Conservation Internship
To foster the next generation of conservators, the Conservation Office offers internship opportunities for students and recent graduates in cultural heritage conservation studies, allowing them to gain hands-on experience in specific areas of conservation and nurturing the next generation of professionals. From June 30 to August 1, 2025, we hosted Ms. Kathy Chu as a conservation intern. Ms. Chu is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree, specialized in Stone, Wood, and Decorative Surfaces Conservation at the City and Guilds of London Art School in the UK, with a keen interest in developing her career in the conservation of wooden and stone artefacts.
During her internship, Ms. Chu assisted in museums’ Integrated Pest Management by weekly collecting and identifying pests from insect traps in various collection stores to assess pest control strategy. She also conducted surface cleaning for historical wooden exhibits at the Law Uk Folk Museum and monitor pest activity. She also actively participated in conservation treatments, including condition inspection for a round wooden stool with a cracked marble top inlay and authored a condition report; conducting reinforcement work for the carved canopy bed panel at the Period House 1 of Sam Tung Uk Museum by replacing old fishing wire on the panel with custom made C-shape acrylic mounts. Additionally, she participated in Conservation Office’s education and extension activities, including providing support to two laboratory tours for student visitors and conducting materials experiment for the preparation work of educational workshops, such as evaluating water repellency of coatings on plaster cast surfaces, the cleaning efficiency of Agar Hydrogel and the curing behavior of Tung oil on paper.
 Law Uk.jpeg "Conducting monthly routine inspection and surface cleaning for cultural artefacts at the Law Uk Folk Museum")