Did you know that William Morris wrote poetry? In fact, he was best known during his life as a writer. Images of nature abound throughout his writing and designs. Poem: 'Flora', published 1891 Image: Daisy wallpaper #NationalPoetryDay #environment National Poetry Day

As this year marks the 25th anniversary of the #PLENDERLEITH, we’ve put together a post to tell you all about this year’s lecture. If you think you can make it, there’s a link to purchase tickets here 🎟 bit.ly/3WQQ0uP Edinburgh Museums Icon - The Institute of Conservation

Deep cleaning deeply satisfying. Historic Scotland Historic Environment Scotland #paperconservation #hesarchives #archives

Before and after…! Historic Environment Scotland harry archived #paperconservation

Join us for a tour of the spectacularly Burrel Collection in Glasgow on the 10th of February. The tour will be conservation focused of the recently refurbished and reopened collections thanks to Glasgow Life. Limited spaces so book your ticket today! icon.org.uk/events/scotlan…

🚨Permanent Job🚨 Due to an internal promotion we have a vacancy for a Digital Archive Officer. If you have #archive experience and an interest in #digitalpreservation this may be the job for you! Deadline 18th January, please share: bit.ly/3WyRbOh

Now accepting applications ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Japanese Paper Conservation #JPC 2023 🔟 #culturalheritage professionals will be chosen to learn the #ancient #art of #Japanese #paperconservation! 東京文化財研究所/TOBUNKEN【公式】 ⭕️ Apply by 20 March ⭕️ bit.ly/3Jk5yTa #opportunity #course #Japan

Before, during and after. Repair of a fragile, oil impregnated transparent paper. Historic Environment Scotland #welovehistory #paperconservation #hesarchives

Before, during and after. Satisfying repair of a 19th Century architectural drawing. Historic Environment Scotland #paperconservation

In honour of St. George's Day we bring to you a stained glass design by #JohnHenryDearle of St. George and the Dragon. Note Dearle's characteristic vegetation in the foreground and Morris & Co. inspired tree motifs in the back. To learn more about Dearle click the link in our bio

This map of a family farm in Monmouth dated 1828 arrived in the studio a little worse for wear... But after a wash and repair it is framed and ready to go back on the wall: #paperconservation #YesIWashPaper

Product Focus: Light Wall for Conservation willard.co.uk/post/product-f…

Hayley Livingstone and Zoë Miller were partnered through Icon’s Student Mentoring Programme. They both made valuable discoveries while having different specialisms and being at different career phases: icon.org.uk/resource/curat… #VolunteersWeek

It's official! We're moving! Our archives are moving to a new state-of-the-art home outside Edinburgh. 💨📦🗃📂📽🗄 We love to see buildings reused, so our Archive House project will transform an existing building in Bonnyrigg into a world-class facility ow.ly/b9qa50OMOq9

Our archive holds information vital to our understanding of Scotland’s historic places, including sites looked after by Historic Scotland. Within it, there are around 6 million items & 15km of shelving. 🤯 Soon, it will be finding a new home. Find out more ow.ly/Vcft50ON56B

'I love my work. I love working with my hands. When I see damage to a book, it's like the book needs a doctor – and I'm that doctor.' Bringing books back to life – that's the magic that Roger works as one of the incredibly talented conservators in our BL Collection Care team 📚

Paper conservators - come work with us! Fab role working with our lovely team and amazing drawings. applications.historicenvironment.scot/pages/job_sear…