- Home
- special collection
- costume textiles
Costume and Textiles
- Download Standards in the Museum Care of Collections: Costume & Textile Collections (MGC) on Collections Link for detailed guidance on best practice aimed at specialist curators and conservators.
- Download An illustrated guide to the care of costume and textile collections (MGC) from Collections Link, aimed at anyone who works with costume and textile collections in museums.
- Labelling and Marking museums Objects: Sewn-on label on Collections Link offers comprehensive advice on how to label textiles within a collection.
- Labelling and Marking museums Objects: Positioning of labels and marks on Collections Link gives details on where best to label textiles.
- Go to Care and conservation of costume and textiles (Icon) on Collections Link for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects.
- Caring for Textile Collections (SMC)
- Find out about relevant subject specialist networks in this field. There may be more than one network which is relevant to this subject, so this link takes you to the main networks page. But to begin with look at the Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS) pages.
Find out more about caring for ...
Banners
Carpets and rugs
- Go to Care and conservation of carpets and rugs (Icon) on Collections Link for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects.
Costume
- Display furniture: Guidelines and notes includes advice on preparations necessary for costume which forms part of a touring exhibition. This is taken from Standards for exchanging exhibitions, commissioned by MLA from the Touring Exhibitions Group, on Collections Link.
- Find out more about using real or replica costume for handling collections in this extract from 'Guidelines for Establishing, Managing and Using Handling Collections and Hands on Exhibits in Museums, Galleries and Children's Centres' (MLA 2002) on Collections Link. The case studies from North East London Museums Group and Ulster Museum, Belfast also discuss the use of real and reproduction costume for handling.
Fashion accessories
- Go to Care and conservation of fashion accessories (Icon) on Collections Link for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects.
Jewellery
- Go to Care and conservation of jewellery (Icon) on Collections Link for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects.
Other resources:
- Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS)
- The Costume Society aims to encourage access to costume history, including contemporary dress in various different ways.
- The Textile Society aims to unite those who share an interest in the study of textile art, design and history
- The Design History Society works nationally and internationally to promote and support the study and understanding of design history.
- Cornucopia is MLA's online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries and includes specific references to costume collections.
Contacts:
Contact the Textiles Group run by the Institute of Conservation (Icon).
Please note that these pages are under construction. If the section you are looking for hasn't yet been fully completed, please go to the Conserve Objects or Care for my Collection pages or use the search facility, as Collections Link already has a number of collection specific resources on offer. Alternatively please contact the Collections Link advice line on 0845 838 4000.
back to Care for my Special Collection
