Edward Cheese

Conservator, Manuscripts and Printed Books, Fitzwilliam Museum


Edward Cheese is an Accredited Conservator specialising in the care and repair of western manuscripts and printed books. He has an MA in English Literary Studies form the University of Durham, a Postgraduate Diploma in Book Conservation from West Dean College, West Sussex, and is a Queen Elizabeth Craft Scholar. He worked at the Cambridge Colleges’ Conservation Consortium from 2006 until 2014 and led the unit as Conservation Manager for the last three of these years. In 2015 he took up the post of Conservator of Manuscripts and Printed Books (Assistant Keeper) at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Happy Ending for a Tale of Gothic Horror!

by and | 13.04.21

It is always exciting to explore a collection which you have not seen before, and the library at Wisbech and Fenland Museum is a particularly rich source of fascination. Dr Suzanne Reynolds, Curator, and Edward Cheese, Conservator, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, were invited by Robert Bell, Acting Curator at Wisbech and Fenland Museum to carry out an initial assessment of… Read full article