EDUCATION

Camille Myers Breeze is an internationally known textile conservation educator and author. One of the missions of Museum Textile Services is to educate museum professionals, volunteers, students, and the public on issues related to textiles, conservation, archaeology, and museum studies. Please contact Camille if you would like her to speak or teach a workshop at your institution.



Special fund-raising lectures can help raise money for your conservation project. We can create a presentation for your Board or the public that places your historic textiles in the spotlight and educates donors on what their support will accomplish.

Camille Myers Breeze travels to Peru every January to teach a Pre-Columbian Textile Conservation Workshop. She founded this program to foster collaboration between American and Peruvian archaeologists and conservators.
See photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/patina_green/sets/.

More about Peru

2008/9 Workshop Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, register by emailing mtsworkshops@gmail.com
or calling 978-851-0110

Environmental Control for Historic Structures
Date: Monday, October 13, 2008
Location: Andover, Massachusetts
Time: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: $40 (includes all supplies)

Museum Textile Services and the Andover Historical Society present a one-day workshop addressing relative humidity, temperature and light issues in museum areas. Starting with the outside of the building and moving in, attendees will learn creative and affordable strategies for controlling and monitoring display and storage environments. Methods for treating mold and pests will also be discussed. This workshop will be taught by David Lee Colglazier, former conservator at Old Sturbridge Village, and Camille Myers Breeze, Director of Museum Textile Services. The workshop will take place at the Andover Historical Society in Andover, Massachusetts. Cost is $40 per person. This program is supported by a grant from the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. For more information email camille@museumtextiles.com. Click here to download a registration form (PDF).

Caring for Textiles
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Sponsor: NEDCC
Location: Andover, Massachusetts
Time: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm

For more information or to register contact
NEDCC at 978-470-1010 or visit http://nedcc.org/education/wksupcoming.php

Textile Care 101
Date: November, 2008
NEMA Annual Conference
Location: Westerly, Rhode Island
Time: TBA

A primer for museum professionals who oversee textile collections. Free to attendees of the New England Museum Association Annual Conference. See www.nemanet.org for more information.

Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop
Dates: January 11-21, 2009
Location: Lima, Peru

This is the sixth year of our program in conjunction with the Huaca Malena Museum in Peru. To learn more see our Peru page.

We recently taught a very successful workshop at the Intermuseum Conservation Association

And at the Oberlin Heritage Center

Read about our workshop at the Woodlawn Museum in Ellsworth, Maine here (PDF)

Our series of workshops for the Denison Homestead is described here

Museum Textile Services
PO Box 5004
Andover, MA 01810
978-851-0110