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The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, aka NMCT
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We give grants for manuscript conservation projects and are the the only UK charity focusing solely on supporting manuscript conservation in non-national GLAMs
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Several years ago, @thenmct.bsky.social gave a conservation grant to Conwy Archives for conservation of 150+ Foulkes cinema plans from the 1930s. In many cases the plans (together with occasional photographs and job files also in the collection) represent all that survives of the buildings.
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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JOB KLAXON! A great opportunity to lead the exciting new MPhil Books and Archival Materials Conservation programme at the Kelvin Centre @uofglasgow.bsky.social which also offers MPhil Textile Conservation.

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Two images showing aspects of book and paper conservation. The first shows a white leather binding being stitched and the second showing a page with writing on it, with areas of loss. Fingers are holding tweezers which are in turn holding a fragment of the manuscript by the page, in the location from which it has become detached.
March 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Many of the projects we fund have a training element (e.g. internship, student placement etc) not mandatory but great if feasible as it increases the benefit of our grant AND benefits the conservation profession.
image showing conservator Kiera Knightly, Glasgow University, being mentored by experienced conservator in project to conserve the 16th C MS Hunter 242 Historia de Tlaxcala. Image showing a conservation student surface-cleaning a page from the Jackson collection at the Society of Antiquaries. Seven students benefited from paid summer placements on this project.
February 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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We've arrived! Please follow us to hear about the grants we offer for manuscript conservation and the amazing projects that we have supported over the years.
Perhaps you can get us started......
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Image showing the cover of NMCT's latest annual report. The image featured is a detail of one of William Burges's designs for Cardiff Castle, which is being conserved with NMCT's help.
November 14, 2024 at 12:30 PM