Conservation | State Library Of Queensland

After conservation the 12 paintings on pith paper were re -attached with hinges made of Japanese paper to their silk ribbon borders They were then attached with paper hinges back onto their respective album pages

Unusual finds in the library’s collections: paintings on pith ‘paper’

6 September 2021

State Library’s Conservation team recently worked on an unusual collection item – an album of…

Some of the items included in the Deadly Threads exhibition Each item is photographed as part of conservation documentation record keeping

Behind the Seams: installing Deadly Threads at the State Library of Queensland

1 July 2021

Deadly Threads is an exhibition that showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design expressed through…

Conservator Jennifer Loubser testing stability of pigments

Conserving a unique traditionally mounted East Asian scroll in Dr. Barbara Piscitelli’s Children’s Art Archive

14 April 2021

‘My Dress Design’ by Simin Zhang, aged 6, from Huangzhou, Hubei, China. Watercolour on Chinese…

Karibari Board workshop participants with Eddie Jose December 2018

The gift that keeps on giving: Generous progress since a karibari board workshop

29 January 2021

Each year State Library of Queensland announces Fellowships and Awards through the Queensland Memory Awards.…

Starmount watercolour painting after removal from wooden strainer and linen The item is being washed using a suction table and local application of deionised water on heavily stained areas

‘Starmount’ by C.G.S Hirst 1875. Conservation Assessment and Treatment of an Historically Significant Watercolour

10 September 2020

The State Library of Queensland recently acquired a watercolour painting by Queensland artist Charles Gordon…

Conserving Richard Daintree’s hand-coloured photographs

29 January 2020

As a university student, learning about the conservation of artefacts, I remember one of my…