International Conservation Services (ICS) Canberra Duntroon House stands as one of the oldest homesteads in Canberra, built in 1833, and remains an excellent example of early Australian architecture. The traditional colonial-style house originated as a sheep station and is now a special part of Australian Army heritage. ICS was commissioned to manage and treat
National Gallery of Australia The Objects Conservation team has been preparing works for several concurrent upcoming exhibitions including Haegue Yang: Changing From From to From and Ngura Pulka – Epic Country. Kim Goldsmith is currently in Adelaide deinstalling Yayoi Kusama’s The Spirts of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens at the Art Gallery of
International Conservation Services (ICS) Canberra Over recent months, a number of ICS team members have been working at Old Parliament House (OPH) in Canberra to complete a range of conservation projects associated with the fire remediation works. The central project was conservation work on the OPH doors, which have been painstakingly conserved and restored
Australian Museum (AM) Collection Care and Conservation Staffing AM Collection Care and Conservation (CC&C) has realised a goal to have more resources invested into natural science conservation and to expand the team. We now have four full-time natural science conservators, and believe this is the largest team of dedicated natural science conservation specialists in
National Gallery of Australia The Conservation Department at the National Gallery of Australia is in for a busy year preparing for the Gallery’s 40th birthday celebration. So far this year there has been a major focus on the collection, redevelopment of displays, and lending. The Conservation Department has been reworking the loan assessment
Australian Capital Territory National Gallery of Australia The Conservation Department at the National Gallery is back on-site after lockdown and into the swing of things with a busy program of loans, exhibitions, and travelling exhibitions. It is great to be on-site again, caring for the collection and seeing visitors in the building. The
Australian Capital Territory National Film and Sound Archive Staff changes There have been a number of movements within the NFSA over the past few months. Firstly, Danielle Hastie returned from a four-month secondment to National Museum of Australia (NMA) during February to June where she assisted with a variety of upcoming exhibitions, which
Australian Capital Territory University of Canberra Semester 1 has drawn to a close and we are settling in for the long chilly Canberra winter. We are all glad to be back learning in the Lab, especially the Commonwealth Supported Place cohort who had their first semester learning about the ins and outs of
Australian Capital Territory National Library of Australia The NLA Collection Care team has jumped headfirst into 2021, starting the year with a temporary relocation of our beloved lab for 12 months whilst the roof of the Library undergoes extensive works following the hailstorm of January 2020. Moving the lab was no easy feat,
ACT National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia reopened its doors to the public at the end of May 2020. The Conservation Department has been busy with changeovers, loans, and preparing works and spaces for the major exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now, opening on 14 November
