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Hamilton Kerr Institute

Fitzwilliam Museum

Hamilton Kerr Institute, Fitzwilliam Museum

The Hamilton Kerr Institute is a department of the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Institute undertakes the conservation of easel paintings for public and publicly shown collections as well as the Museum. In this environment the Institute aims to educate painting conservators to the highest standard and to contribute to scientific, technical and art historical research. The institute hosts a number of archives, and carries a continual programme of inter-disciplinary research in addition to the conservation services and teaching on offer.

 

 




Latest news

Lady Margaret Beaufort restoration on display at National Portrait Gallery

10 July 2023

Recently, the HKI said goodbye to a painting that has spent the past five years in our studios. The St John's College full-size portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort at Prayer sat stoically on an easel throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, waiting patiently to have many campaigns of varnish and overpainting removed to reveal her...

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - Re-evaluating Punch Marks on Early Italian Paintings

15 June 2023

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - Re-evaluating Punch Marks on Early Italian Paintings The Hamilton Kerr Institute and Department of History of Art (University of Cambridge), and the National Gallery, London are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral...

The Master of the Conservation of Easel Paintings course

1 March 2023

At present the course is in its last stages of conversion to an academic degree. Therefore, recruitment for 2023-2024 will start later than usual, but then we will welcome applications.