With the House opening for a new season, after almost seven months closed, the welcome return of visitors and staff means higher levels of dust.

Collections Care Assistant, Amy, is therefore working on a programme of dust monitoring across the State Floor to highlight how frequently objects need cleaning, so the team can effectively allocate resources, and establish the impact of high visitors numbers, the grass being cut, or rock salt in the Winter months has on the levels and types of dust found inside the House.

On your next visit to the State Floor, well-trained eyes may spot some of the two types of monitoring stations.