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The conservator's workshop

A SNEAK PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES

Welcome to our blog universe following the conservation unit behind the scenes as we prepare objects from our scientific collection for the exhibitions in the new museum building of the Natural History Museum of Denmark. We hope you will follow our team and our work as we prepare and conserve thousands of varied specimens, from a whale heart to tiny insects! We will also be developing new preservation techniques, expanding on existing methods, and exploring alternative ways of displaying specimens.

If you have an account, you can find behind-the-scenes conservation stories with the hashtag #TaxidermyTuesday on the museum's Instagram

The conservation blog

A Preliminary Study on Fig Preparation for the New Museum Exhibit

A peek inside the conservators studio

Diorama diaries

In the summer of 2023, the conservation team documented and deinstalled several dioramas, before conserving the specimens for display.

A long-delayed jaguar

While treating a jaguar taxidermy mount in the conservation lab, its story at the museum was unfolded.

When does the conservators job start in planning exhibitions?

Extracting whale bones

In the summer of 2023, a Humpback Whale was observed in several locations around the inner Danish waters. On August 3rd it was found stranded south of Kolding (Southeast Jutland).