Heritage, Culture, and Conservation Management

We help you understand and apply techniques from managing heritage, to applying relevant conservation of film and archival materials, and how social change affects your organisation.

Our past and more recent past are important to us, from small objects to intangible knowledge. Whether your organisation needs consulting for construction affecting heritage, conservation of archival media and related materials, or expert advice on recent history and social change affecting your organisation, we have you covered. We have many years of research and teaching experience and professional practice in areas across heritage, culture, and conservation.

Case study

Construction of the train shed. Midland Railway- Extension to London, district 1.1868

UCL History Department helps mark 150 years of St Pancras Station

In 2018, UCL's History Department was commissioned to work on a special project as part of St Pancras’ 150th anniversary celebrations.

Work with one of our experts

We are keen to hear from you and to work together to use social science to help you solve your unique requirements. Find a relevant expert and send us an email to get started.

Rachel King

Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies, UCL Archaeology

Email: rachel-king@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: Archaeology; Heritage, archive and museum studies; Historical studies; Anthropology

Teaching: presenting the past to the public and heritage research methods

Pip Laurenson

Professor in Conservation of Contemporary Art, UCL History of Art

Email: p.laurenson@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: institutional responses to time-based media works of art, installation art, socially engaged practice and performance art; Philosophy, and Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Teaching: Theory and History of Conservation and Methods and Materials.

Anna Maguire

Lecturer in Public History, UCL History

Email: anna.maguire@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: Migration and displacement in the twentieth century - Refugee charities and activism - Mobility during times of conflict - Encounters (including as a methodology) - Diversifying pedagogy and assessment - Local and community based public history production - Co-production and participatory research

Teaching: Critical Public History; Public History Research Project: Examining Public History; Public History Research Project: Creating Public History; Migrant City: Migration, Public History and London

Louise Rayner

Director of Archaeology South-East, UCL Archaeology

Email: louise.rayner@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: Archaeology; Prehistoric and Roman pottery; Roman London; Coaching for leadership; project management; publication; training and capactiy building

Teaching: Later prehistoric and Roman London, pottery and artefacts, post-excavation method and practice

Florence Sutcliffe Braithwaite

Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century British History, UCL History

Email: f.sutcliffe-braithwaite@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: Historical studies; Policy and administration; Political science; Sociology

Teaching: social change, new social movements and politics in postwar Britain; marriage and the family in twentieth-century Britain; queer and LGBT history in Britain since c. 1880; writing history.

Sarah Wolferstan

Senior Specialist in Public Engagment, Archaeology South-East, UCL Archaeology

Email: sarah.wolferstan@ucl.ac.uk

Specific expertise: cultural heritage management, partnerships, fundraising