Jennifer Dinsmore ACR, MSc - The British Library, Course Tutor
Jennifer Dinsmore has worked in conservation for over 40 years and has been involved with practical work in sculpture conservation, in teaching and training and as a consultant in the area of preventive conservation and collection care. In this role she has worked with a wide range of heritage organisations and has participated in the development of survey methodologies and in evaluating conservation provision, strategies and policies in museums, libraries and archives. She was also involved in adapting Benchmarks for Collection Care as an interactive assessment tool.
Jennifer studied conservation at the Winterthur/University of Delaware, Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works of Art. She has worked in a number of national and international institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the University of Pennsylvania Museums, Philadelphia; the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. She was course leader of the Conservation Studies Course at the City and Guilds of London Art School from 1996 - 1999 and continues to teach at the School. She has worked with Halahan Associates for over 20 years.
West Dean College and Gardens are part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
