The Care and Handling of Costumes and Textiles

Homestead Museum
City of Industry, California
Thursday, March 31, 2005 starting at 9:00am

The Los Angeles Preservation Network (LAPNet) is offering a one-day workshop on the care and handling of costumes and textiles. A tour of the Homestead Museum facility is included. The workshop is designed for museum, library and historical society staff who are responsible for costumes and textiles in their collections. Participants will gain some background knowledge of the history of textiles and their fibers. Treatment decisions and a variety of options will be discussed, and there will be a hands-on session. Each participant is encouraged to bring ONE ITEM ONLY for examination and discussion

The workshop is limited to 50 participants.
A registration fee of $60 includes a boxed lunch and parking.
To register for this workshop please contact Linda Harris Mehr:
E-mail: lmehr@oscars.org Phone: (310) 247-3033

This program begins at 9 am and ends at 3:30 pm.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Workshop Leader

CARA VARNELL received her conservation training at the Textile Conservation Centre in England 25 years ago. She has held staff positions in the conservation departments of the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts (the de Young Museum,) The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was Associate Textile Conservator at LACMA for nearly 9 years. Six years ago she went full-time into private practice. Her clients run the gamut from museums, to studio archives, to private collectors. She is part of the team at Cal State Long Beach working to develop a program for training Collections Managers.

The Homestead Museum is located at 15415 Don Julian Rd, City Of Industry, CA 91745.
For further information and a map see their web site : http://www.homesteadmuseum.org or call: (626) 968-8492

LUNCH CHOICES: Croissant Sandwich (ham, turkey, tuna, roast beef, or veggie) with a piece of fruit and a piece of pie (apple, cherry, berry, lemon meringue, pumpkin, or French apple)

Lunch and parking are included in the registration fee.