Stefka Bargazova

My name is Adrián Maldonado and I’m thrilled to introduce myself as the new Glenmorangie Research Fellow here at National Museums Scotland. I will be taking forward the next phase of the highly successful Glenmorangie Research Project, now entering its tenth year, entitled Creating Scotland: Making a Medieval Kingdom.

Part 4 of a series documenting the conservation of silver artefacts for Scotland’s Early Silver exhibition. Not all silver objects for Scotland’s Early Silver that passed through our conservation lab were as small or fragile as the ones we’ve shown you so far. Some were very different… Particularly challenging to conserve were nine magnificent silver chains, displayed together for the first time in this exhibition.

Part 1 of a series documenting the conservation of silver artefacts for Scotland’s Early Silver exhibition. It has been a few weeks now since the Scotland’s Early Silver Exhibition opened its doors and it feels almost unreal that our Artefact Conservation team managed to work our way through nearly 900 objects and fragments for display. From basic conservation cleaning and removing tarnish to the complex reconstruction of fragmented vessels – we managed to do it all for Scotland’s Early Silver.