The Year of the Rabbit

The New Chinese Year starts today represented by the year of the Rabbit. The Rabbit is considered the luckiest of

21 Jan 2023

Doll Conservation: Wash Day

After documenting and assessing the doll and her costume, the first step was to wet clean (wash) all the linen

20 Mar 2016

Who Made the Wholecloth?

I’m currently improving the storage of some of the flat textiles in the Museum’s collection, and have been re-rolling objects

26 Jan 2016

New Homes for Old Dolls

A couple of weeks ago, myself and fellow intern Maria hosted a three day volunteer project to assess and re-pack

20 Aug 2015

On the Workbench This Week

We are starting some really interesting conservation treatments, so would like to give you a brief introduction to the objects and

16 Dec 2014

Conservation in the Stores

Recently we found two objects in the stores in a poor condition, both needed urgent conservation attention. The first is

9 Dec 2014

Books for Boys

Recently I have been preparing toys for a loan to Palace Green Library in Durham, for their upcoming exhibition ‘Books for

16 Sep 2014

The Big Clean Up!

According to various weather forecasts, it would seem that there is not a lot of snow coming in our direction

10 Dec 2010

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