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  1. Celebrating Twenty Years of the Grimwade Centre

    The year 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation. In June, to mark this milestone, the Grimwade …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/01/20-years-grimwade-centre

  2. New Perspectives on Filipino Textile Weaving

    There is a long and rich tradition of textile weaving in the Philippines. In October 2022 Dr Ana Labrador, currently Honorary Senior Fellow at the Grimwade …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/06/new-perspectives-on-filipino-textile-weaving

  3. Diana Tay

    Diana Tay (PhD in Cultural Materials Conservation, 2023) ‘Building a Conservation Material Record: A Study of Paintings by Cheong Soo Pieng and Georgette Chen’ Despite the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/02/01/diana-tay

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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