The Royal Cornwall Museum has recently undergone significant change in its 200-year history. In winter 2019, the organisation had a complete change in team, with the aim to create a museum that is rooted in its community and relevant for a modern and diverse audience. An important part of this…

In 2021, we were very grateful to receive funding from Icon and the Radcliffe Trust for an important project to conserve a historically valuable textile belonging to this Museum. The grant was used to fully conserve, re-frame and re-glaze an 18th-century tillet for safe display.   A tillet was a loose…

Creswell Heritage Trust used the Collections Care Stimulus grant to carry out an Osteological Conservation Review, which assessed the deterioration of objects in the collection, a collection which includes, examples of animal remains that exhibit cutmarks by Homo sapiens, and an extensive collection of faunal remains, such as evidence of…

The Early Medieval/Pictish sandstone cross fragment was found on the beach at Kinloss near the mouth of the River Findhorn, Moray. It was taken to the Falconer Museum, Forres and reported to the Treasure Trove Unit in Edinburgh. Acquisition and display of the stone in Elgin Museum was seen as…

 Conservation treatment of UYLY206/3 Library borrowing register 1786-92 In November 2021, Icon accredited private book conservator Emma Fraser completed the conservation treatment of a Library receipt book (UYLY206/3), from the University of St Andrews Library Special Collections. Commission of the conservation work was enabled though a generous Collection Care Stimulus…

In March 2021 The Novium Museum was awarded a grant of £1250 from the Institute of Conservation to conserve and repackage its wallpaper sample collection to ensure the safe storage and the long term preservation of the collection of samples.  

Preventive conservation of the Royal College of Physicians Museum’s fine art

The Clan Donald Genealogical Chart is one of the most significant items in the museum’s collection. Compiled by genealogist John Brown in 1814, the chart records both Clan Donald history and the line of the Kings of Scotland from the 11th century and attracts worldwide interest. It is a rare…

The Archives and Special Collections at Bangor University is responsible for the collection and long-term preservation of manuscripts, archival collections and a diverse range of rare books and printed material. The manuscripts that they hold date from the 12th century to the present day and a significant percentage of these…