Mere Museum is celebrating the start of 2011 with their new conservation themed exhibition entitled ‘Preserving the Past for the Future’ and staff from the Wiltshire Council Conservation and Museums Advisory Service teams were privileged to be invited to the opening on 4 January for a sneak preview.

A Gladstone Bag, c.1882

The exhibition shows the range of objects conserved by the Conservation team for the museum over the years with photographs showing the objects before treatment alongside the actual objects after treatment, together with informative panels about the conservation treatments used.

As well as showing the diversity of the collections at Mere Museum, the exhibition also includes objects lent by other museums in the county and provides a real insight into the wealth of objects that can be found in our Wiltshire museum collections.

You can also find out more about the Conservation team and the work they do alongside displays of some tools of the trade.

The exhibition will be running for the next few months so do go along to find out more.

     
Guests admiring the contents of the display cases

Objects have been kindly donated from the following museums:

Dewey Museum, Warminster

Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre

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