Conservators talk about acid burn on artefacts, but what is it? Why is it important and what are the warning signs? Is it as important as they say or an […]

Volunteers can be our greatest resource or our biggest challenge. There are rules regulations and obligations to having volunteers. This talk covers legal requirements management tasking and onboarding volunteers so […]

Having a catalogue and inventory is only valuable if items have an accession number on them. There are many examples of what not to do. But have a trained professional […]

An overview of items which have been treated by our team, discussing the ethical issues and approaches used by conservators to aid in interpretation.

Historic films can be made of cellulose nitrate and acetate. The fumes of which are acidic, toxic and potentially flammable. The storage of these materials and even the handling of […]

Michael Pickering, Australia’s leading expert on repatriation issues, will discuss the do’s and don’ts, and issues around repatriation of artefacts, human remains and cultural material. Often ethical issues regarding the […]