Caring for our collections

Conservation and collection management – as well as archive finds.

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Changing Climate Management Strategies workshop with the Getty Conservation Institute​

Changing Climate Management Strategies...
Bhavesh Shah
Conservation
Conservation

A window into Mughal craftsmanship: conservation of a C16th white marble jali

null Carmen Vida
Caring for our collections

PERCEIVE: Preserving autochromes

null Stephanie Jamieson and Catlin Langford
Conservation

PERCEIVE: Caring for Autochromes

null Stephanie Jamieson and Catlin Langford
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Conservation Journal
Caring for our collections

Puppets on the move: rehousing the V&A’s puppet collection

null Zoe Allen
Caring for our collections

Preserving the designs for the Kensington Valhalla

null Sherrie Eatman
Caring for our collections

A remedial conservation treatment for a victim of inherent vice

null Sherrie Eatman
Caring for our collections

Digital object-based information for touring exhibitions – The value of consistency in process

null Louise Egan
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Tales from the Archives
Caring for our collections

The India Museum Archive: cataloguing a colonial collection

null Alexandra Sullivan
Museum life

Frederika Davis

null Lynn Wood
Caring for our collections

Illustrating people at their best: Francis Marshall

null Rebecca Evans
Museum life

Who pinched my razor? The weird and wonderful non-collection items stolen from the V&A in the 1930s and 1940s

null Alexandra Dolan
Museum life

Original cast recordings in the Theatre and Performance Archives

null Sabrina Offord
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Clothworkers' Centre
Caring for our collections

Cataloguing the Courtaulds Textiles Design Library: Spotlight on 10 Objects

null Claire Allen-Johnstone
Caring for our collections

Blythe House decant updates: audits and rehousing

Lace: The story so far . . . It’s been over 6 months since my last decant blog and a lot of things have changed at Blythe House. Projects have started to increase, teams are...

null Amel Earle
Group appointment
Caring for our collections

Unusual Samplers and Inspiring Knitwear: February Appointments at Clothworkers’

null Claire Allen-Johnstone
Black pleated silk Delphos dress mounted on a mannequin.
Caring for our collections

‘Delphos’ Appointments

null Claire Allen-Johnstone
Panel hanging of embroidered linen with wools. With a linen ground embroidered in wool in shades of light brown in outline, chain, stem and satin stitches and French knots. With a design within a narrow floral border of four female figures and a winged boy playing musical instruments among trees and birds.
Clothworkers' Centre

The Twelve Days of Christmas at Clothworkers’: The Musicians

null Claire Allen-Johnstone
Pelisse coat and cape collar of brown silk taffeta
Clothworkers' Centre

The Twelve Days of Christmas at Clothworkers’: Pelisse with Piping

null Claire Allen-Johnstone
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Managing our collections
Gilbert and Gems

Portuguese royal silver in the Gilbert Collection

null Claudia Pires
Managing Our Collections

Ready to move – lacquer

null Sarah Kingham
Managing Our Collections

How to unsheathe a Japanese sword?

V&A staff prepare to unsheathe a Japanese sword
null Ekta Sunil Raheja
Caring for our collections

Gourds almighty – squashes in the V&A

null Beth Arscott
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The Factory Presents
Design and society

The empty streets (and parks) of Eugène Atget​

null Dan Cox
Caring for our collections

A personal object with public significance

null Susan Harris
Caring for our collections

The Birds of Australia

null Lucy Shaw
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