Tim Padfield


    Born 1937 in Shanklin, England
MA in Chemistry from Oxford University

Career sites:
Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution
Conservation Department, National Museum of Denmark

Photo by John Lee

Interests and activities:

Microclimate in museums and historic buildings
Historical techniques of painting and building

Completing a Ph.D. about microclimate in museums:
How to build with materials and techniques that give a naturally stable climate.

Writing a web book about Physics in Conservation, at about one instalment per month.


e-mail: padfield@natmus.dk
fax: +45 3347 3327
Address: Conservation Department, The National Museum of Denmark, Brede, DK-2800 Lyngby