Volunteer Projects
The Newport Medieval Ship Project
Volunteer Project Coordinator
May 2017 - Present
CU Conservation Team
Processing Timbers Returning from Freeze-Drying at York Archaeological Trust
The Final Timber is Removed from PEG Tank, and Wet Conservation is Complete!
CU Conservation Team
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Coordinated and recruited specialists for volunteer events in service of the project’s conservation objectives – events included condition assessments (with environmental monitoring and artefact packaging) and timber relocation project
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Averaged 160 specialist volunteer hours per event
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Museum-wide integrated pest management, environmental monitoring (data loggers and transmitters), general housekeeping
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Research in coordination with NMW Preventive Conservation and Cardiff University Engineering Department to identify and mitigate vibrational damage to artefacts in display cases
2016-2017 Preventive Conservation Volunteers (with Head Preventive Conservator Christian Baars)
Integrated Pest Management
Collection Assessment of Entomology Collection
2016-2017 Preventive Conservation Volunteers (with Head Preventive Conservator Christian Baars)
National Museum Cardiff
Volunteer, Preventive Conservation
October 2016 - Present
Project Team 2017
Deconcretion of Composite Find
X-ray Analysis of Excavated Concretion
Project Team 2017
Rooswijk 1740 Excavation
Project Volunteer
September 2017
Project Team 2017
Deconcretion of Composite Find
X-ray Analysis of Excavated Concretion
Project Team 2017
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Calibrated and digitised 3D light scanning for recording of small finds
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Analysed concretions and large artefacts with X-radiography
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Mechanical deconcretion of artefacts
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Calibrated and digitised 3D light scanning for recording of small finds
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Analysed concretions and large artefacts with X-radiography
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Mechanical deconcretion of artefacts