Carpet beetles in museums, galleries and archives
Museum pests workshop – July 2019 – Sydney

Museum pests workshop – Integrated pest management for museum and gallery professionals
Turning up the heat on pests – Symposium at National Trust’s Woodfood Academy

We’ll be talking about low oxygen treatments of historical objects at Woodford Academy, a National Trust property in Sydney’s Blue Mountains.
Riversdale ramble

We’re really fortunate to work with wonderful arts and heritage organisations throughout Australia. We get to meet and work with dedicated professionals and volunteers who go out of their way to preserve Australia’s heritage and artworks.
This week, we went out to Riversdale, near Goulburn in New South Wales. This is one of the many properties looked after by the National Trust.
Museum Hour on Twitter

Every Monday evening, museum professionals around the world go on Twitter at the same time for #MuseumHour to discuss exhibitions, techniques and more. It’s a rich source of information and support – join in!
Conservation issues in Poland

The main issues that emerged from the Polish conservation conference were storage, working with collectors and enthusiastic amateurs, and the tension between conservation and restoration.
Heading to Poland for the VIIIth International Conservation Conference

We’re very pleased to be presenting this year in Poland, at the VIIIth International Conservation Conference – “Problems connected with keeping and conservation of collections in museums” – to be held at the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa. We’ll be presenting specifically on the problems that happen when collections contain artworks […]
ICOM Italy in Bologna – part two

Our second post on ICOM Italy’s Bologna conference last week, featuring Iain Watson, Dorit Wolenitz, Maria-Xeni Garezou, and Nina Zdravic talking about Europe’s regional museums.
ICOM Italy – The role of local and regional museums in a people’s Europe

Bologna hosted ICOM Italy’s conference on the role of local and regional museums in the building of a people’s Europe. Here’s what we learned.