The whale aisle once more open to the public
It is with much happiness (and a lot of satisfaction) we can announce that the ‘Once in a Whale’ project has been shortlisted for a Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence 2014, in the ‘Restoration or Conservation’ category. The glitzy ceremony is to be held at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London on May 14th 2014. We will be competing with some other amazing projects, including the Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Outreach Programme and the Mary Rose Trust. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity and feel that even to be shortlisted is a huge accomplishment for our little project. With thanks to the Museums and Heritage show, details of which can be found here: http://www.museumsandheritage.com/
Project Conservators: Nicola Crompton, Gemma Aboe and Bethany Palumbo
We’d also like to thank the Arts Council England for the Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) grant that allowed our project to even happen in the first place! We’ll let you know the outcome of the award ceremony in our next post.
Once in a Whale 
Congratulations Bethany and fellow conservators. An amazing project and a thing of beauty!
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Great news! Well done! Fingers crossed for a win!
Congratulations! That is fantastic!!
Congratulations to Bethany and your team! I have loved watching (and visiting) your whales. Have an excellent night, I send you good luck (all the way from New Zealand)!
We so enjoyed the posts, and reblogged them on our conservation website, mpfconservation. We hope to hop across the pond and see this exhibit!