ArtsNational Canberra Guest: Libby Melzer Lecture
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CONSERVATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COPY OF THE MAGNA CARTA
This presentation will discuss the highlights and complexities of the nearly 10-year project to analyse and conserve the 1297 inspeximus issue of the Magna Carta in the collection of the Parliament of Australia. It will explore the Magna Carta’s journey to Australia during Robert Menzies’ government, the innovative production of the 1961 anoxic display case by the CSIRO, and its removal from this case in 2016.
Libby will outline the new insights into the Magna Carta that analysis of the materials has provided and discuss the science behind its display in the Members’ Hall of Parliament House.
This presentation will discuss the highlights and complexities of the nearly 10-year project to analyse and conserve the 1297 inspeximus issue of the Magna Carta in the collection of the Parliament of Australia. It will explore the Magna Carta’s journey to Australia during Robert Menzies’ government, the innovative production of the 1961 anoxic display case by the CSIRO, and its removal from this case in 2016.
Libby will outline the new insights into the Magna Carta that analysis of the materials has provided and discuss the science behind its display in the Members’ Hall of Parliament House.
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