National Archives of Australia Exhibitions Tuning In – ABC TV 1964-76 was on display in the gallery space at the National Archives of Australia during April and May. Sally Kneebone assisted curators in the selection and prepared original objects for display. Items included original drafts of the ABC logo, viewer’s letters applauding and protesting ABC […]
New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), Armidale Conservation of the collections at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) has taken a huge leap forward over the past 12 months with the launch of the Adopt an Artwork Fundraising Campaign, and the opening of the Operation Preservation exhibition, curated by paper conservator and NERAM Registrar, […]
State Library of Victoria Conservation Conservation have been working on exhibition and digitisation programs, alongside the treatment of collections. As part of the treatment program, we are investigating a number of new materials for future treatments, including gelling agent gellan gum, SC6000 consolidant emulsion, and very fine pre-toned Tengucho tissue that we are eager to […]
On the 19th May, forty six Conservators and allied professionals; some with a design perspective, and others from the museum sector met at Yaama Dhiyaan meaning “welcome family and friends” in Sydney for the AICCM Textile Special Interest Group symposium “Emerging Technologies in Textile Conservation”. The symposium was divided into four sessions: firstly, emerging technologies […]
Colin addressing delegates at a Sydney seminar, providing conservation solutions for an anchor from the wreck of the Dunbar. Colin was one of many generous conservators who contributed to a conservation report, compiled on the day, for the Woollahra Council, which was responsible for its care. Photo by Dr Ian MacLeod, courtesy Donna Hinton Colin’s […]
On 17 April this year we lost a man who can rightly be called the “Father of the Conservation Profession in Australia”. The AICCM and its membership owe much to Colin; he was there at the establishment of the organisation and was always a highly involved member, serving as National President for a time, and […]
Dr Ian D MacLeod, retired from the Western Australian Museum on Friday 29 April 2016 after 37.5 years. Ian started at the museum on his 30th birthday – 16 October 1978, as an ARC research funded electrochemist, looking at copper corrosion on shipwrecks sites. Over the years Ian has held seven different positions at the […]
Welcome to the next installment in our Meet a Conservator series! If you’re an AICCM member and would like to take part in this series, please get in touch. What first attracted you to conservation as a profession? I always loved painting and drawing, but I wasn’t sure I had the motivation to become a […]