16 May 2023
Tending to our textiles: Conversation with textile conservator Anna Peck ACR.
Please introduce yourself in your own words. I’m Anna Peck, a freelance Accredited conservator specialising in the conservation of textiles. What do you do here at Ipswich Museum? As a conservator, I work caring for the museum collections carrying out both preventive and remedial conservation. I have worked with the collections at the Museum for […]
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24 March 2023
Uncovering the museum’s past: Exploring historic colours.
Ipswich Museum has been working with Cliveden Conservation to uncover the original interior paint scheme at Ipswich Museum, to help with assessing what would be the most appropriate colours to use in the colour scheme for the redeveloped museum. ‘Paint scrapes’ were taken from walls, cornices, ceilings, columns, joists, windows, metalwork and timber details in […]
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