Down here in the conservation department, we have been working hard for the past few months on the Wellcome Collection's new exhibition, Electricity: The Spark of Life, which will make its way to our new Special Exhibitions gallery.
We have sent 28 of our own objects down south, ready for installation in the next couple of weeks, and each have needed their very own spa session to help them look their best. We have been carefully sticking, un-sticking, cleaning, painting and polishing so they are now not only beautiful to look at, but safe and stable for the grand adventure of being part of a touring exhibition.
Here is a glimpse behind the scenes at the conservation of the brilliant AEI Transformer group model made in the 1960s and gifted to the museum by English Electric. See if you can spot the colour change to the rather old battered corners.
And here it is now!
You can find out more about the exhibition here.