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Recovering Silent Sounds
In this blog, Veronica Wilson discusses her project working with musical instruments in storage. Veronica started this project as a Thompson-Dunlop Intern and then joined the Conservation &...
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The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training she has undertaken with Book Conservator Caroline Scharfenberg (ACR). Mhairi previously undertook a...
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Books, Boxes and Bugs! A day in the life of a Collections Care Technician at...
Welcome to our new Day in the Life Series! The Conservation and Collections Management team recently recruited three new members of staff. In this series each of our new team members will give you an...
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Appraisal Made Easy (If Only…): A Day in the Life of an Appraisal Archivist
Welcome to our Day in the Life Series, where each of our new team members will give you an insight into life behind the scenes at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. In this...
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CRC: A Space Odyssey – Day in the Life of a Collections Management Technician
My name is Jasmine, and I’ve been working here at the University for five and a bit months as the Collections Management Technician. I’m the other half to Robyn Rogers’ role as Collections Care...
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Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses her Decorated Paper rehousing project. If you want to learn about the uses, production, and trade of...
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It’s Friday the 13th!
It’s that time of the year when the leaves start changing, the air gets cooler, and I get creeped out by works in the collection… As the Art Collection is an ever-moving beast, on display across the...
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Lingerie, Giant Frisbees and Heavy Lifting: Tackling the ITI Collection at...
By Abigail Hartley, Appraisal Archivist and Archives Collections Manager ITI prior to processing, totalling over 70 linear metres of material Several months ago, my colleague Jasmine Hide and I wrote...
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Who Made the MIMEd 4477 Double Manual Flemish Harpsichord? (Part1)
In the first post of this two part series, our Musical Instrument Care Technician (and former conservation intern), Esteban Mariño Garza, discusses his Musical Instrument Research and Documentation...
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The Art of Asking: Requesting Loans for Exhibition
By Morven Rodger, Collections Registrar, Heritage Collections As the Collections Registrar, one of my core responsibilities is coordinating loans from the University’s Heritage Collections to external...
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