Museum Textile Services
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Vac & Pack

​Preserving most textiles begins with safely packing and storing them in a way that suits not only the artifact but also your available space and budget. Our Vac & Pack services provide a quick assessment, surface cleaning with a HEPA vacuum, and packing in an acid-free museum storage box, all for one low price. Vac & Pack is an ideal solution for clients who do not need a conservation report  or who aren't ready to commit to conservation at this time.
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Prior to packing, conservators perform a quick assessment to identify any pests, microbial activity, water damage, or other emerging condition issue. Next we carefully surface clean the textile with a high-efficiency filtered collections vacuum that adjusts to a safe level of suction for any textile. Textiles are then packed in unbuffered, acid-free tissue in one of 8 available sizes. 
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Vacuuming with a suction-controlled, HEPA-filtered vacuum and a micro brush attachment protected by tulle.
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Women's clothing prior to 1940 often consisted of multiple items. We can fit most clothing ensembles into one costume box.
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A small quilt after vacuuming and precise folding with acid-free tissue into an archival box.
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Uniforms should be stored flat in a box if they are more than one generation old. This discourages pest activity and distortion.

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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
  • 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