Now available my report on #technicalarthistory commissioned by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and sponsored by Kress and @rijksmuseum Thanks to wonderful colleagues, students, PhDs, Postdocs.
https://t.co/bKNYvKSDLt
Dear all, it is time to leave this platform and move to brighter skies @techarthis.bsky.social
Hope to meet many of you there. It was good here and fantastic during the pandemic. Sadly no more.
By using a very soft brush and a low-suction vacuum cleaner, Steph, the @CamUnivMuseums’ Conservator of Objects, ensures she doesn’t cause further damage to objects on open display at @MAACambridge whilst cleaning them.
#CollectionsCare
🎨✨Mini but mighty!
Our new online resource 'Unlocking the English Portrait Miniature' allows you to get up close and personal with over 80 of these miniatures portraits from the 1500s and 1600s.
🔗 Go ahead, tap the link in our bio and see what details you can uncover.
Whilst most objects on display at @MAACambridge are in cases, many are on open display. This puts them at a higher risk to damage due to dust - which attracts moisture and pests. Luckily @CamUnivMuseums Conservator Stephanie is on hand to carry out a deep clean!
#CollectionsCare
Beautiful, precious and rare manuscripts on display now @theUL in the 'Endless Stories' exhibition.
Come and fill your eyes and soul with Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Malay stories. Link to free ticket booking below 👇⤵️ #collections#connections#communities
ICYMI – Christopher Smith, AHRC Executive Chair, showcases the incredible outcomes and impact of arts and humanities World Class Lab funding on creative and heritage sectors, five years on from the programme launch.
Blog from @rometostandrews:
https://t.co/j8On63J9Hb
An intriguing studio scene by the 19th-century French artist Edme-Adolphe Fontaine was recently acquired by @FitzMuseum_UK. It’s one of the most important paintings to have entered a public collection last month
If you’re interested in crafts, practice-based research, printing, history of technology, archaeomerallurgy, imaging… there may be something for you here
We always say that heritage is more than the money it contributes but sometimes important to remember it does contribute vast sums of money to the economy, directly and indirectly, as this report shows
https://t.co/ofCcmSqzEh
We re-framed the newly restored Battle of San Romano by Uccello last week. We replaced a 20th century gilded replica with a newly made 15th century style intarsia frame, made from walnut with boxwood inlay.
As the world gears up for #Paris2024, here's a peek at what it was like 100 years ago, thanks to the @fitzmuseum_uk in Cambridge 👇
Immerse yourself in the 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' exhibition, running until 3 November 2024: https://t.co/JZGUAhouif
📸 Photos from the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, by Katie Young
Join our team of scientists, conservators and curators @FitzMuseum_UK. Looking for a #heritagescientist with experience in #MA-XRF and #IRR and other imaging!
Research Associate, Scientific Research - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge https://t.co/USw875uyIS