Does Bristol City Council employ conservators?
Absolutely. Bristol’s Museums, Galleries and Archives (BMGA) cultural and natural collections have been under the care of conservators since the 1940s. Current staff specialising in antiquities, geology, painting, paper and photograph, and preventive conservation is based at the City Museum and Art Gallery and in textile conservation at Blaise Castle House Museum. BMGA conservators spend their time… • preparing artefacts for display at a BMGA site • ensuring conservation standards for the refurbishment of permanent exhibitions like the Bristol School of Artists and Chinese Glass galleries • preparing artefacts for loan to another institution • processing new acquisitions • condition reporting and installing for temporary exhibitions • improving collections storage • maintaining permanent displays (e.g. training staff, cleaning objects) • AND MUCH MORE!
