Perth Museum and Art Gallery has been nominated for a prestigious award. Conservation in Action: Saving the Perth Mummy has been shortlisted for the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Keck Award.The exhibition explores how museums look after the objects in their care and how conservation treatment can save fragile or damaged objects for communities and visitors today, as well as for future generations.New book will celebrate the work of Perth poet William SoutarAt the heart of the exhibition space is an enclosed conservation studio where visitors can observe at close hand the work of conservators as they care for some of the most fragile objects in the collections, including Egyptian mummy.
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