Gibbons goes from Hampton Court to Fairfax House...
Volunteering at HCP As a volunteer at Historic Royal Palaces for several years, I was delighted...
Archives: Conservation
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...
Putting Kew Palace to bed
Putting Kew Palace to Bed Kew Palace welcomes many visitors during spring and summer. It is...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
Kensington Palace Gains a Throne Canopy
Its doors briefly closed, the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace has reopened with a throne canopy...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat: underwear...
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat was wet cleaned. Now the cream...
Cataloguing samples – An Intern’s View
How do you catalogue architectural samples and object fragments? That was the question, or rather...