One of the best parts of undertaking an interventive treatment on an object is researching its history and finding out […]
The conservation team at the Museum receives feedback from Front of House staff that numerous visitors touch objects on open […]
[To see the previous blogs in this series, visit Regarding Dürer and Regarding Dürer, again: creases, tears and repairs] The […]
William Thackeray’s hand in The Human Touch exhibition contains tantalising clues to the trade secrets of master Victorian plaster-cast maker […]
This magnificent carved and gilded frame was the Fitzwilliam Museum’s birthday present to itself in 2016, when the Museum celebrated […]
The manuscript conservators have been enjoying the chance to work on two autograph letters (i.e. documents in the composer’s handwriting) […]
