Museum Textile Services
  • About MTS
    • Our Team
    • Client List
    • Press Room
  • Textile Conservation
    • Asian Art
    • Architectural Interiors
    • Ethnographic Textiles
    • Flags & Banners
    • Historic Clothing
    • Quilts and Coverlets
    • Samplers & Embroideries
    • Sports Memorabilia
    • Tapestries
  • Fumigation Services
    • Fumigation FAQs
    • Our test results
  • Andover Figures™
    • Our Mission
    • The Andover Figures System
    • Choosing a Form
    • Purchasing Andover Figures
    • AF Contact Form
  • Resources
    • MTS Magazine
    • Textile Conservation Basics
    • Textile Stabilization
    • Textile Storage
    • Displaying Historic Costume
    • Displaying Flat Textiles
    • Museum Pests
    • Disaster Response
    • Advanced Topics
    • Class Readings
    • Staff Publications
    • Resources in Spanish
    • MTS Videos and Slide Shows
  • Blog

The Museum Textile Services Study Collection

The MTS study collection is 25 years in the making. It consisted initially of textiles given to Director Camille Myers Breeze by her relatives and soon grew to include collections from families grateful to have found a place where their clothing and textiles will be cared for and put to good use. These materials service three purposes:

1. Reference  The Collection provides reference materials to help conservation staff better understand the construction, technology, and history of historic clothing and textiles.

2. Preservation  A secondary purpose for the collection is to preserve those artifacts that would otherwise be at risk of destruction.

3. Training  Elements of the collection are also used as examples in training or demonstrations of proper conservation techniques.

We are especially interested in donations in the following areas: 
  • Military uniforms and accessories with photographs and biographical information of the service man or women who wore them
  • Sports uniforms with photographs and biographical information of the athlete
  • School-girl samplers and embroideries
  • Ethnographic and archaeological textiles with provenance
The MTS Study Collection collection is archivally stored and recorded in a searchable database that includes one thousand objects and scholarly publications. As such, it is an invaluable resource for conservation research, education, and museum exhibitions.

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Please contact Camille Myers Breeze if you are interested in making a donation. Museum Textile Services is not a 501(c) and we can't appraise items or provide a tax receipt.

Museum Textile Services, LLC

P.O. Box 5004
Andover, MA 01810
admin@museumtextiles.com
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978.474.9200
  • About MTS
    • Our Team
    • Client List
    • Press Room
  • Textile Conservation
    • Asian Art
    • Architectural Interiors
    • Ethnographic Textiles
    • Flags & Banners
    • Historic Clothing
    • Quilts and Coverlets
    • Samplers & Embroideries
    • Sports Memorabilia
    • Tapestries
  • Fumigation Services
    • Fumigation FAQs
    • Our test results
  • Andover Figures™
    • Our Mission
    • The Andover Figures System
    • Choosing a Form
    • Purchasing Andover Figures
    • AF Contact Form
  • Resources
    • MTS Magazine
    • Textile Conservation Basics
    • Textile Stabilization
    • Textile Storage
    • Displaying Historic Costume
    • Displaying Flat Textiles
    • Museum Pests
    • Disaster Response
    • Advanced Topics
    • Class Readings
    • Staff Publications
    • Resources in Spanish
    • MTS Videos and Slide Shows
  • Blog