Textile Care & Display
The Textile Museum has been one of the most trusted authorities in textile conservation since 1925. Professionals around the world seek our advice on best practices in textile care and display in museums and galleries. Our conservators have also developed videos and guidelines that you can follow for your personal textile collection. Explore our online resources, or use the American Institute for Conservation's "find a conservator" service to locate a conservator in your area.
Additional Resources
- Care & Handling
- Notes From the Home Front: Care & Handling of Heirloom Textile Collections (Foundation for Advancement in Conservation)
- How to Handle Antique Textiles and Costumes (Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute)
- How to Care for Your Textiles (North Carolina Museum of History)
- Video: Care in Handling Textiles (Winterthur Museum)
- National Park Service Museum Handbook, Part I: Museum Collections (Appendix K, pages 17-18)
- The Care and Preservation of Antique Textiles & Costumes (Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation)
- Caring for Your Treasures (American Institute for Conservation and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation)
- Storage
- Storage of Heirloom Textiles Podcast Series: Materials You Need (Minnesota Historical Society)
- Flat Storage for Textiles (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- Rolled Storage for Textiles (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- How Do I Store Antique Textiles at Home? (Smithsonian Institution)
- Pest Management & Cleaning
- National Pest Management Association
- Pest Control Technology
- Mechanical Surface Cleaning of Textiles (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- Cleaning Textiles (Victoria and Albert Museum)
- Hanging & Mounting
- Velcro Support System for Textiles (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- Mounting Small, Light, Flat Textiles (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- Controlling Insect Pests With Low Temperature (Canadian Conservation Institute)
- Mounting Flat Needlework Textiles on a Fabric-Covered Board for Framing (PDF) (Minnesota Historical Society)