| Name
of applicant |
Project title
|
Project
description |
The Museum
of Science and Industry, Manchester
www.msim.org.uk |
The Collections
Centre |
Conversion
of listed buildings to accommodate The Collections Centre, which
provides physical, intellectual and virtual access to the museum's
collections of objects and archives while maintaining high standards
of conservation, care and management. |
The National
Portrait Gallery and Clare Reynolds
www.npg.org.uk |
Outsize Engravings
conservation project and Changing Impressions display |
Conservation
of 12 badly damaged prints and mounts; display describing their
treatment and the techniques involved in 2002 NPG exhibition
"Changing Impressions: a print conservation project in
focus"; special feature on display material on NPG's website. |
The National
Trust
www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
Nostell Priory:
conservation of house fabric and contents |
A major conservation
project at Nostell Priory, an 18th-century house in West Yorkshire
with important collections of furniture and other artefacts.
It included installation of conservation heating system, renewal
of other services and a wide range of conservation work to historic
fabric and chattels. |
The Royal
Navy Submarine Museum and Ian Clark
www.rnsubmus.co.uk |
Conservation
of Holland I |
Conservation
of the Royal Navy's first submarine Holland I, built
in 1901, involving both remedial and preventative work, and
the construction of a specially-designed gallery to display
the finished vessel. |
Strachey
and Strachey Conservation
www.strachey
conservation.com |
Repair of
the tower stonework, St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset |
Repair and
conservation of the stonework of the church, including all decorative
detail; communication of conservation work to local audience
and visitors. |
The Wallace
Collection Conservation Department
www.wallace-collection.org.uk
|
Conservation
of secretaire by Jean Francois Leleu |
Conservation
of 18th-century marquetry secretaire, one of the jewels in the
Wallace Collection; communication of conservation process to
visitors; and display in 2001 exhibition "Paintings in
Wood".
|
|
|
| Name
of applicant |
Project title
|
Project
description |
Museum
of London, Dept. of Conservation and Collections Care
www.museumof
london.org.uk |
A
cost-effective technique for measuring the air-exchange rate
of display cases and storage enclosures |
The
air exchange rate of an enclosure is one of the most important
measures of performance. A cost effective technique has been
developed, using off the shelf components, to measure air exchange
using tracer gas decay. |
The Wallace
Collection Conservation Department
www.wallace-
collection.org.uk
|
Conservation
of secretaire by Jean Francois Leleu |
Conservation
of 18th-century secretaire using rehydration of glue, vacuum
bag and heated panel; gel system to remove degraded shellac
layer.
|
|
|
| Name
of applicant |
Project title
|
Project
description |
Annie
Hall
RCA/V&A
MA Conservation |
Ethical
considerations for the treatment of a Tibetan religious sculpture |
Case-study
exploring the ethical considerations necessary when conserving
spiritually significant material housed in museum collections. |
Kathryn Hallett
RCA/V&A with the British Museum
MA Conservation Science |
"Illuminating
World Cultures": UV-filtered lighting and the evaluation
of cellulose degradation |
Determination
of the effect of UV-filtered light on the degradation of cellulose
and the use of that information to evaluate lighting in the
British Museum Ethnography galleries. |
Alexandra
Jones
Institute of Archaeology, UCL
MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums
|
Investigative
conservation of an important and early collection of Etruscan
Bucchero ware belonging to the British Museum
|
Investigative
examination and conservation of a collection of ceramic vessels
prior to academic study and publication, which contributed significantly
to access and understanding of the objects. |
![[header image]](../consawards-sub/images/header2_wide.gif)
![[footer image - sponsors logos]](../consawards-sub/images/footer2.gif)