conservation Archives

Restoring Hillsborough’s Courthouse Clock

An exciting conservation project has been undertaken in Hillsborough. The courthouse clock – which stopped over...

An addition to the HRP Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection is this beautiful pink embroidered jacket, once owned...

A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...

“The Genius of Grinling Gibbons from Journeyman to King’s Carver” How do you put on a...

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

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

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

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

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

A sunny Friday afternoon and a stream of lorries trundle into site, back and forth. So...