Great way to finish the week in Berlin visiting the Charlottenburg Palace and the laboratories of the Rathgen-Forschungslabor Staatliche, Museen zu Berlin in the great company of Bill Landsberger.

Constrain was not given the red carpet treatment today but rather the Red Carpet was given the Constrain treatment. #Carpetmoth

It’s not necessary to treat the complete carpet to protect them from textile insect pests. The edge is often the first area to be attacked. Apply #Constrain to the under edge and vacuum regularly. #carpetbeetle

Busy morning at ⁦EH_Brodsworth Hall⁩ . Great house and gardens to visit and you never know what else is happening. #croquet #englishheritage

‘An irreplaceable portal to the past’: ⁦⁦English Heritage⁩ launches campaign to help preserve more than one million artefacts theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/08/an-…

View now! The Uninvited Guest from the Unremembered Past. Throughout ⁦⁦Tyntesfield⁩ , artist Nichola Turner has created a series of evocative installations made from organic matter, such as wool and horsehair. Well treated to ensure no other guests appear uninvited.

At this time of year mice will come indoors for shelter. Be careful if you use bait to manage them. Several bait recipes contain cereals, a foodstuff for carpet beetle larvae. You could end up with more than just mice as residents.

#WelshMuseumsFestival is here! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Museums across Wales are hosting events and activities for all ages over half term 🙌 We spoke to Rhian at Rhondda Heritage Park to find out what they’ve got planned 👇

CSI, why so many Clothes Moth larvae in the bath. Head to attic to find capped down lighters surrounded by wool insulation - home to hundreds if not thousands of moths. Many falling through the downlighter into the room below. Crime solved. But what to do about the wool?

Up in town for a few days at the annual Historic Houses AGM and the #HPBGE event by #Hall-McCartney. Can’t miss it. Look for the purple building opposite the famous white towers . QEII Centre 12th November 2024. Stand D23.

An incredibly busy day at the HBPGE event in association with Historic Houses . This was the stand before opening. Have talked strategies for clothes moths, carpet beetles, the dreaded cluster fly, and many more. Good to meet old contacts and new. historyonics.com

Window cleaners ⁦British Museum⁩

Looking forward to a packed day in Bolton tomorrow. Conservation Matters in the North 24: Transferrable Skills in Conservation eventbrite.com/e/conservation…

Conservation Matters in the North 2024: Transferrable Skills in Conservation. Great lecture room and a good attendance in an excellent museum building. And #Gaia is here too. Libs and Museums

It was the (rescheduled thanks to #stormdarragh) Monmouth Christmas Lantern Parade tonight. We thought we would build a moth (of sorts). Agincourt Square. Shire Hall.

What are you doing different this Christmas? We are feeding the neighbours chickens for a few days.

A reminder for all our heritage clients who have created such magical settings for their visitors with many splendid Christmas Trees. “Up to 25,000 insects come into the house with the tree.” See it, stop it, Constrain it!

Remember to store and protect your knitted nativity shepherds, wise men , sheep, donkeys, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus to ensure they can all reappear this time next year.

Happy New Year to all our heritage clients and may 2025 be better than you wish it to be.