A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Black and white photograph of man walking through eucalyptus plantation

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Colour photograph of red corrugated iron building from a high vantage point

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands.

Sydney Science Festival

Across Sydney10—17 Aug

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Program

Object Handling

Name: Object Handling
Start: 2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-18T00:45:00.000Z
Location: Digital

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when

Ended 18 Oct 2023

where

Digital

Join Roberto Padoan, Lead Conservator in Preventive and Research at Powerhouse Museum, for a 45-minute free webinar on best practice for handling a variety of museum objects.

Roberto will share practical advice and demonstrate how to handle collection objects correctly, whether you're planning to install or uninstall a display, arrange objects for cleaning or move objects in your storage area.

This webinar is designed for staff and volunteers of museums and the collecting sector. A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a 15-minute Q+A session. The webinar is free, but booking is essential. You may wish to pre-register your questions to the Conservator when you book your ticket.

Speaker

Roberto holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Conservation of Library Materials from University of Rome – Tor Vergata, and a Master of Research from University College London. With more than twenty years’ experience in the field of conservation and heritage science he was previously employed at Artlab Australia as Principal Conservator Paper & Books, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch National Archives and the Vatican Archives.