It was such a joy and an honour to be featured in the first ever issue of Inherent Vice, a queer heritage zine aimed at conservators, archivists, and collections care folk.  

I've read every morsel of this publication now and I highly recommend it to any GLAM professional out there. 🌈

Go get yours here: https://thecommonpress.shop/products/inherent-vice-queer-history-is-everyones-history-issue-1

#conservators #QueerHistory #conservation #QueerHeritage #CollectionsCare #preservation #archivists #lgbtq #heritage #history #InherentVice #zine

You've not missed our lovely Liz reviewing the nifty little loggers from BevArt, have you? 👀

(Full disclosure: BevArt are kindly sponsoring us this season and sent Liz the sensors for free to try out. Cheers, guys!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnAiRIJ8ic

#reviews #sensors #loggers #museums #archives #environmentalmonitoring #CollectionsCare #GLAM #TheCWordPodcast

Please enjoy my small guide to looking after your metals, now available on PEL's blog: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Making-Friends-With-Your-Metals

#CollectionsCare #metals #collections #museums #advice #conservator

Yesterday I had great fun giving a masterclass talk on caring for #metals at the #MuseumsAndHeritageShow in London: I tried giving people an idea of what the most common reasons for #corrosion are, and how we can best avoid those and keep our metallic friends happy.

I like bringing props, so here are two beautiful sets of keys: the bundle on the left has been given a protective coating, and the one on the right hasn't. 🔑

#collections #CollectionsCare #museums #heritage #events #conservators

What a week!

It's been a teaching/speaking heavy one for me as I delivered some training on the identification and care of wood in collections yesterday (which I'd like to think turned out well enough), and spoke to conservation students at Lincoln University about podcasting today. 🪵🎙️

Speaking of which, we're recording some new podcast material soon as well!

#collections #museums #wood #identification #events #training #workshops #talks #wooden #conservation #CollectionsCare

Today I got to deliver something that's been living in my head for a while: a course on the #identification and #care of #metals in #collections! 🪙

If you came along (it was open to Welsh professionals): thank you, I hope you learned something useful to your day-to-day!

If you'd like to do something similar: get in touch, I'd love to do this again. ⚙️

Now I can briefly stop thinking obsessively about metal and corrosion products...

#training #CollectionsCare #conservation #events #conservator

Happy Halloween! 🎃

I've made another #conservation themed (or more accurately IPM themed) pumpkin this year: the SILVERFISH!

Previous years have included woolly bears, clothes moth, and tape. Because of course.

Keep it spooky out there! 🎃

#HappyHalloween #pumpkins #Halloween #conservators #CollectionsCare #IPM #pests #silverfish #GLAM #archives #libraries #museums #insects