DANIEL BONE

Head of Conservation

Daniel Bone

Contact
Email: daniel.bone@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
ORCID: 0009-0009-4809-0862
University of Oxford webpages:
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Biography

After a first degree in Classics, Daniel worked as  a field archaeologist with the Museum of London, and on excavations in Verona, Cyprus, and Alesia  before training in Conservation at Durham University.

He joined the Ashmolean museum as conservator in 1994 working in the Cast Gallery and the  Department of Antiquities, then as Deputy Head of Conservation within a unified conservation department in 2000.

He worked  on a  major Ashmolean redevelopment which opened in 2009 where he curated the gallery 'Conserving the Past'.

In 2016 he was appointed  Head of Conservation and in 2024 became Head of Conservation and Heritage Science.

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Conservation and heritage science, the history of conservation, preventive conservation, vibration risks, environmental histories, and public engagement with conservation. 

Teaching interests include heritage science, the history of conservation and preventive conservation.

Daniel is happy to supervise doctoral research in conservation, the history of conservation and preventive conservation.

Principal Investigator

  • 2021  'GLAMTech: Technologies for Gardens, Libraries and Museums Collections Research'
    Organization: Ashmolean Museum
    Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council
    Total value of award: £908,621

Assistant Investigator

  • 2024  'Oxford Collaboration in Heritage Science Research and Engagement (OCHRE)'
    Organization: School of Geography and the Environment
    Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council
    Total value of award: £78,102

Architectural Heritage and Conservation; Collaborative projects; Egypt; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Germany; Heritage and Cultural Conservation; History and Philosophy of Specific Fields; Industry Projects; Italy; Masters Research or PhD student supervision; Materials Conservation; Membership of an advisory committee; Partnerships for the Goals; Responsible Consumption and Production; Technical support; United Kingdom