Ivory Identification
October 24, 2016 4:40 pm
I arrived at the Royal BC Museum in May, just as Mammoths! Giants of the Ice Age was opening. As I walked among […]
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The importance of unsticking GR112, by Kay Garland
October 28, 2014 1:52 pm
Pre-Emption Government Records GR0112 Pre-emption was a method of acquiring provincial Crown land by claiming it for settlement and agricultural purposes. It was […]
Read More »A Day in the Life of a Conservation Intern, by Rachel Stark
October 17, 2014 8:54 am
I have now been interning in the Objects Conservation Lab at the Royal British Columbia Museum for a little over a month, where […]
Read More »Needles and Pins, Needles and Pins, When You Get Married, Your Trouble Begins. By Colleen Wilson
September 8, 2014 11:16 am
One of the principles of good conservation is that the work should be reversible. Although there are times when a fabric is so […]
Read More »Becoming a Conservation Couch Potato, by Colleen Wilson
September 8, 2014 10:52 am
When patching a textile artifact to fill a hole, reinforce a weak area or consolidate unravelling yarns, couching is the technique of choice. We […]
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