Director Hamilton Kerr Institute @Fitzmuseum_UK @Cambridge_Uni Editor in Chief amjournal.org #interdisciplinarity #conservation #technicalarthistory
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Now available my report on #technicalarthistory commissioned by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and sponsored by Kress and @rijksmuseum Thanks to wonderful colleagues, students, PhDs, Postdocs.
kressfoundation.org/resourceβ¦
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Dear all, it is time to leave this platform and move to brighter skies @techarthis.bsky.social
Hope to meet many of you there. It was good here and fantastic during the pandemic. Sadly no more.
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By using a very soft brush and a low-suction vacuum cleaner, Steph, the @CamUnivMuseumsβ Conservator of Objects, ensures she doesnβt cause further damage to objects on open display at @MAACambridge whilst cleaning them.
#CollectionsCare
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6 Nov 2024
π¨β¨Mini but mighty!
Our new online resource 'Unlocking the English Portrait Miniature' allows you to get up close and personal with over 80 of these miniatures portraits from the 1500s and 1600s.
π Go ahead, tap the link in our bio and see what details you can uncover.
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Whilst most objects on display at @MAACambridge are in cases, many are on open display. This puts them at a higher risk to damage due to dust - which attracts moisture and pests. Luckily @CamUnivMuseums Conservator Stephanie is on hand to carry out a deep clean!
#CollectionsCare
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Beautiful, precious and rare manuscripts on display now @theUL in the 'Endless Stories' exhibition.
Come and fill your eyes and soul with Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Malay stories. Link to free ticket booking below πβ€΅οΈ #collections #connections #communities
28 Sep 2024
The 'Endless Stories' exhibition opens today at Cambridge University Library @TheUL!
Showcasing the extraordinary manuscripts collected by 17th-century visionary Thomas Van Erpe, this exhibition includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Malay.
Book your free ticket here π
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24 Sep 2024
ICYMI β Christopher Smith, AHRC Executive Chair, showcases the incredible outcomes and impact of arts and humanities World Class Lab funding on creative and heritage sectors, five years on from the programme launch.
Blog from @rometostandrews:
ukri.org/blog/world-class-laβ¦
ALT Image of the Lotus Sutra scroll, conserved and digitised through WCL. Text reads: 3 Arts and Humanities projects demonstrating impact under UKRI's World Class Labs programme. Image credit: The British Library
ALT Image shows a model of a ship in a photography studio being captured in detail. Text reads: A suite of flash units to capture collection images at the Science Museum Group. Image Credit: The Science Museum Group
ALT Image of painting by Rachel Ruysch being inspected by a 3D digital microscope, revealing the use of butterfly wings and scales. Text reads: Equipment to reveal artwork secrets at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Image Credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum
ALT Photo of Historic Environment Scotland's Immersive Cube. This 3m squared space displays 360-degree imagery in an audio-visual exhibition. The cube shows a view from standing on the top of Kismul Castle, on the Isle of Barra, looking out across the bay. Text reads: Immersive experiences at Historic Environment Scotland Image credit: Historic Environment Scotland
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12 Sep 2024
An intriguing studio scene by the 19th-century French artist Edme-Adolphe Fontaine was recently acquired by @FitzMuseum_UK. Itβs one of the most important paintings to have entered a public collection last month
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30 Aug 2024
If youβre interested in crafts, practice-based research, printing, history of technology, archaeomerallurgy, imagingβ¦ there may be something for you here
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16 Aug 2024
We always say that heritage is more than the money it contributes but sometimes important to remember it does contribute vast sums of money to the economy, directly and indirectly, as this report shows
historicengland.org.uk/whatsβ¦
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30 Jul 2024
We re-framed the newly restored Battle of San Romano by Uccello last week. We replaced a 20th century gilded replica with a newly made 15th century style intarsia frame, made from walnut with boxwood inlay.
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26 Jul 2024
As the world gears up for #Paris2024, here's a peek at what it was like 100 years ago, thanks to the @fitzmuseum_uk in Cambridge π
Immerse yourself in the 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' exhibition, running until 3 November 2024: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-yoβ¦
πΈ Photos from the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, by Katie Young
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Fabulous 2-year postdoc as part of Visualising the unknown project @huygens_knaw in Amsterdam with a period @Cambridge_Uni @FitzMuseum_UK
Tell us what you would like to do using images and objects and moreβ¦. #technicalarthistory #historyofscience
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WE ARE HIRING! Join our team of painting conservators at the Hamilton Kerr Institute
#paintingconservation
@FitzMuseum_UK fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/about-uβ¦
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Join our team of scientists, conservators and curators β¦@FitzMuseum_UKβ©. Looking for a #heritagescientist with experience in #MA-XRF and #IRR and other imaging!
Research Associate, Scientific Research - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46415/
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This is amazing. Finding the extremely rare #TyrianPurple #pigment a great story! Community led dig, excellent #Carlisle
3 May 2024
A rare archaeological object - thought to be the only one of its type in the former Roman Empire - has been discovered in #Carlisle.
Roman Imperial Purple - Tyrian Purple - paint pigment was found as part of the cityβs Uncovering Roman Carlisle project.
A lump of a soft mysterious purple substance was discovered at a Roman Bathhouse (in the drains), within the grounds of @carlislecricket Club, during the 2023 excavation by archaeologists and volunteers.
Image courtesy of Anna Giecco
ALT Tyrian Purple
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JOB ALERT looking for a senior heritage scientist @FitzMuseum_UK to lead our science team, work with our collection, wonderful colleagues, state of the art equipment and across @Cambridge_Uni departments, please RT: lnkd.in/erbZ7fKR
#heritagescience #conservation
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Fantastic discovery of #medieval #wallpaintings at ChristCollege @Cambridge_Uni During building work. Still many hidden treasures!
9 Jan 2024
Wall paintings hidden for almost 300 years have been uncovered by builders working in a roof space at a Cambridge University college.
The paintings are thought to be from the early 16th Century. bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambβ¦
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