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Hi Jessie,
Its probably worth making contact with the Museum of Design in Plastics -
http://www.modip.ac.uk/
Their curator is also the contact for the Plastics Subject Specialist Networth:
Plastics Subject Specialist Network
|
Susan Lambert |
01202 533011 |
http://www.plastics.specialistnetwork.org.uk/proof/home |
Good luck!
Alexia
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Good morning all,
Earlier this year we were given a bust of Shakespeare made out of Lego to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death (you may have noticed the odd celebration for this...) I'm wondering
if any of you can advise how best to look after Lego - if you've got similar or related things in your collections, what's your approach with them? We don't have a lot of plastics in the collection, so it's quite a new area for me. I also strongly suspect
the pieces have been glued together which presents a whole other conservation issue - Lego didn't provide us with very much information when it was dropped off one morning!
Pictures
here. Many thanks in advance for any advice.
Best wishes,
Jessie
Jessie Petheram
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