The Fitzwilliam Museum - University of Cambridge

Svetlana Taylor. Bryan Clarke, Michael Jaffé Print
Conservator, has made significant progress with the
Rembrandt prints conservation project.
As part of a project funded by the Getty Foundation
and the Heritage Lottery Fund, objects conservator Jo
Dillon undertook the conservation of the metal
elements of the Westminster Retable; the project was
completed by the Hamilton Kerr Institute in May
2005. The Institute also undertook the conservation
and restoration of Murillo’s early Vision of Fra Lauterio
In addition, all conservation staff have been involved
in teaching; classes for Art History undergraduates
and the public were given, as well as workshops and
seminars connected with exhibitions and displays.
The Conservation Division, assisted by the Museum’s
technical staff, was responsible for mounting Mission
Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation an
innovative exhibition in the Museum’s Mellon
Gallery from 1 July to 24 September 2006. Rather
than simply describing the methods chosen for the
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Conservation
ABOVE
Mission Impossible?
exhibition in the
Mellon Gallery.
Visitors examine a
restored 17th century
Chinese vase
LEFT
Senior paper
conservator Bryan
Clarke preparing a
Rembrandt etching
for mounting
ABOVE RIGHT
A detail of a
manuscript damaged
by iron gall ink
corrosion. Antiphon,
Dutch 15th/16th
century, MS 46