Conservation

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The call for papers for #ARA2025 is now open! The theme for our conference will be ‘Next Generation: Innovation and Imagination in Record Keeping' - find out more and submit your proposal today ➡️ openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/presen…

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A moving photo of a soldier: most likely George Barton of the Australian Light Infantry, April 1917. This very unusual find inspired conservator Jacqueline to delve deeper into the history of animated photographs. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/NRSMovingPhoto #ExploreArchives

📽️ Premier tonight! 🍿 Catch @bodleianlibs conservator Andrew Honey talking about the paper and pins(!!) used by Jane Austen in the manuscript of 'The Watsons'

Meet the Rosaire #family! Fred Rosaire bought a fairground booth and took it on the road with his wife, Florence in 1904. Joined by their eight children, this one-man show soon became a successful family business! #EYAFamily #EYA @explorearchives

How on earth could we link Shakespeare to #EYADisco? How about a disco version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Read all about it in our newspaper archive. If it mentions Shakespeare, it’s in! We have a newscuttings collection from 1902- 2022 @ShakesInstitute @explorearchives

The stuff of myth and legend in this Victorian penny dreadful! The Shipton Witcheries together with 'The Original Prophecy of the End of the World' #EYAMythology @explorearchives 🪄 [ZTJ]

Some regal fashion spotted in two wax seals from our Castletown archive! The first is Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1578 and the second is Queen Victoria dated 1854. #EYAFashion #ExploreYourArchive

Great style from the well-to-do ladies of Castlegrove and Convoy House, the old and young, especially headpieces and hats #exploreyourarchive #fahsion #EYAfashion #EYA #archives #Donegal

For #EYAHuge we have Chair Shirley Jones largest shears, which belonged to her former colleague Allen Denison (they were his grandfather's). They are much used and appreciated @explorearchives

This tiny pill box was found recently whilst surveying the latest part of the John Murray Archive #EYATiny #conservation #exploreyourarchive

Our experts preserve our collections for future generations. This huge 1805 map of Scotland was donated dirty, ragged and mouse-chewed. With hours of care and attention, one conservator restored its former glory. Find out how 👇 bit.ly/ConservationMap #ExploreArchives

Each issue of The War Illustrated features a different hero on the back cover. These newspapers, held in the Royal Armouries Library, are currently getting an upgrade from rusty staples to bookbinding thread #EYAHeroes #conservation

A short video about the restoration of the memorial and our Conservator’s efforts to remove the paper can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=9uVAbn…

This bottle was discovered inside the Penallt war memorial during renovations in 2014. The Conservator at Gwent Archives had to make the decision on what to do - Leave the paper inside? Cut the bottle open? Or try to remove the paper through the bottle neck? #EYAdecisions

This charming little volume holds more than just stories—it reveals a glimpse into its own creation! The bottom part of the spine is missing, exposing binder’s waste,  where scraps of recycled materials were used to strengthen the book during binding. [Simples Contes, 1836.]

David Mills [@QMUL] visited the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab @theUL today for an OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) session. We’re investigating the unique black material used to conceal several hymns in a 15th-century Jewish liturgical codex, CUL Add.662. #HebrewManuscripts

#Archivist in action! Here is Fran installing the new display on Level 5 of Western Bank Library @UniSheffieldLib 🎪The display focuses on some original printing blocks which feature fairground rides and machinery made by Savage Brothers Ltd🖼️🎨📚

A pressed poppy from the Somme, 1918 - a poignant memento in an autograph book owned by VAD nurse Ursula Lascelles [ZGC] #Armistice #PoppyDay #LestWeForget #Armistice #EYARemembrance