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Behind the scenes with the conservation team at the Science Museum Group. We tweet about caring for our world-renowned collection, both in store and on display.

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A magic lantern is an early type of projector developed in the 17th century. Hear from conservator Vanessa Torres about the work it took to make magic lantern slides part of our fascinating collection at the National Science and Media Museum. blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/magic-lantern-…
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"I remember my goosebumps when I saw the very first paper negative in the history of photography, which is part of our collection!" Read more from an interview with Vanessa Torres, Conservator at the Science and Media Museum, here: linkedin.com/posts/sciencem…
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@sciencemuseum Check out these attendees drawing with their very own ink and feather quill! Many important manuscripts dating back to the fourth century have been written with a similar recipe. Paper conservators have the job of preserving them.
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@sciencemuseum They also used a UV torch to detect modern fills and previous repairs of ceramics, and an infrared digital microscope to detect images below layers of paint on canvas. This activity introduced attendees to some of the analytical techniques used by conservators.
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Earlier this month, our team came together to champion #Conservation at the @sciencemuseum Skills Fair. Attendees examined objects, made medieval ink and identified creepy crawlies using different methods and equipment to learn about the science and art of preserving history.
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National Railway Museum@RailwayMuseum·
🎥 ...and here's how they did it! Timelapse footage shows the final stages of the restoration - when they signal was raised back onto the platform, ready to be redisplayed. 🚄 Don't forget to look out for it the next time you're travelling north from York station!
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Wow! The Great Northern somersault signal, National Railway Museum, was refurbished to its former glory thanks to work from Network Rail and our talented Conservation team.
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🤝 The museum would like to thank James Fordyce and his team from Network Rail who showed such care and enthusiasm to restore the signal in the way they have. Working with our Conservation team, the project was completed quickly and to a wonderful standard.

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Today in 1919, the plane which completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight came to the Science Museum. The Vickers Vimy is still on display in our Flight gallery today, and is cared for by our team, using scaffolding towers when they have to clean/conserve it.
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It doesn't feel like five minutes, but it's actually been 5 years since our Mathematics Gallery opened @sciencemuseum . Throwback to our team installing this beautiful gallery back in 2016.
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Hana Bristow 🇺🇦@BristowHana·
I recently said farewell to the wonderful team at @sciencemuseum NCC Wroughton. I’ll miss driving down a runway to work amongst buzzards, deer and hares, working with the exciting objects (& hazards!) in SMG’s stores. But most of all I will miss the people 🙂❤️ @SMGConservation
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What are your Friday jobs? Laura, our Conservation Assistant, has been getting the Space Gallery in 'Peake' condition today by cleaning the Soyuz capsule which carried @astro_timpeake and other astronauts in 2015.
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Herts Archives@HertsArchives·
#DKY that #AskAConservatorDay is held today as a remembrance of the devastating flood of Florence on 4 November 1966. Today we celebrate the developments in the field of conservation & encourage social media engagement with conservators - so please ask away! @Conservators_uk
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@lomecreu @ICONSci @UCL_ISH @seahaCDT For objects conservators, heritage science informs desicions on the types of treatments we use. It helps us understand more about materials present in objects and how best to preserve them
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@TeaWithCaramel1 There's not a specific item we can think of. All offers get considered by our curatorial colleagues. The most common reason we have to decline something is that it's a duplicate of something already in our collection.
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n't Flying Scott@TeaWithCaramel1·
@SMGConservation Is there an item you get offered in cartloads and you keep refusing it? Par example, my local war museum receives suitcases by the dozen.
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It's finally here! It's #AskAConservator day and our team is, standing by all day to answer any questions you have!
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