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Wonderful day at the Harlow museum - One of the penny-farthings was almost as big as me!! I would not feel brave enough to give that a go! #museumselfie #cyclinglife

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20 Jan

Please, please sign this petition to help save Lowewood Museum. We need to keep our local museums alive and celebrate our heritage! #museums #motivationmonday #localmuseum

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8 Jan

@Countrymaned @Rach_Arnold @BBC_Culture @SallyBadham @raking_light @TheMERL @GlosHCT @LEICSVCHT @AMS1924 @heritagetrusts @CarolineIrwin3 @ianebbage1 @Helenus_ @jdmccafferty @durhamcathedral The #Pictish cross at Aberlemno Church #Scotland incorporates a couple of monsters on close inspection #MedievalMonsters #AnimalsInChurchesHour

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RAconservation @Rach_Arnold·

15 Jan

Not exactly on brand this week but here are some lovely #AnimalsinChurches on bench ends in Walpole St Peter

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Ian Groves 🇪🇺🇮🇹@LandscapeIan·

13 Jan

#AnimalsInChurches #GargoylesAndGrotesques @johnevigar @pacoulmag @MorleyRA @Wuzmi @sarahjigpoon @DEmiliopics @last_of_england @ArtGuideAlex @Rach_Arnold @bwthornton @cotentinologue1 @DrFrancisYoung @Emma_J_Wells @FRH_Europe @Moodyarchive

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Victoria Stevens @TinMillPress·

8 Jan

Rachel Arnold @TheCCT presents to @CCG_ICON #CCGSacredSpace on the #BatsinChurches project, and how these protected animals impact on the sacred space and the collections they contain

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Category: Artefact Conservation

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Published 22nd July 2018 by Rachel Arnold

Read more about my preventive conservation and artefact cleaning projects as well as my discoveries exploring historic sites, churches and museums.

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Don’t be brash with your brass!

Published 15th March 2018 by Rachel Arnold

When it comes to caring for historic metalwork, less is very often more. Over-zealous cleaning and sometimes (dare-I-say-it) scrubbing, can lead to loss of carved detail in decorative metalwork. This can is undesirable when it comes to commemorative floor-brasses or plates,…

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Radiant Roundels: working wonders with glass, paint and light

Radiant Roundels: working wonders with glass, paint and light

Published 6th January 2018 by Rachel Arnold

Roundels are small glass wonders which display detailed draughtsmanship and rich subject matter. They use light as the main medium for enriching an interior and are a delight to behold in any setting. Over the years I have been lucky enough…

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‘But it’s only a jumble of fragments!’ – Investigating one stained glass panel

‘But it’s only a jumble of fragments!’ – Investigating one stained glass panel

Published 27th January 2017 by Rachel Arnold

Not worthy of attention? Some stained glass panels and whole windows are dismissed because they have no clear subject matter, are a jumbled mess and are difficult to date. In this post I discover that a small, jumbled and confused…

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Conservation cleaning – Frank Green’s riding whip

Conservation cleaning – Frank Green’s riding whip

Published 25th July 2016 by Rachel Arnold

Imagine the delight of Treasurer’s House staff and volunteers when Frank Green’s riding whip turned up in an antique shop! It was clear that this was Frank’s whip because it had his name and the name Treasurer’s House inscribed in…

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CCT Chattels project for the North

Georgina (left) and Laura (right) measuring and recording a disused sign for Holy Trinity, Goodramgate.

CCT Chattels project for the North

Published 6th April 2016 by Rachel Arnold

Cataloguing and describing all artefacts, furnishings and fittings in a historic church is no quick job! Many churches are hundreds of years old and have gathered monuments, donations of books and all kinds of things, from candlesticks to old tablecloths…

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Decorative Wooden Bannister

Wooden banister finial (post-conservation cleaning)

Decorative Wooden Bannister

Published 9th July 2015 by Rachel Arnold

The staircase at Goddards House was designed by architect Walter Brierly in the Arts and Crafts style. It is wooden and has a highly decorative banister, complete with finials, which, over the one hundred years of use, has accumulated…

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Rockingham Vases

Rockingham Vases

Published 9th July 2015 by Rachel Arnold

Goddards House and Gardens, located on Tadcaster road in York, is a National Trust property which was once home to a famous family of confectioners: the Terrys. The three Rockingham vases date from between 1830-1842 and were manufactured by the…

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