Preservation Collection

Nydam Viking Ship
The 007 Nydam ship, one of three vessels discovered in the 19th century, and dating from the late Iron Age. Preservation was aided by the ships peat bog deposit site

Anfiteatro / Pompeii
The Anfitheatro at Pompeii, with the original seating still in situ

Chiddingstone High Street. One of the prettiest villages in Kent, and perhaps England, Chiddingstone is a beautiful example of a Tudor one-street village

The Saving of St Pauls Dome
St Pauls dome was becoming powdery and unstable in 1925 due to the weight of it. Specialist architects and surveyors were bought in to preserve the structure

Floods in Forum, Rome
The forum in Rome under 6ft of water. Rome was inundated by severe flooding in 1900, the king himself nearly drowned. The cloisters here are seen mostly underwater. Date: 1900

Beechcraft YT-34C Turbo-Mentor 140861 (msn BG-195), one of two T-34B Mentors modified as prototype of the turbo-prop powered Turbo-Mentor. Seen on display preservation park at NAS Whiting Field, FL

Mummy Ginger
Egyptian tomb with a body naturally preserved and surrounded by grave goods. His naturally preservation is due to dry heat given off by the sand where he was buried. Known as Ginger mummy

Canopic jars
Polychormed canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Three mummies, Egypt, with a living man sitting alongside. Date: circa 1870

Lockheed Super Constellation VH-EAG Southern Preservation
Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation VH-EAG Southern Preservation (msn 4176), maintained in an airworthy condition by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society. Date: circa 1995

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Canterbury Cathedral Crypt supports, September 1939
Photograph of the 843-year-old crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in which the apex of the vaulting has been supported with a series of wooden beams as a precaution against potential air raid damage

Outbreak of WWII - removing Canterburys priceless glass
The stained glass in the east windows of Canterbury Cathedral, being removed as a precaution after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral

PRESERVING FOOD, FRANCE
A French laboratory for the cooking of foods destined for preservation Date: circa 1880

Handley Page HPR. 7 Herald 201 G-APWJ
Handley Page HPR.7 Herald 201 G-APWJ (built 1963) at Duxford on delivery to the Duxford Aviation Society for preservation. Date: 1958

Steam locomotive Josiah Wedgwood at Cheddletom
The steam locomotive Josiah Wedgwood, which pulled the first preservation trains at the Cheddleton Railway Centre, Staffordshire. This was to develop into what is now the Churnet Valley Railway

Algeria - Timgad - Chouia Women at a Roman Fountain
Algeria - Timgad - Chouia Women at a (still fully-functioning) Roman Fountain - Timgad was constructed as a bastion against the Berbers in the Aures Mountains by Emperor Trajan in AD100

The Mausoleum - St-Remy-de-Provence, France
Mausoleum of the Julii (about 40 BCE) - One of les Antiques - two amazingly well-preserved structures at the site of the Roman City of Glanum at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. Date: 1927

Mummification. Anciet Egypt. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Italy. Pompeii. House of Vetti. Domus. 1st century AD. Peris
Italy. Pompeii. House of Vetti. Was a domus owned by Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus, two successful freeman. 1st century AD. Peristyle

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Selling salt
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Establishment. Selling salt. Miniature. Fol. 62v

Working Horse - lying down sleeping (Equus ferus caballus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Capuchin Catacombs
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (Catacombe dei Cappuccini) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy - a somewhat macabre tourist attraction! Date: circa 1910s

The Oseberg ship - shortly after discovery
The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tonsberg in Vestfold county, Norway

LCC- MFB Notting Hill fire station, West London
Notting Hill fire station (A10) was built in 1868 by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), located at 83 Ladbroke Road. The previous year

Drying Fish on wooden racks - Nordland, Northern Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Pompeii, Italy - Casa della Caccia Antica (House of the Ancient Hunt or House of the Hunt / House of the Wild Boar). Date: circa 1910s

Young lady unafraid of the effects of the sun on her skin
A sporty young lady golfer is unafraid of the effects of the sun and the wind on her skin, as she has taken advise from the Salon of Mademoiselle Helena Rubinstein of 24 Grafton Street, Bond Street

Egypt, Africa - The Mummy of Rameses II at Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

Italy. Pompeii. 1st century AD. House of Julia. Garden
Italy. Pompeii.1st century AD. House of Julia. Garden surrounded by original marble-embellished quadrangular columns

Egyptian Art. Caponic jars. 31st Dynasty. Late Period
Egyptian Art. Canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. It represents god Duamutef (jackal head) and god Imset (human head). 31st Dynasty

Church of Santa Maria. Caceres. Spain
Church of Santa Maria. Built between the XII and XV centuries. Transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Inside view. Caceres. Extremadura. Spain

Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain
Romanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Historic-artistic monument since 1931. Sculptural portic

Peristyle / Casa Dei Vetti
Pompeii: Peristyle, casa dei Vettii. Date: 1910

House of the Faun - Pompeii, Italy 1904

House of the drunken Faun, Pompeii, Italy. 1904

Food Economy Campaign, WWI - Canning Apples
Women canning apples on the home front during the First World War. In 1917, prior to rationing, a food economy campaign urged the public to save food and cook frugally. 1917

Working Horse (Equus ferus caballus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

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Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Bird skins
Specimens from the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Models of Pompeii victims
Models of the Pompeii, Italy eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, including a dog on display in The Power Within Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Reptile specimens in the Darwin Centre
Various reptile specimens stored in spirit in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Dugong casting, c. 1924, the Natural History Museum, London
To avoid the results of deterioration, it was vital to prepare casts from the bodies of large cetaceans and other mammals, such as this rare dugong, as soon as they arrived at the Museum

Preserved Fish

Viverra sp. civet
This civet specimen was obtained in 1867, and held at The Natural History Museum, London

Zoology specimens
Specimens held in the Zoology department of the Natural History Museum, London

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