Clothes Tell Stories

1. Exhibition Space: (Displaying clothes); ... may be far too large to get through the door of the showcase or even the door to the room where it is to be shown. Showcases have to be large enough to install the clothed mannequins as well as allowing ...
2. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados: (Telling stories with clothes); ... performance and costume are the result of slavery and colonialism. These five costumed mannequins can only be found permanently displayed at the Folk Museum and at Heritage Park located in the parish of ...
3. Transporting Costume: (Displaying clothes); ... mannequins unpacking links with useful information Risks/dangers Risks/dangers of transportation: museum objects need to be protected just as well during transportation ...
4. Storing Costume: (Working with clothes); ... 2012) require special conditions and careful preparation for safe storage; many of the larger pieces are best permanently stored on mannequins with specially built support. In addition, a careful analysis ...
5. Planning a Costume Exhibition - a checklist: (Displaying clothes); ... accessories use proper replica undergarments for shaping and for protecting the museum objects make/buy/borrow/adapt mannequins Preparing the space for exhibition ...
6. Mannequins for Costume Display: (Displaying clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume is usually best displayed on mannequins with the correct size, shape and posture, recreating as far as possible how the garment looked when ...
7. Handling Clothes: (Working with clothes); ... with paper, Tyvek and/or a waterproof outer cover; mannequins can be secured to pallets with G-clamps Move packed boxes and mannequins on trolleys when possible - they are heavy and awkward Use clean ...
8. Dangerous Costume: (Working with clothes); ... Heavy and awkward handling Costume, either in storage boxes or on dressed mannequins, can be heavy and awkward for museum staff to handle or move. Working positions are often ...
9. Useful Addresses: (Working with clothes); ... the ICOM Costume Committee webmaster. Fabrics Feathers Busts and mannequins Leather Printing on fabric Acid-free paper/boxes/packing materials Ribbons Sculptors/vacuum-forming Tags ...