exhibitions
Conservation of material prior to exhibition.
Temporary housing / hinging / mounting of items ready for display.
CASE STUDY 1
Charles Dickens bicentenary exhibition
The material consisted of a wide range of items such as:
Books (small and large volumes in leather and cloth)
Ledgers
Photographs
Letters
Pamphlets
Notebooks
News clippings
A variety of conservation treatments were applied to make all the material fit for the exhibition. In addition, a large quantity of the material was digitised whilst undergoing the treatments.
exhibition at The Royal College of Physicians
Many documents with wax seals were in need of conservation before they could be mounted ready for the display.
Surface cleaning, flattening and repairing fragmented seals were some of the treatments carried out.
Reproduction seals were provided in some cases when the original had all but disappeared.
Smaller documents were displayed in cases while larger ones were framed and hung on walls.
