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What does it take to prepare and pack historic gravestone fragments? Just in time for Halloween Senior Conservation Technician Connie Search from the UK Parliamentary Archives reveals the collaborative effort behind preserving these unique pieces of history!

Icon Northern Ireland Launches!

6 June 2024 marked the 80th anniversary since the D-Day operation, which set in motion the liberation of France from the Nazi occupiers and contributed immensely to the end of World War II. As we remember the sacrifice of the soldiers, tangible objects used on that day help us to connect to history in a more meaningful way. 

Preparing books for the move at The Senior Library at Oriel College, Oxford

360 years after his execution, the iconic portrait is travelling to the United Kingdom for specialist study

The figure was highly controversial in Reynolds’s day for showing an evil spirit but he resisted painting it out

Historic England’s specialists have recovered and conserved an array of artefacts

Icon member Solange Masher will be running a Conservation Station during Heritage Open Days

Icon member Valerio Caputi and colleagues at Pinnacle Conservation will be running a Conservation Station during Heritage Open Days

Icon member and Object Conservator Kayleigh Spring will lead the events

Icon member Kate Andrew ACR will be running a Conservation Station during Heritage Open Days

The restoration of “The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer” by Edgar Degas

Each monumental tapestry took over two years to clean and conserve

The painting has links to the long and proud history of Indian men and women in the Royal Navy

An interview with Icon Marsh Award winner Mary Evans