Object of the month: silk satin waistcoat

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Jo Wilson

Historic Royal Palaces' Collections Management team regularly holds an 'Object of the Month' competition ...

Putting Kew Palace to bed

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Jo Wilson

Putting Kew Palace to Bed Kew Palace welcomes many visitors during spring and summer. It ...

Queen Victoria's petticoat wrapped up!

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Jo Wilson

In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It ...

Kensington Palace Gains a Throne Canopy

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Historic Royal Palaces

Its doors briefly closed, the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace has reopened with a ...

Queen Victoria's petticoat: underwear 'patched'

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jo Wilson

In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat was wet cleaned. Now ...

Cataloguing samples - An Intern's View

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Jo Wilson

  How do you catalogue architectural samples and object fragments? That was the question, ...

Museum Practice at Historic Royal Palaces - an intern's view

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Jo Wilson

Nicole Wortman (left) and Anna Rowe (right) getting to grips with Collections Management at ...

Queen Victoria's Petticoat takes a bath

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Jo Wilson

In our previous post we learned about the condition of Queen Victoria’s petticoat. Today I ...

Reigate stone research at the Tower of London

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Jo Wilson

My name is Martin Michette and I am writing my PhD on Reigate Stone ...