Housekeeping Study Days

I have just been lucky enough to go on a little holiday full of a lot of learning; the National Trust Housekeeping Study Day. This four-day course covers all the basics about conservation and care of collections to give us …

A New Year full of Old Objects

As soon as we were back at work we were straight back into our Deep Clean, finishing the top floor and moving into the Entrance Hall. However we’re not just thinking about the closed season, we have already begun preparing …

Win a chance to look round our studio

Thought this may have be of interest to some of you. As part of the National Trust’ effort to raise funds for conservation of textiles, including several of Hardwick’s own, you can win a chance to get a tour of Blickling Textile Conservation Studio!

Best of luck!

The best of 2013!

Hello followers old and new, Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a lovely festive season, mine was filled with rest, relaxation and tons of food – perfect! Since I have had two whole weeks off from …