Placement Experience at York Archaeological Trust
Hello! I’m Sara Gibson, this year’s Durham placement student at York Archaeological Trust (YAT). YAT is the organisation behind the…
Durham University Conservation Team
Annfield Plain Model
The students are currently working their way through some archaeological ceramic and glass at the moment and while they're doing…
Durham Castle Historic Silver – Student Post
Before heading off for winter break, we got our first taste of treating historic objects in the conservation lab. We…
Plaster Ice Cream Adverts
This is our last blog post until the new year as the lab will be closed for a couple of…
Placement Experience at Bevaringcenter Fyn – Student Post
My name is Cathryn, and I am one of the second-year conservation students on placement. My placement is in the…
Nevern Castle Iron Conservation – Student Post
Apart from Roman coins from Binchester we have also started working on the iron objects from Nevern Castle in Wales.…
Izal Mint Tin
Today we're going to look at another object that was worked on over the summer by one of the students…
Cleaning Binchester’s Coins – Student Post
The excavations at Binchester Roman Fort have wrapped up and the time is nigh for the post-excavation processing. The project…
Leather Pouch with Glass Vials
We're having a throwback blog this week to look in more detail at an object that's been on display in…
Rubber Mats
Before the students arrive we're going to take a look at a few of the same type of object that…
Alldays Birmingham Victorian Bellows
We've had a bit of a hiatus from blogging lately as the new students have been settling in and I…
Object Presentations
For anyone who will be starting our conservation masters course in October or for anyone thinking of applying in the…