Re: [Consdistlist] The British Museum - Conservator: Organics (Wooden Objects)

Conservator: Organics (Wooden Objects) Conservation Full time Permanent GBP 25,872 per annum Application Deadline: 10 August 2017 Interviews will take place on 13, 14 or 15 September 2017 We are recruiting a Conservator: Organics with specialist knowledge and experience in the area of organic

[Consdistlist] The British Museum - Conservator: Organics x2

Conservator: Organics x2 Conservation Full time Permanent GBP 25,872 per annum Application Deadline: 10 August 2017 Interviews will take place on 13, 14 or 15 September 2017 We are recruiting two Conservators: Organics with specialist knowledge and experience in the area of archaeological and/ or

[Consdistlist] The British Museum - Conservator: Paper

Conservator: Paper Conservation Full time Permanent GBP 25,872 per annum Application Deadline: 10 August 2017 Interviews will take place between 11 and 15 September 2017 The British Museum is recruiting a Conservator: Paper with specialist knowledge and experience in the area of art on paper to

[Consdistlist] SEAHA PhD Studentship: Plastics in Museum Collections – a study of their chemical and physical degradation using a System Dynamics approach

*Plastics in Museum Collections – a study of their chemical and physical degradation using a System Dynamics approach* This PhD project will view museum artefacts in a new way: as complex

[Consdistlist] Job Opportunity - Reprographics Officer - Lambeth Palace Library, London

Time sensitive Subject: Job Opportunity - Reprographics Officer - Lambeth Palace Library, London Reprographics Officer - Lambeth Palace Library, London Salary: £25,131 probationary rate rising to £26,754 per annum (pro rata) Closing date: 13th August 2017. Interviews: 30th August 2017

[Consdistlist] TIME SENSITIVE: New Vacancy Studio Manager: Frames, Royal Musueums Greenwich, Kidbrooke, London, UK

TIME SENSITIVE New Vacancy Conservation Studio Manager: Frames £30,000 - £37,000 per annum Royal Museums Greenwich Kidbrooke London, UK With sound frames conservation experience, you've a proven track record of managing and motivating teams working on complex conservation projects as

[Consdistlist] Job Opportunity: Senior Conservator of Paper, BACC, San Diego, CA

Senior Conservator of Paper The Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC) seeks a senior conservator to head the Center’s paper conservation department. In addition, the department is staffed by an Assistant Conservator of Paper, is supported by BACC administrative staff, and shares a conservation

[Consdistlist] Help needed for independent research on efforts to raise conservation compensation in museums

Hi, I am gathering information on recent efforts to improve salaries in conservation in U.S. museums. If you would like to share details of efforts within your institution, feel free to contact me offline at: tore...@famsf.org Thanks, Trish Patricia O'Regan Paintings Conservator Fine Arts

[Consdistlist] Remedy for an item "treated" with Leather Balm.

Hello everybody, We recently received a donation of a beautiful mid-19th century volume for our special collections. Before it was transferred to us, the donor's appraiser applied what he says was Meltonian Leather Balm. The black leather case is now coated with a sooty, oily black film that

[Consdistlist] Non-Aqueous Ph testing using a probe

Looking for a non-destructive method to get Ph using a Ph probe (not a paper strip)…. when using water is not an option. For example if you wanted to get the Ph of rare paper or fine art but the use of water would damage the work - what do you do? I want to use the advantages of digital

Re: [Consdistlist] A Replacement for Araldite 1253 +

I am sorry to hear that Huntsman is no longer offering 1253 as part of their Araldite line. As others have attested on this forum, it is a very useful material to have in the cupboard (better the fridge) in one’s conservation studio. Unfortunately, I am worried now that my old tubes are

[Consdistlist] Study Day at the Vatican Museums - conservation of works of art in the Vatican Gardens

This posting is on behalf of colleagues at the Vatican Museums Laboratory for the Conservation of Marbles and Plaster Casts The Vatican Museums are organizing a Study Day on the conservation of works of art in the Vatican Gardens, Tuesday October 3 at 9am. The program will focus on research

[Consdistlist] Call for Papers - 2017 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Conference in Cardiff, Wales 18-20 December

The 2017 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Conference is taking place December 18-20 at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. This year’s theme is Time. Cardiff University’s Department of Archaeology and Conservation features prominently in this year’s conference, with a