Restoration Trust trustee Frances Halahan ACR has produced a list of online conservation resources that meet her high standards! No flannel, no dodgy techniques, no overblown claims. Mostly not for DIY, except for managing moth top tips from English Heritage.
Tate website www.tate.org.uk
Audrey and Her goats – Tate Conservation
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/audrey-and-her-goats-tate-conservation
Time-based Media Conservation
The Artist Rooms
https://www.tate.org.uk/artist-rooms has a Learning resource section with information on a number of artists. Some of the info includes video which are quite interesting and also suggestions of things to do. It is generally free of artspeak and, in some cases, discusses the artist’s mental health.
https://www.tate.org.uk/artist-rooms/learning
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/louise-bourgeois-2351/art-louise-bourgeois
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-ruscha-1882/ed-ruscha-and-art-everyday
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jeff-koons-2368/jeff-koons-banality-decadence-and-easyfun
V&A Conservation Stories
https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/conservation#conservation-stories
Short films about particular conservation projects. They include miniatures, paintings, textiles, sculpture, well done and should be something of interest.
National Gallery
Art restoration of one of our largest paintings: Relining Van Dyck’s ‘Charles I’
National Maritime Museum
Conserving the H3 Timekeeper parts 1 -5
Getty Conservation Institute
https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/video.html
Kasbah Taourirt: Conserving Earthen Heritage in Morocco
Project Videos (20 videos)
Modern & Contemporary Art (31 videos)
English Heritage
Wrest Park Stores – not a video but interesting pictures etc.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/conservation/
Painting conservation in general
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/conservation/paintings-conservation/
A day in the life of Audley End House and Gardens
Uncovering Paintings and maps at Eltham Palace
https://artsandculture.google.com/u/0/asset/eltham-palace-map-room/twE7sS2PCjd99w
Preserving graffiti on walls
J.W. Evans, Silver Factory, Birmingham
Not conservation but how silver was made and the production of dies and stamps interesting for anyone interested in how things were made.
https://artsandculture.google.com/u/0/asset/j-w-evans-silver-factory-birmingham/6gF3wBh7XlXJNA
Conservation behind the scenes at Rievaulx Abbey
Spring cleaning the guns at Pendennis Castle
Conservation: Bringing the Light Back to Brodsworth Hall
Understanding clothes moths
How to protect against clothes moths
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/conservation/clothes-moth-research/
British Museum
Exploring the Mayan world. New technology to learn about Mayan architecture etc
Hands on with Sutton Hoo
Not conservation, but interesting talk about a sword and what you can learn
National Archives
The National Archives webinars and podcasts are a bit dry – mainly for someone with a specific interest
