Museum Conservation Services Ltd are a specialist firm offering high quality conservation and restoration work for art on paper, historic photographs and organic artefacts. Founded in 1974 as part of the UK Government funded Area Museums Service, MCS became a company in 1995. We can, and do, now also work for art galleries, historic houses, universities, the National Trust, libraries, insurance companies, private individuals and major auction houses.
We have been fortunate treat artworks by masters including Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Poussin, Turner, Constable, Degas, Picasso, Giacometti, Modigliani, Warhol and Banksy alongside exquisite Indian miniatures from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection.
High quality practical work is complimented by in-house conservation mounting and framing as well as conservation surveys, advice on storage, display and conservation priorities
All our conservators are experienced, have undergone years of specialist training and keep up to date with developments.
MCS is listed on the conservation register maintained by ICON.
Our conservation studios are large, superbly equipped and housed within the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. Our alarm system is backed up by on-site security 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Photographic conservation projects include daguerreotypes by Girault de Prangey, 125 daguerreotypes for the Ruskin Library, an exhibition for Qatar Museums Authority, Herbert Ponting=s negatives from Captain Scott=s 1911 Antarctic expedition, images by Helmut Newton, Robert Capa, Joel Peter Witkin, Roger Fenton, Irving Penn, Frederick Hollyer, F M Sutcliffe, Hill and Adamson and many others.
Organics conservation is carried out by an accredited organics conservator. Projects include an ancient Egyptian cartonnage mummy case, a Maori shell trumpet with original wooden mouthpiece and flax mute, North West coast wooden armour, an 18th century anatomical skeleton and flood damaged leather covered jewellery boxes.
Company Details
- Founded
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- Address
- Museum Conservation Services Ltd, Building 213,imperial War Museum Duxford,united Kingdom
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, And Zoos
- NAICS
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar InstitutionsNature Parks and Other Similar Institutions
- Keywords
- museum quality mounting, museum quality framing, disaster recovery (fire and floods), conservation of organic materials, conservation of works of art on paper, conservation of historic photographs, advising on collections storage, X-ray fluorescence analysis, asbestos removal for artworks, advising on the display of artworks, collections surveys, insurance work, daguerreotype conservation, art conservation, art restoration, watercolour restoration, pastels restoration, print restoration, conservation of old master drawings, photographic conservation.
- HQ
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Competitors
- Associated Mountmaking, Artem Conservation, Conservation and Museums Advisory Service, Built Heritage, The Built Heritage Consultancy Ltd, DECCAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION LIMITED, MuseuM Services Corporation, Fulcrum Mountmaking & Exhibitions, Glarify GmbH, The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace.
Museum Conservation Services Ltd. Questions
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s website is http://www.paperconservation.co.uk
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s LinkedIn profile is https://uk.linkedin.com/company/museum-conservation-services-ltd-
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s industry is
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s top competitors are
Associated Mountmaking,
Artem Conservation,
Conservation And Museums Advisory Service,
Built Heritage,
The Built Heritage Consultancy Ltd,
Deccan Heritage Foundation Limited,
Museum Services Corporation,
Fulcrum Mountmaking & Exhibitions,
Glarify Gmbh,
The Sculpture Park At Madhavendra Palace.
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s categories are Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Museum Conservation Services Ltd.'s founding year is 1974
