Conservator Eleanor takes us behind the scenes of the museum’s new conservation lab.
Follow Conservator Vanessa as she prepares four of Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographs to go on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
As temperatures drop around the country, Communications Officer Abbi turns to Conservator Vanessa to learn about how the cold can actually benefit some objects in our collection.
In anticipation of the shortest day of the year, Communications Officer Abbi chats to Conservator Vanessa about how she protects our incredible collection from one of its greatest adversaries: light.
To celebrate Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary, Conservator Vanessa reveals how we care for objects from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop that were used to record Who’s famous theme music.
As spooky season approaches, conservator Vanessa shares a task that she finds truly terrifying…
The museum is temporarily closed, but the Collections Services team are still hard at work. In this post, you’ll meet the team and find out what they do.
We recently acquired a large collection of magic lantern slides. Hear from conservator Vanessa Torres about the work it took to make these fascinating objects part of our collection.