Pippa Pearce

Philippa Mary Pearce is a senior conservator at the British Museum.

[1] She is particularly known for her work on coin hoards found in England and was awarded an MBE for services to metal conservation in 2018.

[2] She has worked on most of the coin hoards found in recent years as part of the Treasure process.

[9][10] Due to the large number of coin hoards discovered needing preliminary conservation at the British Museum, Pearce has changed metal conservation processes in order to manage the large volume of coins, particularly Roman coins.

[11][12] Pearce is the conservator for excavations at Sidon conducted by the British Museum and the Lebanese Department of Antiquities.