Why aren’t you wearing gloves? The conservators’ guide to object handling in the British Museum

Why aren’t you wearing gloves? The conservators’ guide to object handling in the British Museum
Source: The British Museum
 
Whenever we upload a video that features a member of staff handling an object without gloves we receive a flood of comments asking why. To help clear up the confusion, we asked our conservators to tell us when you should (and shouldn’t) wear gloves while handling museum objects.