Case Studies

The portraits of King George V and Duchess of York, Queen Mary were commissioned for the RCM and are displayed in the main entrance hall, two of the most prominent portraits in the RCM Museum’s collection.

The largest and most complete archive of the printing company, Perkins Bacon & Co., leading security engravers and printers of their time and perhaps most well-known for printing the world’s first stamp, The Penny Black in 1840. The archive is the only example of its kind in the world.

AIM has allowed us to completely clean and re-articulate the skeleton for redisplay in the new Cole Museum in the Health and Life Sciences building of the UoR.

Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, a small accredited museum located in rural Lincolnshire on the former domestic site of the wartime airfield RAF Metheringham, had a rare five-man dinghy used by air crew during World War II in its stores. 

The signs represent businesses past and present in the village and to have them restored and on display has attracted a lot of attention. It has increased awareness of the type of work the museum undertakes to record and preserve the history of the village.

The premise of this project was to bring ‘Time’ back to the period rooms – to return an authentic a background sound, enabling visitors to further immerse themselves in the Victorian world portrayed. 

The suggestions and recommendations made in the audit report will help to ensure a robust and sustainable collections care strategy and practice, which will be proactive, responsive, and able to withstand any future challenges and organisational changes.

The audit concluded that the vast majority of objects were found to be in a good and stable condition with no significant deterioration noted. However, 11 metal objects showed signs of active corrosion and require specialist conservation.

The AIM Pilgrim Trust audit has helped staff prioritise their work and the findings will directly feed into the collections management plan being written this year.