Julie Bon

Julie Bon, ACR FIIC FSA Scot, is Collections Manager at the National Trust for Scotland and leads the Conservation and Collections Management department. This team provides support and advice for collections care and management to National Trust properties across Scotland.

Prior to this, between 2019 and 2024, she was Head of Collections Care at the National Library of Scotland. In that role she managed a team providing conservation, collections care and preservation support for all of the Library’s archive, rare book, moving image and sound collections.

Qualifying with an MA in Conservation of Historic Objects from the University of Lincoln in 2004, Julie held a number of project jobs before being appointed as a Regional Conservator for the National Trust for Scotland in 2006. In that role she delivered preventive conservation advice and project management across a number of historic properties and managed a nationwide project to deliver emergency response and salvage plans for over 50 historic sites with collections. She was accredited though Icon in 2013 and is an ACR Accreditation mentor and assessor. She is a guest lecturer at the Centre for Textile Conservation at Glasgow University and sits on the Textile Conservation Foundation Board. Julie is also a Fellow of the International Institute of Conservation and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.