Week 7 – 24th to 28th October – A week full of fills
Continuing work on my Steneosaurus obtusidens specimen I found it to have been more affected by pyrite oxidation than I had originally thought. Other than consolidation my approach was to […]
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Week 6 – 17th to 21st October – A week to remember
Unfortunately due to unexpected events I don’t have anything to report about my internship for this week. Aside from this I attended an interview for the position of Assistant Conservator […]
Week 5 – 10th to 14th October – Consolidation, Consolidation, Consolidation
The upper surface of the Steneosaurus obtusidens fossil was consolidated to protect it for turning. This was a lengthy process. Initially I made up a thin adhesive (5% B-72 in […]
Week 4 – 3rd to 7th October – Steneosaurus obtusidens
The Natural History Museum concentrates its conservation efforts on preventative conservation. My supervisor Gill manages the environmental monitoring of the museum. Although any conservator must prefer remedial conservation, the practice […]
Week 3 – 26th to 30th September – Let’s skip the science
Once again this week started as a busy one in the lab. A 2 day seminar on Raman spectroscopy was held in the museum, and attendees were able to see the […]
Week 2 – 19th to 23th September – Human Remains, Boxes and the BBC
After being thrown head first into the glass conservation course, this was my first proper week in the PCU (Palaeontology Conservation Unit). Like any normal first day I had all […]
Week 1- 12th to 16th September – Conservation of Glass Objects with Stephen Koob, Natural History Museum
So to start off my 12 month internship in the conservation of natural history and collections care I went on a week course in glass object conservation. Yes, it was […]
