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 […]
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 […]
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 […]