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We’re joined by guest host Johanna Sandström as we embark on an adventure with brown soggy stuff: from waterlogged wood ... Read more

In this episode we talk about how the Arduino can be useful to conservators and how people are using it in museums alrea... Read more

We take a look at some of the many ways in which conservators earn money on the side (and the reasons we might do so): K... Read more

We talk about visible storage: the hype, the pros and the cons, and whether we can or should show off our tattered stora... Read more

We tackle life as an emerging conservation professional (ECP): Jenny and Kloe talk to guest host Marie Jordan about thei... Read more

We have a chat about gloves: their uses, problems, and varieties. Also is there such a thing as clean hands? Tune in for... Read more

Join us for a special episode when Kloe and Jenny go on a road trip to Cambridge! (Please note: this episode has VERY va... Read more

Today we’re breaking an imagined taboo and talking about parenthood and having (or not having) children as conservators.... Read more

How do you get the most out of a conference? Jenny shares her survival log from a recent conference, Christina talks abo... Read more

Together with guest host Sophie Rowe we try to get to grips with modern materials: plastics of all sorts, technology, an... Read more

We’re joined by Natalie Jones as we talk about natural history in all its forms: from taxidermy to fluid specimens! Jenn... Read more

Join us as we browse through the remarkable collections held in archives together with special guest host Meagen Smith: ... Read more

We talk about the importance of touch: intentional and sometimes unintentional touching, what touch means to us as conse... Read more

We don some hard hats and crane our necks as we talk large objects with special guest host Simon Stephens: from machiner... Read more

We revisit the topic of emerging professionals and ponder when a conservator is a conservator. We talk to Julie Dawson a... Read more

Join us and our guest host Jenny van Enckevort for an episode about suffragettes, social history, political collections,... Read more

Please take a seat in the waiting area as we have a little chat about the all-important topic of portfolios as part of r... Read more

Today we’re talking about professional bodies: what are they, what do they provide their members with, and what do we th... Read more

We philosophise around the topics of replicas, surrogates, and digitisation. When is a copy a copy? When is a replica a ... Read more

We tackle the tricky topic of funding: in museums in general and for conservators in particular. From grants and chariti... Read more