Object of the month: maiolica
The Collections Management team at Historic Royal Palaces runs an ‘object of the month’ competition to...
Category: Hampton Court Palace
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
Cataloguing samples – An Intern’s View
How do you catalogue architectural samples and object fragments? That was the question, or rather...
Queen Victoria’s Petticoat takes a bath
In our previous post we learned about the condition of Queen Victoria’s petticoat. Today I want to...
Throne Canopy at Kensington Palace: almost there!
These past few months we’ve been busy finishing the Queen Anne throne canopy conservation; tying together...
PORTABLE PALACES: King Henry VIII’s Timber...
My work on the AHRC funded Portable Palaces research project is progressing well. I have spent the last few...
Historic plant exchange!
Hampton Court Palace and Palace Het Loo in the Netherlands have embarked upon an exciting new...
Revealing our tapestry’s true colours
The back of a tapestry can help us unpick the history of its creation and repair...
Tapestry recording – HRP supports young...
My name is Nanette Kissi and, supported by Historic Royal Palaces’ Heritage Science Scholarship, I recently...
Real Royal Tennis
If Hampton Court Palace had an official sport it would be Real Tennis and we are...