The Conservation team preserves and presents the museum's collection with respect for the integrity of each object.
They are responsible for developing various protocols and procedures for the conservation, display, care and handling of the museum's collection.
The museum has four specialist conservators. They're experts in:
- Conservation management
- Conservation of paper
- Photographic material
- Textiles
- Wooden, metal and composite objects
- Mixed collections
- Preventive conservation
Explore photos of our conservators at work
Learn about various treatments that our conservators have performed on objects in our collection
08 Aug 2017
How to move a lighthouse
07 Aug 2017
A wandering light: Cape Bowling Green lighthouse
28 Jun 2017
What Goes on Behind the Scenes of a Museum
08 Mar 2017
Careers in science and museums: Meeting our conservators
14 Nov 2016