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Magazine Archives
Whether you are curious about a career in conservation, you work in an allied museum field, or you are a practicing textile conservator, we have the answers to your questions. Our resources page will link you to our own MTS Handouts, online publications, and articles of interest.
Textile Conservation Basics
MTS Handouts
- Archival Materials
- Vacuuming Textiles
- Definitions of Conservation Terminology – From AIC
- Sample Condition Report
- Blank Condition Report
- Textile Condition Terms
- Professional Organizations for Textile Conservators
- Assessing Modern Materials
- Modern Materials in Textile & Costume Conservation
- Speaking Textile Conservation slide show
Online Resources
- A variety of resources are on the AIC website
- Preventive Conservation Guidelines for Textiles and Costumes
- NPS Museum Handbook, Part I, Appendix K
- Conserve-o-grams, everyone’s favorite conservation leaflets
- NEDCC’s Preservation Leaflets
- Getty Conservation Institute publications available for free
- Resources from ICP
- CCI notes are available individually or in a binder
- Museum Handbook from the National Park Service
- AASLH technical leaflets
- Low-cost technical inserts from Illinois Heritage Association
- Housekeeping Manual—Minneapolis Historical Society
- Condition Reporting form
- A Condition Assessment Rating System for Textiles
- Condition Report for Costume Display
Textile Stabilization
MTS Handouts
Textile Storage
MTS Handouts
Displaying Historic Costume
MTS Handouts
Online Resources & Research Documents
Displaying Flat Textiles
MTS Handouts
Online Resources
- Is your Textile Suitable for Framing?—Minneapolis Historical Society
- Framing Textiles—Minneapolis Historical Society
- Textile Mounting—Minneapolis Historical Society
- An Alternative to Velcro? by Gwen Spicer (WAAC)
- Evaluating Magnetic Primers for Mounting Textiles on Rigid Backboards with Rare Earth Magnets by Katheryn Etre et al
Museum Pests
MTS Handouts
Disaster Response
Online Resources
- Salvage at a glance: Textiles
- Salvaging Water Damaged Textiles—AIC
- Flood Recovery Book – Emergency Salvage of Textiles
- Disaster Recovery: Teaching Textile Salvage Techniques to Response Team
- Tips For Care for Water-Damaged Family Heirlooms and Other Valuables—AIC
- Freezing wet textiles
- Disaster Recovery at the University of Alberta
- Rescuing Water Damaged Textiles During LA’s Urban Riots
- Harvard University Library: Checklist for first response to an emergency
- National Archive: Salvage Procedures for book and paper resources
- Conservation Online: Disaster preparedness and response
- National Park Service: Primer on Disaster Management and Response
- National Archive: Disaster Response and Recovery
- Freezing Works of Art
- dPlan: The Online Disaster Planning tool for Cultural and Civic Organizations
Resources for Conservators
MTS Handouts
Additional Resources
MTS Policies
Textile Conservation Readings
Staff Publications
Publications by Camille Myers Breeze and Morgan Blei Carbone
- Covering up a Sticky Situation
- A Natural Legacy: Conserving Orra White Hitchcock’s Classroom Charts
- So you Want A Revolution? An Innovative, Low-Tack Adhesive Treatment for 18th-Century Flags
- Fatal Attraction—Trials and Tribulations in Toning Rare-Earth Magnets
- A Ghost of the Civil War: A Man, a Flag, and a Frame
- Andover Figures; Custom Museum Forms to Fit Your Needs
- Evaluating and Choosing Sheer Overlays
- ICOM-CC Textiles Working Group Newsletter with a review of the Wari exhibit
- Opening Doors: The Conservation of the Mead Art Museum’s Tibetan Tangka Collection, in “Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.” Ed. Marylin Rhie
- Crossing the Boundaries between Conservation Disciplines by Camille Breeze and Kate Smith
- Peruvian-American Conservation Collaboration
- Preventative Conservation of Samurai Armor
- Conservation of Wall Coverings at Gillette Castle
- History Recorded: Harvard’s Signature Quilts
- Threads of Time: Five Hundred Years of Tapestry From the Blau Family
- A Survey of American Tapestry Conservation Techniques
- The Evolution of American Tapestry Conservation
- Tapestry Conservation: an Annotated Bibliography
- The History of Tapestry Conservation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
- Stepping Out From Behind the Tensioner
- Digitally Printed Textiles in Costume Collections and Living-History Museums
- Hats off to Wet Cleaning!
- Master’s Thesis on Ancient Peruvian Textiles Part 1 Part
Resources in Spanish
Museum Textile Services es un taller privado de conservación textil ubicado en Andover, Massachusetts, EEUU. Para mas que doce años, trabajamos para individuales y museos desde Canada hasta Suramerica. Camille Myers Breeze, Directora, maneja cursos en ingles y español sobre conservación preventativa de textiles, control del ambiente dentro de museos, montaje de traje y textiles, y conservación de textiles archaeologicos.
Para Información sobre el Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop (2004-2010) toca aquí.
Textiles Workshop Reports
- 2010 Huaca Malena Report
- 2009 Huaca Malena Report
- 2008 Huaca Malena Report
- 2007 Huaca Malena Report
- 2006 Huaca Malena Report
- 2005 Huaca Malena Report
- 2004 Huaca Malena Report
Enlaces de interés
- Conservación preventiva para todos. Una guía ilustrada
- Comité Nacional de Conservación Textil
- Patrimonio Textil Chileno, Comité
- Evaluación para la conservación: modelo propuesto para evaluar las necesidades de control del entorno museístico
- Trabajadores de museos-blog
- Noticias sobre la conservación del mosaico de plumas, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, México
- Materiales para exposición: el bueno, el malo y el feo, Jean Tétreault, Canadian Conservation Institute
- Los textiles de lana y los insectos, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
- Manipulación correcta de textiles antiguo, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
- Moho: Causas, Tratamiento, Prevención, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
- Criterios sobre la exhibición de restos humanos, Patrimonio y Museos, Argentina
- Historia de la conservación de textiles arqueológicos en América latina, Emilia Cortés Moreno
- Glosario de términos relacionados con el arte y la restauración