Today former The Heritage Council Conservation intern Cécilia Duminuco has been visiting Chester Beatty as a reader. She’s researching some of the embroidered bindings in our rare book collection. This ruby is a 16th century book of private prayers (CBL AF656) #CBLconservation

Many, many thanks to Chester Beatty What gilded jewels we have seen his week - a wonderful collection you look after.

Tune in next week for a trip to Canada with Collections Manager Evelyn Fidler

Evelyn started out at the Nova Scotia Museums and now with 35 years experience, she is Collections Manager at Kings Landing. One of Evelyn's many other roles is a certified Archives Appraiser.

And don't forget to send an email to [email protected] to book your week

Help I need a conservator! Found this on an organ in our 1890 Anglican church. It did not come to us this way. Yes that is duct tape.

One of our lovely volunteers has a skill for rehousing. Yes I have trained her to look for the right archival grade plastic and paper. This is part of our jewelry collection.

Bottom layer

First damage for the week. Staff are trained well on how to fill out damage reports. Now to repair or replace?

Conservation Diaries I believe I heard of a study being done into the preservation of plastics which is funded with EU grant money!

Thank you so much Evelyn! Plastics are at the forefront our thoughts for so many reasons these days.

It's holiday time for Conservation Diaries for a couple of weeks. If you'd like to take part and complete 1 year of tweets - email [email protected]