Museum Blog

12 August 2021

Metal Conservation at Worthing Museum

Carola Del Mese is a Post Graduate in the Conservation of Metalwork. She is spending two months at Worthing Museum where she’ll assess, clean and conserve […]
13 August 2021

Metal Conservation – Brooches, Copper Alloy and Cleaning

Hello, I’m Carola and I’m a graduate in Conservation of Historical Metalwork. I’ve joined Worthing museum for two months, conserving some of the beautiful objects both […]
28 August 2021

Metal Conservation – The Sompting Hoard

This week’s objects…. This week, Curator of Archaeology James has brought out a very interesting and significant hoard from the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age. The […]
22 September 2021

Metal Conservation – The Edburton Hoard

Investigative Conservation In 2019 whilst studying metals conservation at West Dean college, Worthing’s Curator of Archaeology brought in a selection of 22 Roman coins found at […]
30 August 2022

Teddy Climas and Big Ted return to Sussex

There are some toys that are so special, it’s hard not to personify them. Teddy Climas is one of these. With over one hundred years on […]
24 October 2022

Introducing The Bianca Project Exhibition

Worthing Museum and Gallery are proud to be exhibiting work by participants of The Big Eyed Ears in partnership with Ferring Country Centre. The work is […]
20 January 2023

Conserving ancient objects at Worthing Museum

Image 1: A Selection of toiletry items from Highdown Hill Thanks to a grant from South East Museums Development and the Arts Council, I was able […]
30 January 2023

Taking a closer look – conservation assessment

Carola Del Mese, metal conservator I have been invited to conserve some objects from Worthing Museum archaeology gallery, and in the last post I went through […]
7 February 2023

Standing Perilously on the Edge: Q&A

“Are we at a tipping point?” This is the question posed by artist Madeleine De Angelis and photographer Lorenzo Ali who explore the effects of modern […]
14 February 2023

Conservation treatment of the Saxon grave goods from Highdown Hill – Part 1

Carola Del Mese, metal conservator I have been invited to conserve some objects from Worthing Museum archaeology gallery, and in the last post I went through […]
28 February 2023

Conservation treatment of the Saxon grave goods from Highdown Hill – Part 2

Carola Del Mese, metal conservator I have been invited to conserve some objects from Worthing Museum archaeology gallery, and in the last post I went through […]