It’s #NationalOldStuffDay! Need help looking after your family heirlooms? Find a conservator you can trust at conservationregister.com or head to icon.org.uk for lots of handy hints and tips to help you care for your treasured 'old stuff'!

Third incarnation of the English Heritage Insect Pest #Poster now available! Great contextualisation of insects, materials attacked, what to look out for and crucially what's at risk #InsectPests #IPM english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/hom…

Highlighting the work of forthcoming artists-in-residence, Sherie Sitauze & Sonia E Barrett, as part of #IWD2021. Sonia & Sherie have been invited to respond to & challenge West Dean College's African Collection. #IWD #ChooseToChallenge. Read the blog: buff.ly/3kKxamk

This is a brilliant film which shows just why some conservation resources are so expensive look at the skill and process involved in Parchment making 💜 Icon Book and Paper Group

Collections care folks: I'd love to interview someone for The C Word about unusual storage for museum objects. ❄️ Cold storage (the chillier the better!) 💧 Wet storage (mm, waterlogged) 🌬️ Anoxic storage (*gasping noises*) If you know anyone who fits the bill, lemme know!

It came in as a lampshade but it was actually an 18th century deed and our amazing conservation team managed to return to its original condition. Now it’s available for everyone to see – no lightbulb required! bit.ly/3va6b7N #Archive30 #ConservationWin

Box making for some fragile books happening in the studio today. It looks so easy sped up like that doesn’t it!?!? #conservation

A few examples of framed book pages with the emphasis placed on interactions made with the publication by former readers.

Lovely to see some conservation in the news 😍 I mean paintings are THE objects that make the news, but still... Look at it! Conservators at work! Mm. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

If you weren't able to attend, a recorded version will be available. Topics covered during the discussion included: - insurance ramifications - bookend couriering - technology good vs bad - increased documentation reqs - risk management and 1st principles. #Couriering Icon Modern Materials Group

💚♻️thanks for sharing #sustainability @PaperConserve

When #conservation packaging is a work of art: This is beautiful 🤩 @LJaneHenderson Icon - The Institute of Conservation Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Jenny Mathiasson

Need a bit of bank holiday weekend reading? Check out this new blog post by Conservator Wendy, all about installing the Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition National Railway Museum. Guess what? It also features a timelapse of our team installing a giant painting! blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/brass-steel-an…

UK conservators in the North West, Come and meet some NW Conservation colleagues. First meeting in over 2 years planned for Tuesday 28th September contact Pierrette Squires if you want further details

Brilliantly energetic first meeting of the #NWConservators after various lockdowns. Great to get to know my 'new' colleagues in the northwest, & see some familiar faces. Talked about disaster response, pests, climate change, & planning a Christmas Conference. Watch this space :-)

Come work with us! On a tremendously talented team might I add. This position is vital to our capacity in supporting Cornell University‘s amazing collections at Cornell_Library - our department is hyper-collaborative and focused on thoughtful approaches to our work. Please share!

Reuse is an important part of sustainability: so, I found some weird bird head socks that nobody needed, and naturally I made them into weights. (...for weighing things down, not some sort of squirrel sized gym. 🏋️🐿️) Anyone want some? 😂♻️

#Conservation management job!! greater.jobs/search-and-app… Icon - The Institute of Conservation IIC - Conservation @LJaneHenderson Phil Parkes this is managing a conservation studio as well as a beautiful building museumjobsonline.com

It’s #AskAConservatorDay did you know this was first held in memory of the 1966 Florence floods which happened on the 4th November. Flood awareness is increasingly important with climate change. Ask if you need some advice on caring for wet objects