Charlotte Walker

Background

About Charlotte Walker

Charlotte is a Conservator with expertise in objects, textiles, and exhibitions conservation. She completed a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne in 2009 and has subsequently worked at the National Gallery of Victoria, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. She has been employed at Museums Victoria since 2014, where she works to facilitate public access to the collections through acquisitions, loans, and exhibitions programs. Currently President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM), Charlotte is also a Professional Member of the AICCM, and has held several committee roles in the past, as President of the Tasmanian Division, Secretary of the Victorian Branch, and member of the organising committee for the 2019 AICCM National Conference. Charlotte regularly mentors conservation students through the AICCM Mentoring Program. In 2021, Charlotte was awarded an AICCM/ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarship, with which she undertook a suite of pattern making courses to improve her skills in the manufacture of underpinnings for the support and display of costume. In July, Charlotte attended the Attingham Summer School as Copland Foundation, Alex Copland Scholar, having been awarded the 2024 Alex Copland Attingham Scholarship.