|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Andover, MA. – Museum Textile Services recently completed the conservation of nineteen artifacts left at the makeshift memorial created immediately after the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013. To mark the one-year anniversary, a selection from among the thousands of items left at the original memorial will go on display at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. “Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial” will open on April 7, 2014, steps away from the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The exhibit is organized by #BostonBetter, a volunteer organization of cultural heritage professionals and institutions that came together to commemorate the events of the marathon bombing, honor those who were lost, and help the community continue to heal in the aftermath of this tragedy. Camille Myers Breeze, Director of Museum Textile Services, was approached in May of 2013 to participate in a voluntary effort to preserve artifacts left at the temporary memorial site. “Memories of the minutes and days following the bombing were still so vivid when we were asked to be a part of this effort,” Camille said. “But I was drawn to the idea of telling the story of the attack in a way that acknowledges the initial emotional response but also reflects our hope and strength.” In March, 2014, Museum Textile Services Technician Josephine Johnson retrieved nineteen artifacts from the Boston City Archives. The hats, shirts, baby onesies, and Starbucks apron were all inscribed with messages from often anonymous donors. “Over the course of the last three weeks, our staff documented, photographed, surface cleaned, humidified, and gently straightened the artifacts,” Camille said. “We removed any deterioration products, such as bird droppings, that could negatively impact the preservation and exhibition of the objects.” Each of these artifacts will be displayed in the exhibition “Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial” at the Boston Public Library. The exhibit opens on Monday, April 7, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. and runs through Sunday, May 11, 2014. “We are deeply honored to be a part of this project and are looking forward to seeing the exhibition at the opening,” said Camille. “Like everyone involved in this project, we hope this exhibition will remind everyone who visits of the outpouring of love and support we as a community received last year. This exhibition is just the first step as we move forward together.”  Conservation assistant Lisa Yeats reducing soil deposits on a shirt prior to exhibition. Photo courtesy of Museum Textile Services. About Museum Textile Services
Museum Textile Services, the premier textile conservation studio in New England, specializes in the preservation of fabric-based materials for cultural institutions and individuals. Museum Textile Services documents, cleans, stabilizes, and mounts historic textiles. Through educational programs and outreach initiatives, Museum Textile Services teaches individuals and cultural heritage institutions how to ensure better preservation of their textiles. For more information, visit www.museumtextiles.com. ###
1 Comment
The 30th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory will take place October 15-16, 2011 at the R.S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover. Andover, Mass. – Camille Breeze, Director and Chief Conservator at Museum Textile Services, will be speaking at the 30th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory. The conference will be held at the R.S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover, Massachusetts, October 14-16, 2011. On Saturday, October 15, Camille will share her experiences as Director of the Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop. Camille established the Ancient Peruvian Textiles Workshop in collaboration with Rommel Angles Falcon, Director of the Municipal Museum of Huaca Malena, in 2004. The need for the project was first documented by Rommel. In 2008, Camille published a paper documenting the project’s development and success. 
Huaca Malena is a pre-Inca ceremonial complex. During the period of regional development, 400–500 A.D., it functioned as an administrative and religious center. Between 700 and 1100 A.D. the upper platform was used by the Wari culture as a cemetery.
To the ancient Peruvians, textiles played a fundamental role in the dispersion of political and religious ideology. They were used to clothe the body, both in life and in death, as well as for social functions such as paying taxes. Every hand-weaving technique invented anywhere in the world was also known to the ancient Peruvians, which illustrates their ingenuity and resourcefulness. It is this unique textile legacy that has brought North Americans to the Municipal Museum of Huaca Malena to collaborate with Peruvians in the conservation of artifacts from the collection. Over the course of five years more than forty textiles, mummy bundles, and mummified heads were conserved by forty-four participants in this collaborative effort. The 30th Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory will begin with an informal gathering on the evening of Oct 14, will continue on the 15th with plenary session talks, a reception, dinner, and a keynote talk by Richard Burger (Yale University) on Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu, and will conclude with a half day of plenary session talks on the 16th. For more information, or to register for the conference, please visit the conference website. About Museum Textile Services Museum Textile Services, the premier textile conservation studio in New England, specializes in the preservation of fabric-based materials for cultural institutions and individuals. Museum Textile Services documents, cleans, stabilizes and mounts historic textiles. Through educational programs and outreach initiatives, Museum Textile Services teaches individuals and cultural heritage institutions how to ensure better preservation of their textiles. For more information, visit www.museumtextiles.com. New site provides improved navigation, a new blog and a rich array of textile conservation resources for museum professionals, conservators and private collectors.
Andover, Mass. – Museum Textile Services has launched its new website. The redesigned site at www.museumtextiles.com, created by staff and interns, embodies the company’s forward-thinking vision and commitment to the growing needs of cultural heritage institutions and those who own historic textiles. The new website offers improved navigation, a new blog and a rich array of textile conservation resources for museum professionals, conservators and private collectors. The website’s homepage welcomes visitors with a simple design and clear navigation bar. It also provides direct links to connect with the organization on various social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Visitors to the site can also sign up for occasional email newsletters filled with resources and textile-related news. “We’re so pleased that our new website is up because it makes it so much simpler to get information to visitors,” said Camille Breeze, Director and Chief Conservator at Museum Textile Services. “The individual pages in the Conservation section really showcase the amazing projects we’ve been involved in and tie those projects in with research and scholarship on those topics.” One of the greatest aspects of the new site is that it can be updated easily. This allows Museum Textile Services to share new information as soon as it becomes available. “Our Education and Disaster Response pages are a wealth of free information about textile conservation, collections care and becoming a conservator – definitely our most frequently asked questions,” said Camille. Now, staff and interns can share conservation stories and answer questions on the MTS Blog. Blog posts and photo uploads help visitors access the depth of services available and provide further opportunities for hands-on learning for interns, who have always been an important part of the work done at Museum Textile Services. “It’s also great to see the gallery of past interns, all of whom have made such great contributions to MTS,” said Camille. “We look forward to feedback from our users and exciting new developments to come.” About Museum Textile Services Museum Textile Services, the premier textile conservation studio in New England, specializes in the preservation of fabric-based materials for cultural institutions and individuals. Museum Textile Services documents, cleans, stabilizes and mounts historic textiles. Through educational programs and outreach initiatives, Museum Textile Services teaches individuals and cultural heritage institutions how to ensure better preservation of their textiles. For more information, visit www.museumtextiles.com. |
Press Contact
Camille Breeze Categories
All
Subscribe to RSS Feed
|
RSS Feed