Restoring Hillsborough’s Courthouse Clock
An exciting conservation project has been undertaken in Hillsborough. The courthouse clock – which stopped over...
Archives: Conservation
Preserving our Works on Paper
Laurie Gibbs is a preventive conservator at Hampton Court Palace. In this blog post, she gives...
Queen Victoria’s jacket
An addition to the HRP Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection is this beautiful pink embroidered jacket, once owned...
Weaving, Washing & Mermen: A Tapestry...
My name is Ruby, and I am coming to the end of my year at Hampton...
Lord of the Isles Tartan Suit, Object of the Month
September’s Object of the Month is the spectacular Lord of the Isles Tartan Suit. This suit...
Gibbons goes from Hampton Court to Fairfax House...
Volunteering at HCP As a volunteer at Historic Royal Palaces for several years, I was delighted...
Conserving history: a Victorian child’s...
A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...
Gibbons travels to Fairfax House – Part 1
“The Genius of Grinling Gibbons from Journeyman to King’s Carver” How do you put on a...
Object of the month: maiolica
The Collections Management team at Historic Royal Palaces runs an ‘object of the month’ competition to...
Object of the month: silk satin waistcoat
Historic Royal Palaces’ Collections Management team regularly holds an ‘Object of the Month’ competition to share...