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Halfway there… Conservation cleaning of the Atkinson Brierley Archive

Posted by sallyanneshearn on 16 February 2017

Written by Tracy Wilcockson, Conservation Volunteering Co-ordinator As the program of work to clean the Atkinson Brierley Architectural Archive reaches its milestone of 50% completion – that is a staggering 3167 plans cleaned – we thought that it would be worth looking back over the past five years, to consider the significant achievements and beneficial … Continue reading Halfway there… Conservation cleaning of the Atkinson Brierley Archive

Shedding new ‘Lite’ on Atkinson Brierley

Posted by sallyanneshearn on 30 July 2015

Written by Tracey Wilcockson, Conservation Volunteering Co-ordinator Understanding the condition of an item is the first concern of a conservator when faced with a new object. A range of tools can be utilised to compliment the conservator’s knowledge of materials and degradation in this undertaking. Historically, microscopes, magnifying glasses and loupes have been used to … Continue reading Shedding new ‘Lite’ on Atkinson Brierley