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Tag Archives: conservation
The Appliance of Science: Using Science in Conservation
Back in October we were really pleased to run our first ever workshop as part of the Norwich Science Festival. The workshop looked at how science was used on a practical level within the workplace; in this case focusing on … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Schools, Young People
Tagged conservation, Norwich Science Festival, paper, school workshops, Science
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‘Such Facts as Seem to Throw Light Upon Each Other’ Conserving The Papers of Dr Richard Bright
On the 30 May our collection care team welcomed a project conservator, David Parker. For the next two years, he will be working for the new project involving the conservation of the 19th century papers of Dr Richard Bright. Richard Bright … Continue reading
Seals and sealing: An introduction to seals through the archives of the Norfolk Record Office
Many visitors to the Norfolk Record Office will have come across seals on documents, through requesting records to the searchroom, on display in behind-the-scenes tours or waiting in conservation for our kind team of volunteers who sew socks to fit! … Continue reading
Celebrating National Libraries Day: Meet the Archive Specialists at Norfolk Heritage Centre
Saturday 6 February 2016 is National Libraries Day and we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to celebrate the resources we have available at Norfolk Record Office. At The Archive Centre we have a reference library in the search … Continue reading
Conservation-Katharine’s journey from parchment to painting
This week’s blog post has been written by Katharine Waldron, postgraduate student at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and former volunteer at the Norfolk Record Office. I am in my first year on the Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged conservation, Courtauld Institute of Art, Easel paintings
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Digitsation, WW2, and King’s Lynn Charters
This week’s blog post is written by Caroline D, the Norfolk Record Office’s first digitisation trainee. She describes the fascinating work she has been doing for the past year and explains about some exciting resources which will be available in the … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged charters, conservation, diaries, digitisation, Edward II, Eighth United States Army Air Force, illumination, Kings Lynn, letters, medieval, memoirs, online, photography, Second Air Division Memorial Library, Second World War, Sound Archive, traineeship, website
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