We are based in the UK, offering a range of services to the museum and heritage industry including, but not limited to: giving advice on preventive and remedial conservation issues pertaining to natural history collections; advising on, and undertaking, the packing and transportation of individual specimens or entire collections; undertaking condition reports, conservation surveys and collection surveys; undertaking remedial conservation projects for all types of natural history specimens and collections; mounting specimens including skeletons; replicating specimens through moulding and casting or scanning and 3D printing; curating collections, creating databases of specimens; identifying material; undertaking fieldwork; and delivering training courses in a variety of techniques. Between us we have over 80 years of experience in this field.
Nigel R. Larkin BA MSc FRGS
Freelance natural history conservator and curator specialising in palaeontology, geology, osteology (skeletons and bones), mounting specimens, making replicas, project logistics and infrared thermal imaging for collections management
Nigel's Biography and CV
Publications
Examples of projects completed
Simon Moore RScI, MIScT, FLS, ACR
Freelance natural history conservator and curator specialising in fluid-preserved specimens, taxidermy, entomology, botany, microscope slides and freeze-dried specimens. Also, delivering training courses in the conservation of these materials.
Simon's Biography and CV
Publications
Examples of projects completed
Four-day fluid preservation course
One-day fluid preservation course
Three-day taxidermy course
Training in palaeontological preparation and conservation techniques
Methods for packing & transporting natural history specimens & whole collections
The Conservation of fossil and geological material
Moulding and casting museum specimens:
The conservation of herbarium (dried plant) specimens
The conservation of pinned entomological specimens
Various other courses
"It was an absolute delight to meet you. You are a wonderful teacher and mentor! The course gave me a new found confidence on working with the fluid filled specimens."
"It was a fantastic course and I really enjoyed it. Cant wait to put some of the things into practice! Ill let you know how I get on!"
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Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Bedford Museum
The Natural History Museum, London
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
Oxford Archaeological Unit
Bradford University's Department of Archaeological Sciences
Birmingham Thinktank
Somerset Museum
Hampshire County Council Museums Service
Reading Universitys Cole Museum of Zoology
Kent County Council
Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum
Haselmere Educational Museum
Russell-Cotes Museum & Art Gallery
The Eden Project
Birmingham University
The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project
Dorset Museum, Dorchester
Durham University's School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
The National Trust
Hoddesdon Museum
Audley End House
Buscot Estate, Evesham
Haden Hill House, Birmingham
Penlee House Museum, Penzance
English Heritage
The Hancock Museum, Newcastle
Oxford University Natural History Museum
National Museums of Northern Ireland
Abu Dhabi Environment Agency
The Wallace Fund
The BBC
York Museums Trust
Narborough Museum
Hitchin Museum
St Albans Museum
The Horniman Museum
The Mary Rose Trust
St Agnes Museum
The Gilbert White Museum
Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park
SS Great Britain (Bristol)
Hereford Heritage Service
Marwell Zoo
Southampton University
University Museum of Zoology Cambridge
Exeter University
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Institut National Patrimoine - France
Office de Coopιration et d'Information Musιographiques (Dijon)
National Museums Scotland
University of Cambridge
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow
North Hertfordshire Museum Resource Centre
Sandham Memorial Chapel
Edinburgh University
New Walk Museum, Leicester
Doncaster Museum
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team
Cliveden Conservation
Cardigan Castle, Wales
Nicholas Pearson Partnership
Wells and Mendip Museum
Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen Architects
Hertfordshire County Council
University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology
University of Cambridge Museum of Earth Sciences (Sedgwick Museum)
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Cambridge Museum Fitzwilliam Museum
Canterbury Museum
Winchester College Biology Department
Gordon Museum at Guys Hospital
Wakes Museum - Gilbert White and Oates family collections
Reigate Natural History Society
Bournemouth Natural Sciences Society
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London
Bangor University
Colchester and Ipswich Museums
Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham
State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Bristol Zoo
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Portsmouth City Museum
Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Jersey Heritage
Abingdon County Hall Museum
SHARE East
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Canberra's Australia Museum
The Caledon Estate
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke
University College London's Grant Museum of Zoology
Blakesley Hall, Birmingham
Peterborough Museum
The Royal College of Surgeons London
Brymbo Heritage
Warwick's Market Hall Museum
National Museum Wales
Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
Wrexham County Borough Museum
Nottingham Natural History Museum
Birmingham University's Lapworth Museum of Geology
Hull Maritime Museum
Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Carlisle Tullie House Museum
National Museums Scotland
Worcestershire Archaeology
Cole Museum, Reading University
University of Nottingham
Buxton Museum
Horniman Museum
Eton College
Cotteridge Park
Aberdeen University
Worcester Museum and Art Gallery
Basildon Park
Calke Abbey
A la Ronde
Antony House
Arlington Court
Watersmeet
Castle Drogo
Knightshayes Court
Lanhydrock
Cotehele
Saltram
Benthall
Attingham
Sizergh Castle
Hardwick Hall
Overbecks
Sandham Memorial Chapel
Mottisfont Abbey
Dunster Castle
Shugborough
Clandon Park
Lacock Abbey
Charlecote Park
Snowshill
Hughenden Manor
Benthall
Biddulph Grange
Mount Stewart
"It was an absolute delight to meet you. You are a wonderful teacher and mentor! The course gave me a new found confidence on working with the fluid filled specimens."
"Thanks, this is perfect... I'm really happy with the conserved tusk and the bespoke stand is smashing."
"It is wonderful the bears had a loving wash and blow dry and also the tiger repair is excellent thank you!"
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Our work often appears on radio, television and increasingly on social media.
You can watch some videos of us at work here
Conservation work on your collection often generates valuable press coverage for your museum or organisation
You can see some press cuttings featuring our work here
For more details about what we can do for you, or for a quote, please contact us via e-mail or using the form below:
enquiries@natural-history-conservation.com
We are members of the Natural Sciences Collections Association Conservation Committee and the Institute of Conservation (formerly United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)