There are 17 items tagged with ‘conservation’
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1. Preventative Conservation
An important element in the long term survival of a museum collection is the environment they are kept in both for storage and display. It is preferable to prevent the need for conservation treatment.
2. Conservation in Practice
The first steps to conserving an object are assessment, photography and stabilisation.
3. Conservation
The Conservation Department at the Royal Armouries not only cares for the collection but strives to maintain a world wide reputation as a centre of excellence for the conservation of arms and armour.
4. Conservation on Three Sites
The museum collection comprises of approx. 50,000 objects covering a complete range of arms, armour and related material, these are cared for by the conservation teams on our three sites.
5. Material Testing
Materials testing is an important process in conservation. It can help prevent problems from occurring when putting objects on display and in contact with other materials.
6. Uses of X-radiography
X-rays can be used in museums to great effect, their biggest advantage is that they are non-invasive.
7. X-radiography
The purpose of an x-ray is to look beneath the surface at the underlying structure. A major advantage of this technique for use on objects is that it is entirely non-destructive.
8. XRF Analysis
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis provides a means of finding the chemical composition of artefacts (or parts of artefacts) without removing samples. Which means it is non-destructive.
9. Uses of X-ray fluorescence
X-ray fluorescence provides the Royal Armouries with a unique and essential tool for the investigation of its objects.
10. Uses of Optical Microscopy
Uses of optical microscopy in the Royal Armouries museum.
11. English Civil War carbine
An analytical project to determine what previous repairs had been carried out and hidden on this carbine.
12. A Heavily restored Greek “Corinthian” helmet
An analytical project to determine the extent of earlier repairs to a 5th century BC “Corinthian” Greek helmet.
13. Screw threads as indicators of date
An analytical project to determine the authenticity of an object.
14. Suzanne J. Dalewicz-Kitto
Suzanne Dalewicz-Kitto Head of Collections Care at the Royal Armouries Museum based in Leeds.
15. Christopher Smith
Chris Smith is a Senior Conservator at the Royal Armouries Museum based at the Tower of London.
16. Analytical Projects
Analytical projects that illustrate the range of uses, and benefits to be gained from the scientific procedures used in the conservation department at the Royal Armouries.
17. Optical Microscopy
Optical Microscopy is technique which uses allows the Royal Armouries Science officer the opportunity to examine the metallurgy of an object.