Conservation Training and Advice
We can provide bespoke training for volunteers and collection staff on the following:
• Collection care, preventive conservation and conservation housekeeping.
• Packing, handling, moving, marking and labelling.
• Development of Collection Management Policies.
• Conservation cleaning.
• Managing risks and assessing collections:
Where appropriate we follow up training sessions with visits to provide support, mentoring and development.
Conservation and Preservation Advice:
• We carry out condition and risk surveys and assessments to provide data on the needs of a collection to help inform conservation and collection care planning.
• Carry out and interpret environmental monitoring, develop light plans and advise on IPM, housekeeping programmes and emergency planning.
• Carry out or support basic conservation services.