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    Roberson Winsor & Newton John Malcolm Brealey Horace Ayerst Buttery Jim Murrell Westby William Percival-Prescott Helmut Ruhemann Sir Hamilton William Kerr Early Photographic Archive

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Master of the Conservation of Easel Paintings

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    Course Content Assessment Entry Qualifications Costs for Students Application Career Pathways MCEP - Studio Video Tour

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    Conservation Services Photographic Services Analytical Services University Shared Conservation Service

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About overview Aims and Purpose Benefactors Events

Archives

Archives overview Roberson Winsor & Newton John Malcolm Brealey Horace Ayerst Buttery Jim Murrell Westby William Percival-Prescott Helmut Ruhemann Sir Hamilton William Kerr Early Photographic Archive

HKI Bulletin

HKI Bulletin overview

HKI Bulletin and Publications

HKI Bulletin and Publications overview HKI Bulletin Number 10 HKI Bulletin Number 9 HKI Bulletin Number 8 HKI Bulletin Number 7 HKI Bulletin Number 6 HKI Bulletin Number 5 HKI Bulletin Number 4 HKI Bulletin Number 3 HKI Bulletin Number 2 HKI Bulletin Number 1 In Artists’ Footsteps The Westminster Retable Thornham Parva Retable Index of Account Holders in the Roberson Archive 1820-1939

Master of the Conservation of Easel Paintings

Master of the Conservation of Easel Paintings overview Course Content Assessment Entry Qualifications Costs for Students Application Career Pathways MCEP - Studio Video Tour

Research

Research overview

Past Research Projects

Past Research Projects overview East Anglian Rood Screen Project Cracks and the Perception of Paintings The Classification of Craquelure The Westminster Retable

Painting Techniques

Painting Techniques overview C15th Tempera Reconstruction Egg Tempera Retouching Reconstruction of a Dutch flower painting Reconstruction of an Early Italian-style Crucifix Reconstruction of a C17th Pronk Still Life

Services

Services overview Conservation Services

Photographic Services

Photographic Services overview X-Ray Infrared Reflectography Ultraviolet Fluorescence Macro Photography Micrography Lighting Techniques Digital Reconstructions

Analytical Services

Analytical Services overview Artists' Materials, organic Artists' Materials, inorganic

University Shared Conservation Service

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    Hamilton Kerr Institute

    Established in 1976, the Hamilton Kerr Institute is a one of the world's leading centres for the teaching and research of easel painting conservation.

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    Master of Conservation of Easel Paintings

    The University of Cambridge Master of the Conservation of Easel Paintings degree, is a full-time, three-year course, which provides students with a multi-disci

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    15 May 2026

    Join Us at the Gerry Hedley Symposium!

    Gerry Hedley Symposium

    16 Jan 2026

    Master of Conservation of Easel Paintings - Studio Tour

    3 Oct 2025

    Listen to the HKI's Christine Kimbriel in conversation with Dr Chris Smith on the topic of science and conservation - new podcast from The Naked Scientist

    19 Sep 2025

    Open day 2025

    10 Jul 2023

    Lady Margaret Beaufort restoration on display at National Portrait Gallery

    15 Jun 2023

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

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