Queen Caroline's bed undergoes conservation | Secrets of a state bed
As supervisor of the furnishing conservation team at Historic Royal Palaces, I am leading ...
Dahlia season at Hampton Court Palace
July marked the start of the dahlia season, but it is as the days ...
Plant hunters: Victorian plants are brought to Kensington Palace
As we all know from our history lessons at school, the Victorian era in ...
Herbs through history: from the Tudors to today
Central to the kitchen garden at Hampton court is its collection of herbs, and ...
An American visitor to Kew, summer 1753
In the summer of 1753, it must have been with apprehension and excitement that ...
A soldier and an artist: the life and death of William George Storm
In this blog post, Curator of Historic Buildings Dr Alden Gregory reveals the moving ...
Henry VIII and the men who made him
The life of our most famous king began precisely 528 years ago today, at ...
18th-century satire: displaying political cartoons at Kew Palace
Preventative Conservator Laurie Gibbs looks after the Works of Art on Paper collections for ...
Was George III Britain's best king?
King George III, c.1771, by Johann Zoffany © Granger Historical Picture Archive ...
The Empress of India: a community engagement project
Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. India had been under crown ...