Kim Roche

Archaeological conservator ⚓️🌊👩‍🔬 Views are my own

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

Come join our team 😃

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Virtually visit our museum! Tune-in for a docent-led virtual exploration of objects and stories key to our Museum’s collection and exhibitions.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/2Mrp8KHLUB #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@SEMC2 @thecwordpodcast

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@fletcherdurant @Sanchita_writes @hyperallergic Don’t make me bring Valyrian steel into this discussion...

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@Sanchita_writes @hyperallergic It’s absolutely a Vibranium-gold alloy 😂

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@LondonMudlark @CUConservation 4 Finally! After freeze-drying, the fragments were reconstructed using the original stitching holes and new thread where possible. Minimal adhesive was necessary in a couple locations to stabilize tears. Fortunately, the fragments held their shape incredibly well!

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@LondonMudlark @CUConservation 3 After impregnating, the leather fragments were frozen and freeze-dried. This process sublimates frozen water molecules inside the leather which avoid the warping and cracking we see with air drying causes by surface tension and evaporation of water molecules!

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@crazymuseumlady @SharonVincent7 @LondonMudlark @CUConservation You guessed it @crazymuseumlady! 👏🏼

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@McCormack_Diana @RomaTheEngineer @NatMuseumRN 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 looking forward to this one!

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@rooswijk1740 @RCE_Maritiem @HE_Maritime @HistoricEngland @MSDSMarine @AngyMiddleton @Marinecons42 😍😍😍

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@Claire_Valero I think this sums it up nicely 😅

[Kirsty High @KirstyHigh]

Have you ever yearned for an #openaccess #heritagescience #review of analytical methods for assessing waterlogged wood? Well, you may enjoy this - a thoroughly enjoyable collaboration with @HE_Archaeology @NEaar_lab! https://t.co/CIMCUF34lq @SpringerOpen

[Society of Black Archaeologists @SbaArch]

Follow us this afternoon as we live-tweet the event: Archaeology In the Time of Black Lives Matter! #BlackInArchaeology #DiversifyArchaeology #BlackInSTEM #BLM

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@conservator_jef @CUHistArchRel Very much deserved 👏🏼🎉

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@AngyMiddleton Hahah I don’t think we’ve ever suffered from a lack of enthusiasm for anything, let alone a bunch of objects in a museum store!

[Kim Roche @keroche3]

@stephewhitehead @MuseumPierrette @LJaneHenderson @thunbergjohanna Back at you friend 😘