Staff from across the museum recently gave registrars and conservators a hand with the next phase of

Staff from across the museum recently gave registrars and conservators a hand with the next phase of
Staff from across the museum recently gave registrars and conservators a hand with the next phase of
Staff from across the museum recently gave registrars and conservators a hand with the next phase of

Staff from across the museum recently gave registrars and conservators a hand with the next phase of the collections move—unpacking The Textile Museum’s 19,988 pieces and storing them in their new home.

From left to right:

  • Associate Conservator Maria Fusco (left) and Exhibition Coordinator Monika Hirschbichler (right) wrap archival boxes containing museum objects in polyethylene to prepare them for freezing in our new walk-through freezer!
  • Curator Lee Talbot unpacks rolled textiles that have already been frozen. Talbot is unsealing them and trimming the tubular polyethylene so that the rolls can be threaded onto rods and placed in new custom-built cabinets. 
  • Museum Director John Wetenhall helps Registrar Rachel Shabica configure these storage cabinets, which were specifically designed to house The Textile Museum’s collections of rolled objects.  
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