Tweets from the conservation department of St Fagans: National Museum of History about how we care for the objects in our collections.
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1 May 2024
Stabilising webbing straps on one of our 18th C sofas which is over for a "visit" to St Fagans from the Art dept at Cathays Park. #TextileConservation #FurnitureConservation #NationalMuseumCardiff #Perspectives
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24 Feb 2024
Inspecting a Welsh woollen blanket in the stores @AmgueddfaWlan. The Blanket Wall in the Textile Gallery displays a selection of the Museum’s extensive collection of blankets from woollen mills across Wales - a spell-binding story of the Welsh Woollen industry #SaveOurHeritage
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23 Feb 2024
Each year 100s of objects of archaeological significance are found by metal detectorists in Wales. Of these, around 75 are discoveries of Treasure as defined in the Treasure Act. PAS Cymru is the only mechanism in Wales that responds to archaeological finds made by the public.
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22 Feb 2024
Many of the staff who work across @AmgueddfaCymru have unique skills, such as the traditional craft skills on display @StFagans_Museum. It is vitally important that skills like these are preserved before they are lost
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23 Feb 2024
#Renoirtogo. Photography, documentation, registrars, preventive conservation, consolidation, retouching, new glass and panel insert, infrared and pigment analysis. All to prepare for the journey. @AmgueddfaCymru @NatHistConserve @NatMuseumArt @SF_Conservation
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22 Feb 2024
Jon from #IndustryConservation gave us a great tour of objects created and used near Merthyr
@NatHistConserve
@NMWPrevCons
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22 Feb 2024
Rachel using #XRF to identify faded geranium lake in our #VanGogh @NatHistConserve @AmgueddfaCymru @NatMuseumArt @SF_Conservation
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20 Feb 2024
Did you know that @AmgueddfaCymru has over 5 million natural history specimens in its collections?
These collections along with the expertise of the staff that look after and research them are an invaluable resource in monitoring environmental & climate change 🐯🕷️🪱🐌🦋🦀🦕🌼💎
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John Kenyon FSA
We remember with admiration our colleague John Kenyon. A distinguished scholar in medieval castle studies, @CastleKenyon was Honorary Research Fellow as well as librarian at @AmgueddfaCymru & recent President of @CambriansArch
A real loss to Welsh #archaeology
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11 Feb 2024
The collections @AmgueddfaCymru need to be cared for by expert staff.
They make them accessible across Cymru & the world, and carry out vital research in recognising & monitoring the diversity of animal and plant life.
@WGCulture @WelshGovernment @HeritageCymru @ProspectUnion
11 Feb 2024
In celebration of International Day of Women and girls in Science here are our scientists who work behind the scenes at @Museum_Cardiff #IDWGIS @WomenScienceDay
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14 Feb 2024
Peidiwch a gadael I Deftadaeth Cymru fynd y ffordd y Dodo!
Don't let Heritage in Wales go the way of the Dodo!
#HeritageAtRisk
#TreftadaethMewnPerygl
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14 Feb 2024
Our conservation staff @AmgueddfaCymru work across our museum sites to preserve Welsh heritage.
This in turn helps our learning staff, curators, volunteers, students and front of house to tell the story of Wales. #WorkingTogether
@WGCulture @HeritageCymru @ProspectUnion
20 Jul 2023
Emyr and Sue are working @AmgueddfaLechi this week checking condition of collections. The challenge is working out how we can get more machines operating so people can enjoy more demos like this…
#historicworkingmachinery
#preservingfunction
#slate
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13 Feb 2024
Museum Curators @AmgueddfaCymru support students to reach their full potential.
We share transferable and specialist skills through the collections.
Our students shadow us in our daily work, learning what goes on behind the scenes of a national museum.
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12 Feb 2024
Staff have digitised and shared over 30,000 images of artworks from the National Contemporary Art Collection online at celfarycyd.wales/
View collections not currently on display and find out how we care for the collection.
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12 Feb 2024
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12 Feb 2024
Then there's this beautiful specimen @SF_Conservation @NatHistConserve
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12 Feb 2024
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12 Feb 2024
This is 'Aberdare Melody' whom I just encountered in the #nationalcollectionscentre @SF_Conservation @NatHistConserve
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