My day…Daily I carry out the hands-on routines of collections care on the Queens route. (Each Preventive Conservator works on a route Queens, Kings, Tudor, Georgian and every 3 months we will change routes) At times we will all be involved in a  specific project or objective, recently we carried out a high level clean in the Queens apartments, previously to this the team were involved with cleaning and condition checking the books at Hampton Court.

You need to be:  The qualities to do the job involve a willingness to muck in whatever the task, being a team player and being prepared to form working relationships with other departments. Working in public areas also requires us to act as educators and storytellers as shown through the Ask a Conservator programme, leading tours through the apartments.