The Parkes collection of Japanese paper

Pauline Webber, Head of Paper Conservation Section, Conservation Department

The Parkes Collection consists of 400 or so different specimens of paper and other artifacts amounting to approximately 2,500 sheets from 21 named prefectures in Japan.

To play or not to play: the ethics of musical instrument conservation

Andrew Lamb, Musical Instruments Conservation Student on the RCA/V&A Course (in collaboration with the Horniman Museum)

In order to bring an instrument into playable condition, it may be necessary to 'modify the original' and in ways that are not readily undone.

The conservation and rehousing of a collection of photographs and photomechanical prints

Jeanette C Kay, Contract Paper Conservator, Conservation Department

During the mid to late nineteenth century, various museums in Britain were establishing photographic collections of fine art, intending to supplement book illustrations and encourage a knowledge of art.

Conservation course abstracts: update

It is some time now since we have had the opportunity in this Journal to publish abstracts of the written work presented by students on the RCA/V&A Conservation Course.