Promoting research and best practice in the conservation of artworks is a key aim of our work at the Kelvin Centre – as highlighted, for example, by our work …
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Analysis Featured on the BBC’s Fake or Fortune?
A technical examination conducted by Christina Young and Tess Visser at the Kelvin Centre features in the latest episode of the BBC’s popular tv series, Fake or Fortune? Fake …
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From Students to Affiliates
Research and training are both central to our work. It has been a great pleasure recently to welcome back two graduates of our MLitt in Technical Art History programme …
Open Day 2022
After the covid-enforced cancellations of the previous two years, it was a pleasure to welcome friends old and new to our new home at the Kelvin Hall during the …
Eardley Project Featured in SSAH Newsletter
Check out the Autumn 2021 newsletter of the Scottish Society for Art History (SSAH) for an article by Natalie Lawler, research affiliate at the Kelvin Centre and TAHG member, …
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Placement Update from National Galleries Scotland
Experience gained through work placements forms a key part of our MLitt in Technical Art History training programme. In 2020, one of our students, Clara González Fernandez, completed a …
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Science on the Sofa 2020
What connects geckos and adhesives in museums? How do we test materials in paintings? Learn about these and more from Science on the Sofa, the free online event from …