Museum staff are giving their workplace a spring clean – in the autumn!
Due to the busy programme of events at Red House, Gomersal, each room undergoes specialist cleaning every one to two years.
The beautiful Georgian coffee pot, held here by museum officer Helga Hughes, is one of 200 artefacts currently undergoing preventative conservation cleaning in the kitchen at the Oxford Road museum, which was once the home of textile merchant and manufacturer Joshua Taylor.
“Every artefact needs treating differently,” said Helga. “This is a really careful process.”
Hogs hair and pony hair brushes, specially selected for their softness, are among the staff’s special cleaning kit. Separate brushes are used for different materials.
The white gloves Helga is wearing are worn to prevent tarnish caused by acids in the skin. Helga said it is a preventative process to stop dust damaging the objects.
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