About the Course

Within the first year of our two year masters degree, a typical student could expect to work on the following types of objects and materials:

• Archaeological copper alloy coins and objects from Binchester Roman Fort

• Archaeological iron finds from Nevern Castle or Binchester Roman Fort

• Historic silver from Durham Castle

• Archaeological glass vessels and fragments from Dibsi Faraj

• Archaeological ceramic vessels and fragments from Binchester Roman Fort and Dibsi Faraj

• Historic ceramic vessels from Beamish Museum

• Archaeological waterlogged wood from Newcastle

• Archaeological waterlogged Leather from Carlisle

• Archaeological bone objects from Binchester Roman Fort

• Historic taxidermy specimens from the Oriental Museum

• Historic plaster ice cream figures from Beamish Museum

• Historic paper pipe stand from Beamish Museum

• Historic tortoisheshell Jinrickshaw from the Oriental Museum

• Archaeological faience container from the Oriental Museum

• Historic Model Swingset from Beamish Museum

• Historic arms and armour from the Oriental Museum

During the second year of our two year masters degree, a typical student may experience their placement in the following institutions:

National Museums Scotland (Shannon Campbell 2020)

• Conservation of a Dhari Feather Headdress
• Conservation of an Iranian Papier-Mache Tray
• Conservation of an Indian Scimitar and Scabbard
• Investigating Visitor Interactions as a Form of Conservation
• Monitoring Storage Space for the Safe Housing of Unstable Glass
• Investigating the use of Embedding Resin Technovit 5071 to Bond and Fill Weathered Sandstone

York Archaeological Trust (Dandra Toloczko 2019)

• Conservation of Wooden Belaying Pins
• Conservation of Several Copper Alloy Brooches
• Conservation of Composite Cutlery (Iron and Organic)
• Re-lacquering of Silver Objects (research project)
• Conservation of a Roman Flagon
• Conservation of a Waterlogged Sandglass

Cambridge Museums (Dipika Nadkarni 2018)

• Conservation of a Spiderweb Mask from Vanuata
• Reliability of Lux Readings – An Experiment
• Conservation of a Plaster Cast of the Parthenon North Frieze
• The Identification of Plastics in Museum Collections
• Conservation of a Pair of Sepik Masks from Papua New Guinea
• Conservation of a Southeast Asian Gilded Demon Head.