Projects

International Summer School 2023 – Conserving gravestones in Germany

By Abigail Davy, MA Heritage Conservation (Apprenticeship) During the summer of 2023 I took part in the International Summer Seminar for Young Academics (ISA) in Germany. I was...

Replicating the Lydia Lawrence bonnet, Part 1: Adventures in digital fabric printing and historical dress

By Laurie Rees, BA(Hons) Conservation of Cultural Heritage student My name is Laurie Rees (they/he) and I am a Conservation of Cultural Heritage student at the University of...

A damaged cotton bonnet

Little Boxes on the Store Shelf

Little Boxes on the Store Shelf By Abby Buckland MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage student Deep in the Conservation Department Teaching Collection (a collection of almost 1000 items,...

Digitising photographic negatives using a lightbox and camera on a copy stand.

From online Reading List to Charleston: a student placement

By Samantha Sherman (third year BA Classical Studies) and Talis In summer 2022, the School of Humanities and Heritage supported Samantha Sharman, at that time a second-year Classical...

Mapping Monasticism

by Jasmin Richardson (3rd Year BA History) Tomas Shannon (Ma in Medieval Studies) ‘Mapping Monasticism: the Abbey of Conques and its Network’ is an undergraduate research project supervised...

An UROS conservation project: the Carvings of the Mompesson Settle

The Carvings of the Mompesson Settle by Wesley Leak, BA2 Conservation of Cultural Heritage In June 2022 after completing my second-year studies of BA Conservation of Cultural Heritage,...

Amerindian featherwork and the European gaze

Amerindian featherwork and the European gaze by Laura Anisha Bignell BA art history third year student The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* The Art and Power...

A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LINCOLNSHIRE

A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LINCOLNSHIRE By Molly French, First year student, BA Art History and History The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* THE PROPOSAL The...

The Importance of Imagery in the Study of Race within Early Modern History

The Importance of Imagery in the Study of Race within Early Modern History The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* by Rachel B. Elvin, 3rd year student...

Objects on the move! Volunteering on a museum collections move project

By Kylie Lloyd, MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage This summer preparations began for the Wakefield Museums & Castles partial store move, which meant dusting and packing objects that are...