museum conservation

The work included flattening and stabilising fragile papers to preserve it for the future. Small

Current Archaeology
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Conserving a snapshot of the past: Sutton Hoo, Suffolk

Some of the most famous photographs of the1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial were taken by two women, Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff (see CA 374). This October, part of Mercie’s personal collection relating to the dig was…

Military History
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Marengo’s makeover: conserving Napoleon’s favourite war horse

In this picture, a conservator at the National Army Museum in London holds the skull of Marengo, the most famous of the horses that belonged to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Named after Napoleon’s victory over the Austrian Empire at the…