Ms Chelsea McKibbin
Senior Conservator
Department: Science Innovation Platforms
Division: Conservation Centre
Specialisms: Accredited Conservator, Care and conservation of fluid specimens, Care and conservation of taxidermy, Collections Care, Conservation
Summary
Chelsea gained her Accredited Conservator status in 2019, a peer-reviewed professional qualification administered by the Institute of Conservation. Her current responsibilities include completing remedial conservation treatment of specimens for exhibition and research, providing conservation advice and support for project based issues, as well as drop in collection concerns.Chelsea's ongoing conservation interests include treatment of Life Sciences specimens, in particular the unique challenges of fluid collections.
Qualifications
Degrees
- Collections Conservation and Management, Sir Sandford Fleming, Canada, 2007 - 2008
- Applied Museum Studies, Algonquin College, Canada, 2004 - 2007
Certifications
- Practical Leather Conservation, Sturge Conservation Studio (Theo Sturge)
- Feather Conservation, Allyson Rae
- Taxidermy of Small Animals, Ethical Taxidermy (Jazmine Miles-Long)
- Fluid Preservation Technology for Biological Specimens, Horniman Museum (Simon Moore)
- Conservation of Globes, Hornemann Institute
- Laser Cleaning in Conservation, Liverpool Museums (Martin Cooper)
- Conservation and Care of Natural History Collections, DEST & Natural History Museum
- Conservation of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass (Stephen Koob)
- Object Courier Training, National Museums Scotland
- Application of Pesticides, R.E. Child and English Heritage
- Collections Specific Asbestos Awareness, KAD Environmental Consultancy Ltd
Postgraduate training
- Accredited Conservator, Institute of Conservation, United Kingdom, 2019 - ongoing
Highlighted publications
- McKibbin C, Read E (2018) Ruffled Feathers: Conservation of Taxidermy Bird Specimens. The Institute of Consevation 42 - 59.
- Allington-Jones L, McKibbin C (2017) Here Comes the Sun(Fish): Conservation and Restorage of an Extraordinary Natural History Specimen. Collection Forum 31, 53 - 69. doi: 10.14351/0831-4985-31.1.53
- McKibbin C, Allington-Jones L, Verveniotou E (2017) Giant Sequoia: an extraordinary case study involving Carbopol® gel. Solvent Gels in the Conservation of Art Archetype Publishing Ltd : London. 172 - 176.
Highlighted publications
- McKibbin C, Read E (2018) Ruffled Feathers: Conservation of Taxidermy Bird Specimens. The Institute of Consevation 42 - 59.
- Allington-Jones L, McKibbin C (2017) Here Comes the Sun(Fish): Conservation and Restorage of an Extraordinary Natural History Specimen. Collection Forum 31, 53 - 69. doi: 10.14351/0831-4985-31.1.53
- McKibbin C, Allington-Jones L, Verveniotou E (2017) Giant Sequoia: an extraordinary case study involving Carbopol® gel. Solvent Gels in the Conservation of Art Archetype Publishing Ltd : London. 172 - 176.