Marilyn Hockey
Head of Ceramics, Glass and Metals
Conservation
Leads the team of conservators of
metals, ceramics and glass
Department: Conservation and
Scientific Research
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8870
Email: conservation @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Marilyn Hockey leads the team of specialists
responsible for conservation of the ceramics, glass and metals in
the Museum collection and manages the work of the section
for the programme of exhibitions, loans and research.
Trained in sculpture, silversmithing and
archaeological conservation, she joined the Museum in 1976 and has
specialised in the conservation and restoration of metals.
Alongside the treatment and investigation of the collection, she
has worked on project teams for many of the Museum’s temporary
exhibitions and gallery installations and now co-ordinates a team
of conservators and scientists providing practical and preventive
conservation expertise for display.
Marilyn’s interests include the investigation and restoration of
gold and silver, jewellery and classical bronzes and armour. Her
work for the Museum in the UK and abroad has included the British
coronation regalia, Bronze Age gold in Dublin, medieval metalwork
in Spain, and gold from the World Heritage site of Mapungubwe, in
South Africa. She has worked recently on finds being investigation
under the Treasure Act.
Current British Museum projects
The Ashwell hoard of Roman temple treasure
Previous British Museum projects
Treasure: Finding our Past,
exhibition and loan conservation liaison
Examination and conservation of the Warren
Cup
The unrolling of an inscribed silver scroll
from Samaria
Conservation of Gold artefacts from
Mapungubwe
External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
Fellow of the International Institute for
Conservation. (www.iiconservation.org)
Accredited Member of the Institute of Conservation (www.icon.org.uk)
Publications
M. Hockey, ‘An Inscribed Silver Amulet from
Samaria’, with C.Müller-Kessler and T.C.Mitchell,
Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 139, 1
(2007)
M. Hockey, ‘Aspects of the conservation and restoration of
archaeological arms and armour’, with F.Shearman, in Make all
sure. The conservation and restoration of arms and armour, ed.
R. Smith, (Leeds, Basiliscoe Press, 2006), pp. 31-37
M. Hockey, Approaches to the conservation of gold at the
British Museum’ in Proceedings of the International Conference
on Metals Conservation: Metal 2001, ed. I. MacLeod, J.M.
Theile and C. Degrigny, (ICOM-CC Metals Working Group and Western
Australian Museum, Perth, 2004) pp. 263-269
M. Hockey, ‘The Effects of Conservation
Treatments on the Subsequent Tarnishing of Silver’, with D.
Thickett, in Proceedings of Conservation Science
2002, eds. J. H. Townsend, K. Eremin and A. Adriaens, (London,
Archetype Pubs, 2003), pp. 155-161
M. Hockey, ‘Breaking the mould: the overwrought
mirrors of Etruria’, with J. Swaddling, P. Craddock and S. La
Niece, in Ancient Italy in its Mediterranean
Setting: Studies in honour of Ellen Macnamara, ed. D.
Ridgway, S. Ridgway, M. Pearce, E. Herring, R. Whitehouse, and J.
Wilkins, (Accordia Specialist Studies on the Mediterranean,
vol. 4, 2000) pp.117-140