Interdisciplinary Practice and Research at the Kelvin Centre
Making, Meaning, Conserving
A' Cruthachadh, A' Mìneachadh, A' Glèidheadh
The Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research brings together areas of expertise in the fields of conservation, technical art history, dress and textile history and conservation science. Our MPhil and MLitt training programmes in Textile Conservation, Technical Art History, Dress & Textile History, and Book & Paper Conservation are underpinned by object-based interdisciplinary practice and research.
We collaborate with our colleagues in The Hunterian, Archives & Special Collections as well as in Art History, Archaeology, History, English, Physics and Engineering. We work with a wide range of national and international cultural institutions including Glasgow Museums, National Galleries of Scotland, British Museum, National Trusts, El Prado, Smithsonian, Yale University and the Getty.
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News and Events
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10 AprAn invitation to meet our staff, researchers and postgraduate students. You are welcome to visit us from 11am-4pm in our studios to see our conservation and research projects, and meet staff, researchers, and students from the University of Glasgow’s Kelvin Centre including MLitt Technical Art History, MPhil Textile Conservation, MPhil Book and Paper Conservation and MLitt Dress and Textile History programmes.
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10 Apr
New Lecturer
Pascual Ruiz Segura joined our team at the Kelvin Centre in January 2026 as Lecturer in Book, Archival Materials and Paper Conservation. -
10 Apr
Flexible Hydrogels: Banff
Lois Glithero presented their paper ‘Flexible Hydrogels: An investigation into possible applications for textile conservation’