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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]