Conservation of an 18th century headboard | Secrets of State Bed
In this blog post, conservator Viola Nicastro explains the process of conserving the headboard ...
Category: Hampton Court Palace
Florimania comes to Hampton Court: diary of an exhibition
It’s Mothering Sunday on the 22 March and as usual at Hampton Court Palace ...
Dangerous Women: The Cross-Dressing Cavalier Mary Frith
In her second blog post written as part of her Queer History work placement ...
Georgian Feminism: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, sexual-fluidity and...
Our Queer Lives immersive tours taking place on selected dates at the Tower of ...
Six mattresses for a Queen | Secrets of a State Bed
As conservation work continues on Queen Caroline’s State bed, Conservator Beatrice Farmer shares discoveries ...
Conservation of Queen Caroline's State bed: a discovery on the lining
Queen Caroline’s bed has three upper inner valances. These decorative drapes are attached to ...
Outliers: A scullion in the Hampton Court kitchens
Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that ...
Mistletoe in the palace gardens: why do kiss under it?
One of the most popular enquires the gardeners get during winter concerns strange lumps ...
The art of botanical watercolours: meet the Hampton Court Florilegium...
One of the newer collections in the Historic Royal Palaces archives is a large ...