Alan is director of Alan Derbyshire Art Conservation Ltd., specialising in the conservation of portrait miniatures and works of art on paper. He works for various dealers, private collectors as well as many institutions around the world.

Previously, Alan worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He joined as a Paper Conservator in 1983 and became Head of Paper, Books and Paintings Conservation, a position he held until leaving in 2020.

Alan featured in the 2020 BBC series, 'A Very British Renaissance’, available to view online here. In the programme, Alan talks to Dr James Fox about the remarkable techniques of Elizabethan miniaturist, Nicholas Hilliard.

From 2017-2019 Alan was External Examiner for the Masters degree in Conservation of Fine Art, University of Northumbria, Newcastle.

In 2018, Alan was awarded the Plowden Medal for significant contribution to the advancement of the conservation profession and in particular, to the field of paper conservation and the conservation of portrait miniatures. Alan was interview by The Art Newspaper following the award.

Learn more about conservation on our conservation page, or enquire about conservation services by contacting Alan directly:

+44 (0)7932031660 | alanderbyshire@hotmail.co.uk