The League of Legends exhibition includes numerous trophies awarded over many years of the game. To prepare the trophies for public display and to help protect them in the long term, the National Museum's conservation team spent hundreds of hours working on the trophies. Each piece was cleaned and preserved, while the nuances of different materials and makers, and the character of each trophy's history, was retained.
National Museum conservator Peter Bucke spent 87 hours conserving the Courtney Goodwill Trophy. Peter deconstructed the trophy, from the bottom up, documented and treated each piece, then reconstructed the trophy. Here, he uses a cotton bud to clean the surface of the globe which tops the trophy. Courtesy Australian and New South Wales Rugby League. Photo: Lannon Harley.
