire museum open or were galleries with more vulnerable objects closed; was it possible to control the at-risk galleries; what worked and what didn’t. What kinds of protocols were used: reduced hours; controlled admittance; additional cooling equipment; and did larger crowds mean more security risk, etc. This is a subject that could and should be discussed here, online on various lists, however, there is value in having the information compiled in a published article, which can be searched online. The WAAC Newsletter is a very good venue for information of this sort. The time from submission to publication is very short, sometimes as little as a month, depending on the publication cycle. Newsletter content is reserved for members for about a year and then is free for all on our website. Due to the timeliness of this information, this article/compilation might be posted sooner. Also, besides online posting, feel free to contact me directly. If there is a need to keep your museum/institution’s information private that will be respected, it can be shared anonymously. Contributions of any length are welcome. 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