Textiles enrich our lives. We preserve, repair, restore & display.
I took a visit to Louisville, Kentucky to see my family, and a new exhibition showcasing a 19th century wedding dress that Caring for Textiles
2022 is a Wrap. Here’s to 2023, and to you—our wonderful textilian friends! 2022 was peppered with covid, but in between we conserved, surveyed, examined,
Caring For Textiles finds the delicate balance between original work and restoration In 1977, filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf released the documentary Possum Trot: The
We always look forward to the annual fall studio visit of the Smith College Museum Studies students, and this year was a dynamic group!
Celebrating French/American Relations Through These and Other Objects in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in the Hôtel Rothschild Collaborative blog by Elizabeth Wise, Kaitlyn Munro, Katherine
Sometimes there is a crystallization, a special synergy in one’s life of work, art, inspiration, friendship, collaboration, beauty, and possibilities…that was Spring 2022 for our
The goal of open conservation labs is to “connect with art, science, world cultures, and history in ways that engage and delight,”
By Kaitlyn Munro If you missed the first part of this two-part series, click here to read that post. Our introduction to Mrs. Shawbaker’s flag
By Kaitlyn Munro Oh say, can you see” this remarkable flag? I think sometimes people tend to think of flags as ordinary textiles in the
On Monday, December 27, 2021, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum launched a new, moving exhibition of victims’ clothes—Remembering S-21 Victims through their
In spite of the pandemic, we adjusted to new schedules, masks, and remained flexible as projects and exhibits kept changing…and as it turns out, we
We are pleased and excited to share with you some of the Caring for Textiles team’s favorite textile books of all time. Read through this
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