Paper Conservation of a Letter for Exhibition || Museum From Home with Lucilla Ronai

Join me as I undertake the paper conservation of a letter written by Fanny Bligh for an exhibition. Conserving paper items and preparing them for exhibition is a huge part of a paper conservator's role. We prepared this letter for the Australian National Maritime Museum exhibition William Bligh: Hero or Villain which we recently de-installed. This letter conservation treatment and video is some insight to the day in the life of an art conservator (also known as an artefact conservator or materials conservator) working at a museum. This item is part of the National Maritime Collection 00044371. Heritage professionals around the world are creating content to ensure you can find out more about collection items and museums during these times through Museum From Home, Museum At Home and Conservation At Home initiatives! Do you want to know more about conserving paper, art conservation, paper conservation and what conservators get up to behind the scenes in galleries, libraries, archives and museums? Make sure to check out my other videos! Want to watch more? Check out my playlist on 'What is Conservation': 🎞    • What is conservation?   || 🕰 TIMESTAMPS 🕰 || 00:00 Introducing Fanny Bligh's Letter 00:28 What is iron gall ink? 01:05 History of Fanny Bligh's Letter 01:28 Preparing a letter for exhibition 01:43 Examining the object using light 03:09 Historic (non-conservation) repairs 03:40 Paper conservation treatment of the letter 05:10 Repairing the letter 06:30 Paper exhibition requirements 07:30 Conservation after display || RESOURCES & LINKS || 📝 Read a blog post about the letter and ring owned by William Bligh: https://www.sea.museum/2011/09/28/obj... 📝 To read the full contents of the letter go to the Australian National Maritime Museum Collection website: http://collections.anmm.gov.au/object... 📝 The Bligh - Hero or Villain Exhibition: https://www.sea.museum/whats-on/exhib... 📝 Check out these resources if you want to find out more about iron gall ink: https://irongallink.org/igi_index.html https://travelingscriptorium.library.... || SUBSCRIBE to never miss a video || 🎬    / theconservationstarter   || CONNECT WITH ME! || 📸 Instagram:   / lucilla.ronai   🐦 Twitter:   / lucillaronai   🌍 Website: https://www.lucillaronai.com/ 📚 Facebook:   / conservation.starter   || About me! || Hi, I’m Lucilla Ronai, a professional paper conservator. I repair and preserve material culture and artefacts, with a bit of science and a lot of laughing. I love sharing everything about my work with cultural artefacts and museums so come join me on my conservation journey. Welcome to the Conservation Starter, where we save the world one piece of paper at a time! || Disclaimer || Conservation treatments are carried out by highly trained and qualified conservators. Treatments you see in this video were designed specifically for each item and followed careful testing and examination. These treatments are not recommended for any other items. #MuseumFromHome #MuseumAtHome #ConservationAtHome