Zoe’s career in conservation began in 2006 with a two-year internship in book and paper conservation at the world-renowned Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK.
Zoe went on to gain a formal qualification in the ‘Conservation of Works of Art on Paper’ at Masters course at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Training and placements during and since then have included:
- British Library, London
- SPRI, (Scott Polar Research Institute), Cambridge
- RCAHMS, (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland), Edinburgh
- City Art Gallery, Edinburgh
- Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Durham Record Office, Durham
Zoe Finlay Paper Conservation began in March 2011, serving customers in the North East of England and the Scottish borders.