Victoria Ward is the Migelien Gerritzen Fellow for Conservation and Scientific Research at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam where she is developing greener cleaning methods, inspired by historical-recipes and biomaterials for treating traditional oil paintings. Victoria holds a BA in the History of Art (first class) from University College London (UCL) and an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London specialising in the Conservation of Easel Paintings. Victoria is interested in sustainability and innovative conservation techniques for cultural heritage and has published on these topics and will be presenting her work at the 2026 AIC Conference in Montreal, Canada (Paintings Speciality Group).