Sejal Goel
Object Conservator
Sejal Goel
Object Conservator

Author: Sejal Goel

December 8, 2021 Doing the Best with What you Have

Balancing the Reailities of Small Museums with Best Practice I’m now a month and a half into my placement year…

October 21, 2021 Why does Displaying Broken, Dirty, and Corroded Objects Limit Audience’s Understandings of the Past?

Overall, when objects are dirty, broken, or corroded, important details can be obscured, limiting the information that objects can present…

September 16, 2021 Remember Me: Ivory Memento Mori

Late medieval Christian culture was highly tactile, focusing on objects and their materiality to engage with the holy. Macabre art…

September 16, 2021 Japonisme Through a Brooch at Durham University’s Oriental Museum

This brooch was bequeathed to Durham University’s Oriental Museum by Miss D.M. Squire. It is an oval piece of costume…