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The conservation and partial restoration of an 18th-century taxidermy bat specimen

Some conservators are responsible for the care of a whole collection - find out more about their job and skills

Grants for small and medium-sized museums

Preparing books for the move at The Senior Library at Oriel College, Oxford

At the January Icon conference “Collection Care in Sacred Spaces” at Winchester Cathedral, I presented my professional journey alongside an exploration of my desire to enable a new way of communicating with our audiences. I described my twin track experience of conservation and problem solving, which led me to a new way of making the stories of and within books and manuscripts visible, audible and tangible to the people who view the objects that we all work to care for.

Call for Papers for a special issue of The Journal of the Institute of Conservation

Dr Josep Grau-Bove, Lecturer in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology at UCL, tells us about his Coronavirus lockdown project. 

Professor Eleanor Schofield, Head of Conservation and Collections Care at Mary Rose Trust, shares her reflections on caring...

Professor Eleanor Schofield, Head of Conservation and Collections Care at Mary Rose Trust, shares her reflections on caring for collections in a time of crisis.

Karoline Sofie Hennum writes about life as an Erasmus+ student on lockdown in the UK.

Sara Crofts writes about the need for trustees to be champions of custodianship in the February 2021 issue of Icon News

Sara Crofts writes about the need for conservation to emerge from 'behind the scenes' in the December 2020 issue of Icon News