Overview
91Ó°ÊÓ and National Trust have enjoyed a longstanding collaboration over many years, which has provided access to collections for research and conservation treatment to generations of conservation students and researchers. As a consequence of this access, National Trust paintings have been studied and conserved at 91Ó°ÊÓ using practices informed by innovative research in conservation, and knowledge about these collections has been deepened by research into the materials and techniques of these works.
91Ó°ÊÓ and National Trust Partnership for conservation will formalise this collaboration, enabling access to cutting edge analytical facilities at 91Ó°ÊÓ for shared research projects, and access to National trust properties and collections for research and conservation studies.
Outcomes of this partnership include:
- An annual visit of Courtauld students to a National trust property for an in-depth preventive conservation study visit, learning about strategies for collections care, with access to National Trust experts.
- Paintings from National Trust collections travel to 91Ó°ÊÓ for study and conservation by students, enabling in-depth research and connecting with other initiatives, such as Painting Pairs, or the recent investigation of a group of Servants’ portraits from Erddig where analysis was also carried out in situ
- Shared research goals and mutual support for conservation research into sustainability in conservation and greener conservation practice.
- Researcher access to materials archived at 91Ó°ÊÓ from National Trust collections, including historic paint samples, IRR images and x-ray films.
