The Latest Issue of Iconnect Magazine is Now Available!

We're thrilled to share that Issue 12 of Iconnect Magazine is out.

21 Oct 2025

Look out for the latest issue of Iconnect magazine dropping through your letterbox.

This edition explores the challenges and nuances of conservation in practice, from relocating entire galleries and restoring historic murals, to engaging new audiences and shaping the future of the profession.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find inside:

  • A Mountainous Task: Conservators Kamal Pokwal and Ayesha Fuentes discuss the logistics of relocating the Natural History Gallery at the National Museum of Bhutan. 
  • Icon in Conversation: Icon CEO, Emma Jhita talks to Sara Wajid MBE, Co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust, about reaching new audiences and making the collections more relevant to the people of the city. 
  • Conservation With Compassion: Wall Paintings Conservator Karen Dundas ACR provides an insight into conservation work carried out on murals in a Mortuary Chapel at Scotland’s first hospital for sick children.
  • Your Voice, Your Vote: As voting on Icon’s future petition for Royal Charter draws closer, we share contrasting views from two of our members.

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