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  1. Conserving the World’s Oldest Processional Dragon

    For the last year, Grimwade Conservation Services has been conserving Loong 龍, the oldest intact Imperial processional dragon in the world. Dr Holly Jones-Amin, Senior Conservator …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/11/25/conserving-the-worlds-oldest-processional-dragon

  2. The Technical Study of Bernini’s Bronzes

    Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) is famous for his contribution to Baroque Roman architecture and sculpture. Less well known is the fact that multiple bronze duplicates of …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/09/26/the-technical-study-of-berninis-bronzes

  3. Yackandandah Museum Fire Project

    In 2006, the small country town of Yackandandah in north-eastern Victoria lost precious cultural heritage when its museum was damaged by fire. In 2021, Grimwade Masters …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/06/27/yackandandah-museum-fire-project

  4. Sophie Lewincamp

    Sophie Lewincamp (PhD in Cultural Materials Conservation, 2022) ‘Tiered Contact Zones: A New Engagement Model for Cultural Materials Conservation’ Over recent decades, there has been increasing …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/05/02/sophie-lewincamp

  5. Miniature Qur’ans and Travelling Manuscripts

    Didar: Stories of Middle Eastern Manuscripts, curated by the Grimwade Centre’s Sophie Lewincamp and Leila Alhagh, has just opened in the Arts West Gallery space. Featuring …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/04/13/miniature-qurans-and-travelling-manuscripts

  6. Scroll: A Journal by Student Conservators

    Scroll is a student-led publication for conversations about cultural material, its study and preservation, based at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and backed by …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/04/11/scroll-a-journal-by-student-conservators

  7. Paintings Conservation Fellowship at Harvard Art Museums

    After completing a Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, Ruby Awburn spent two years in the United States as the Richard I …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/01/03/paintings-conservation-fellowship-at-harvard-art-museums

  8. Book Conservation in the Twenty-First Century

    Camielle Fitzmaurice was recently awarded a George Alexander Foundation Fellowship through the International Specialised Skills Institute. Camielle is a paper and book conservator and graduate of …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/12/06/book-conservation-in-the-twenty-first-century

  9. Leila Alhagh

    Leila Alhagh, ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Distanciated Islamic Manuscripts: ‘Sad Kalamih [Kalima] Shah Vilayat (One Hundred Sayings by Ali): Manzumih [Manzuma] dar Hajj (Futuh …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/21/leila-alhagh

  10. Celebrating Our Students’ Achievements

    Looking back on last year’s note of congratulations to our student award recipients, I noted then the extraordinary (pandemic-driven) conditions during which the students were working. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/15/shaps-student-prizes-scholarships-2020

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