Museum Textile Services has prepared a series of handouts that cover important textile conservation topics. Feel free to download and distribute them. [PDF documents]

• Building T-Bar Supports
• Costume Storage
• Hanging Large Textiles
• Making and Attaching a Velcro Header
• Making and Installing a Velcro Slat
• Custom Book Supports
• Retrofitting Dress Supports
• Quilt Storage and Handling
• Rolling Textiles
• Template for a Tyvek Drawer Liner

In addition, we have found the following files very helpful. [PDF documents]

• Before Framing Textiles—Minneapolis Historical Society
• Condition Reporting
• Framing Textiles—Minneapolis Historical Society
• Historic Housekeeping Manual—Minneapolis Historical Society
• Low Temperature Insect Treatment—Canadian Conservation Association
• Managing a Mold Invasion—Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
• Pest Chart—Textile Museum
• Removing Mold from Leather—Canadian Conservation Association
• Textile Mounting—Minneapolis Historical Society
• Chlorine Dioxide: A Treatment for Mold—Archival Products

You can easily expand your conservation reference library with the following resources from the internet. Some of these resources are free and others are available for a small fee.

Conserve-o-grams, everyone’s favorite conservation leaflets. http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram

AIC has developed downloadable guides for caring for you treasures. http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/index.html

Our neighbor the Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Preservation Leaflets. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.list.php

A wide array of Getty Conservation Institute publications is available for free in PDF form. http://getty.edu/conservation/publications/pdf_publications/

A three-part Museum Handbook from the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/handbook.html

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. http://www.iccrom.org/eng/02info_en/02_04pdf-pubs_en.shtml

Regional Alliance for Preservation specialized bibliographies. http://rap-arcc.org/index.php?page=critical

CCI notes, available individually or in a binder. https://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/bookstore/viewCategory-e.cfm?id=24&thispubid=512

AASLH provides technical leaflets, special reports on many museum topics. http://aaslh.org/leaflets.htm

Low-cost technical inserts from Illinois Heritage Association. http://illinoisheritage.prairienet.org/tilista.html