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Johanna Puisto

Sculpture Conservator, Sculpture Conservation

I am a sculpture conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I publish blogs about the objects I work on and stories about the different reproductions of Michelangelo's statue of David.

Museum life

Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone – a new exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Caring for our collections

Preparation of three 14th century gravestones for a display at the National Museum of Oman

A while ago, I was asked to assess the condition of three 14th century gravestones, which have since travelled to a newly built National Museum of Oman in Muscat. The...

Conservation

A new home for Neptune and Triton in the Europe 1600-1815 Gallery

The Neptune and Triton (Mus. No. A.18-1950) by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) is one of the V&A’s most well-known Italian marble groups. The sculpture, which stands...

Caring for our collections

The curious case of the Tibetan skull drum

I was recently asked to work on a very unusual object, which was a 19th century Tibetan drum, made of human skulls. The drum was about to travel to the Wellcome Collection’s...

Conservation

Time capsules, finding the unexpected in buildings and objects. Part 2

The secret parcel and other discoveries from the Weston Cast Court. In my previous post I described some of the surprising items we found in the museum’s Medieval &...

Conservation

Time capsules, finding the unexpected in buildings and objects. Part 1

One of the benefits of working in old buildings is that they often conceal secrets that are just waiting to be discovered. Before joining the V&A, I used to work at St...

Caring for our collections