After graduating from Durham University in 1997, Gretel worked on several significant conservation projects within the National Museums of Scotland including the creation of Museum of Scotland, and then the Scottish National War Museum. Later with Glasgow Museums, she was a lead member of the conservation team involved in the creation of the award winning Riverside Museum._x000d_
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Gretel was previously employed as a conservation project officer with AOC Archaeology Group between 2000 and 2005 and during this time was heavily involved in project work relating to Historic Scotland’s (now Historic Environment Scotland) Conservation Call-Off Contract which focused on the conservation of archaeological and social history artefacts and assemblages. More recently Gretel’s work in Antarctica as part of the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project has allowed her the opportunity to expand on her already extensive conservation skills._x000d_
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As well as practical conservation work, Gretel has designed, organised and contributed to seminars on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Field Archaeologists on the contribution of conservation to archaeology in Scotland. She was shortlisted for the Award for the Care of Collections at 2010’s ICON Conservation Awards as a result of the work her team carried out as part of Glasgow Museums’ Riverside Project. More recently Gretel has lectured to MA Textile Conservation students at Glasgow University on topics such as Pest Management and Conservation in Practise._x000d_
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In addition to Gretel’s demonstrable technical abilities and experience as a conservator, her training as an archaeologist at UCL has enabled her to participate in many excavations including the excavation of a Bronze Age round barrow in Eastbourne and the early prehistoric waterlogged site at Flag Fen, Peterborough. She has extensive experience of on-site conservation methods, most recently using specialist lifting techniques during the excavation of a Viking warrior burial, required to recover fragile artefacts._x000d_
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Gretel has been an Accredited Conservator-Restorer since 2005 and now acts as an Assessor for the Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers scheme administered by ICON.