Museum Practice at Historic Royal Palaces –...
Nicole Wortman (left) and Anna Rowe (right) getting to grips with Collections Management at Historic Royal...
Archives: Conservation
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...
Reigate stone research at the Tower of London
My name is Martin Michette and I am writing my PhD on Reigate Stone at the...
Object of the month – A life without sugar?
Historic Royal Palaces’ Collections Management team regularly holds an ‘object of the month’ competition to share...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat magnified:...
When I heard I was going to lead the project to conserve this petticoat I got...
Throne Canopy at Kensington Palace: almost there!
These past few months we’ve been busy finishing the Queen Anne throne canopy conservation; tying together...
Queen Victoria’s Petticoat: a rare survivor...
Welcome to this blog series on the conservation of our latest acquisition, a beautiful cotton lawn...
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...
Making sure our colours don’t run …
Have you ever washed something and realised too late that the dye wasn’t fast? Imagine how...