Leibniz Research Museums and University of Cambridge Museums are delighted to announce that the videos from the Plastics in Peril conference, held in November 2020, are now available to watch on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDhExi_byiwnJwb4Nx3Z3Xk5SefFvBCdx
The videos include 25 of the talks from the conference, including 3 keynote talks and a panel discussion, as well as question and answers with the authors from each session. The topics covered include managing plastic collections; identification; deterioration and new research in treatments for a wide range of plastic types.
We hope that you will enjoy the videos and share them in your networks. There is a blog post with a short review of the conference on the University of Cambridge Museums website here:
https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2021/05/18/plastics-in-peril-conference-videos-go-live/
Sophie Rowe ACR
Conservator
University of Cambridge Museums