We are hiring! We're looking for a senior conservation technician to join our team here at Lincoln. See jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… for more details and to apply. Closing date 20th September. Please re-share in your networks.  #conservation #conservationjobs #heritagejobs

For the first time, you can now explore The Courtauld Gallery’s full collection online for free, on our new digital platform launched today 🖼️ Search through 33,000 works with high-definition images, most of which have not been accessible before. 🔗: courtauld.ac.uk/news-blogs/202…

I’m here @MuseumAthelstan this morning showing off my conservation tools. Come say hello! Heritage Open Days Icon - The Institute of Conservation Conservation and Museums Advisory Service

In other news, I'm enjoying being able to join the Making Historical Dress Network workshop today from afar. Many thanks to Dr Serena Dyer and Sarah Bendall for your hard work in widening participation.

Exciting news! On October 12th, Sarah Graham will host a captivating workshop on crafting a multi-section case binding to celebrate E.C.C.O.'s European Day of the Conservator-Restorer. Don't miss this opportunity!

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… It has been a pleasure to review "Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage" by Robyn Sloggett Robyn Sloggett and Marcelle Scott for Icon - The Institute of Conservation A book I will use in teaching in the MSc Sustainable Heritage UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage

While remedial conservation is generally about active intervention, preventive conservation is a holistic, risk management approach that prevents or slows down the effects of time. So what exactly does a preventive conservator do?

Find out more about the activities carried out by preventive conservators ICON Care of Collections Group and how you can become one here: icon.org.uk/resource/what-…

🎉Academy of Social Sciences have launched a new (and free!) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion resource hub. Lots of helpful info about EDI and governance, research funding, organising events, accessibility & more. Find it here: acss.org.uk/esrc-project-e…

Well, that's a relief! We'll be able to carry on supporting the museums of Gloucs, West of England (including S Gloucs), Somerset, Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, Dorset and Wilts - and welcoming Hampshire, Solent & Isle of Wight from April 24. Let us know how we can help!

Our member English Heritage are running a FREE Sustainable Conservation Conference next week. All about collaboration to address climate change & sustaining specialist heritage skills. 📅: 17 Oct 2023 📍: One Moorgate Place, London Register: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Just, like, always double check your packing job before you put a fossil in the mail… Especially maybe if it’s a holotype?

Two weeks from today we are teaming up with the Northern region for a fabulous event on Cataloguing and Conservation Grants.   Monday 6th November, 2pm, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, LS10 1LT   To book your place contact Robert Curphey:  [email protected]

Life of the object writ large #Heritage #Preservation

The deadline for the Call for Papers for the Icon 2024 Conference is fast approaching! Don't miss the opportunity to get involved - this will be THE Conservation event of the year. 👉 You'll get to share your expertise and experiences with an interested audience

Application for our 2024-2026 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science closing soon! Are you a recent PhD in chemistry or other physical or material sciences with experience in conservation science? Details, qualifications, and online application: gty.art/44y3z4G

#AskAConservator Our #interiors group covers many #conservation disciplines. So we asked them what’s in their #toolkits? Here’s one for #paintsampling - inc a toothbrush holder for scalpels & tweezers! What’s in your #conservation #toolkit ⁦Icon - The Institute of Conservation⁩ ⁦IIC - Conservation⁩

Photographs are made of many different materials. Monique Fischer, the Senior #PhotographConservator at NEDCC, and Emily Mercer, the #PhotographConservation Fellow, identify photographic materials using samples from a study collection: youtu.be/ivF-7S7RzHg. #AskAConservator

Collection Moves day - talks & tours (hybrid) 24 Oct We will explore the perennially important topic of collection moves incl: -Collection moves unique requirements -Project mgmt & collection tools -Handling & stabilisation -Hints and tips -Case-studies icon.org.uk/events/care-of…