Dr Brenda Keneghan is an independent consultant and trainer in Care of Plastics in Heritage Collections. She spent almost 30 years at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she was the specialist in plastics in the Conservation Department. Dr Keneghan is currently a visiting tutor in conservation at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, member of the Heritage Council of Ireland grants panel and conservation advisor for the Museum of Childhood Ireland. She is also a committee member of the Plastics Historical Society and co-editor of their journal Plastiquarian.