Conservation treatment and advice

Our specialist team at Grimwade Conservation Services can deliver conservation treatments to all types of materials.

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Our team of over 20 specialist conservators deliver museum-quality conservation solutions to all types of materials. Our available conservation services are broad and include:

on-site visits
disaster response, recovery and remediation (ie. flood, fire or accidental)
condition reporting, 3D photogrammetry, and RTI documentation
sampling and scientific analysis
insurance and quarantine reports (quarantine accredited classes 2 to 8)
consultation and reports for exhibition, travel, loan, and purchase

To find out more information about our specialist treatment labs and services available, follow the links below:

Expertise	Conservation competency
Paper, photography, books and parchment	Artworks on paper, maps, documents, archival collections, wallpaper, vellum and parchment, books, photographs and film.
Paintings and frames	Oils and acrylics on canvas and panels, bark paintings, wall paintings and murals, frames and supports.
Objects, textiles and archaeology	Organic materials such as leather, wood, plant fibres, textiles, and inorganic materials such as ceramics, plastics, metals, glass, stone. Archaeological materials, outdoor sculpture, monuments, mixed media objects, furniture including cain furniture repairs, natural history, human remains, anthropological specimens.
Collection services	Collection surveys, policy and advocacy, significance assessments, conservation needs assessments, preventative conservation plans, risk assessments, maintenance reports, documentation, and digitisation. Object rehousing, condition reporting, custom box making, and storage solutions.
Digital	Photography, documentation, object handling and preparation, conservation workflow management, policy and metadata design planning.
Analysis	Standard lab techniques, non-invasive examination, advanced instrumentation.
Education	Graduate teaching, student internships and Work Integrated Learning opportunities, community and professional workshops, professional training, master classes, local and international research and knowledge sharing Fellowships.
Attribution	Scientific analysis, provenance and artist research.
Disaster recovery	Disaster planning and prevention surveys and training, disaster assessment, site recovery, insurance quoting and reporting, remediation.
Built Heritage	Materials analysis of paint, wallpaper, stone, surfaces and inorganic material, and conserving materials of all types. Environmental analysis, 3D photogrammetry.

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