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Past Exhibitions

Here are some recent exhibitions that included artifacts conserved by MTS:

Rally 'Round the Flag
Millyard Museum, Manchester, NH
November 9, 2017 - February 17, 2018
This exhibition highlights flags tied to Manchester's history featuring a flag made by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, conserved by MTS.

Threads of Change: Arctic Clothing and Identity in the North
Peary Macmillan Arctic Museum, Brunswick, ME
April 19, 2017 - December 31, 2019
MTS conserved a beaded amauti and made custom manikins for this textile and many others on display.

Utamaro and the Lure of Japan
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
January 7 - March 26, 2017
Rarely displayed Japanese kimono and kesa were conserved by MTS for the exhibition. 

The Battle of Brooklyn 
New-York Historical Society Museum and Library, New York, NY
September 23, 2016 - January 8, 2017
MTS conserved a painted silk Revolutionary War Era flag. 

Draw Yourself In 
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
September 21 - December 9, 2016
MTS conserved a large embroidered silk panel with a mother-of-pearl in-lay frame. 

It’s Showtime: A History of Manchester’s Theaters  
Millyard Museum, Manchester, NH
September 20, 2016 - January 14, 2017
This exhibit featured a painted war bond banner conserved by MTS. 

The Badge of a Freemason: Masonic Aprons from the Collection
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Lexington, MA
March 19, 2016 - March 27, 2017
Nine masonic aprons in this exhibit were conserved at the MTS studio.

The Arts and Crafts Movement: Making It Irish
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Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
February 6 - June 5 2016
This exhibit looks at the Arts and Crafts Movement through an exclusively Irish lens. MTS conserved an embroidery made by Lily Yeats.  

Picturing Enlightenment: Tangka from the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College 
Middlebury College, Middlebury,  VT 
September 12 - December 7, 2014
This exhibit includes 18 Tibetan Tangkas that previously could not have been viewed due to their fragility.


The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME 
June 14, 2014 – January 04, 2015
This exhibit contains thousands of objects helping to tell the more than 200 year history of Shaker culture.


Five Years of Conservation Collaboration: Huaca Malena & Museum Textile Services
Inaugurated January 19, 2008
This exhibition, available in both English and Spanish, was created on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop. 

Spanish version.


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  • About MTS
    • Our Team
    • Client List
    • Press Room
  • Conservation
    • Architectural Interiors
    • Asian Art
    • Ethnographic Textiles
    • Flags & Banners
    • Historic Clothing
    • Quilts and Coverlets
    • Samplers & Embroideries
    • Sports Memorabilia
    • Tapestries
  • Collections Care
    • Vac & Pack
    • Surveys
    • Disaster Response
  • Fumigation
    • Fumigation FAQs
  • Education
    • LL
    • Porto
    • C3
    • HPRH
    • Becoming a Textile Conservator
  • 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
  • Andover Figures™
    • Our Mission
    • The Andover Figures System
    • Choosing a Form
    • Purchasing Andover Figures
    • AF Contact Form