Clothes Tell Stories

1. Exhibition Space: (Displaying clothes); ... the crates and the objects after unpacking? Usually we cannot design our exhibition space from the ground up but have to adapt what is available to our specific needs. ...
2. Transporting Costume: (Displaying clothes); ... choice of safe packing materials moving packed pieces insurance reminder about health and safety issues use of mechanical aids for moving and lifting how to move dressed ...
3. Storing Costume: (Working with clothes); ... Rabanne Checklist: When planning to build or modify a storage area, it’s necessary to consider many factors: adequate space for packing/unpacking access to water for washing hands (but ...
4. Preventive Conservation: (Working with clothes); ... of art from damage Implementing handling and maintenance procedures for storage, exhibition, packing, and transport of works of art Disaster preparedness for the collection Collection protection ...
5. Marking and Labeling Costume: (Working with clothes); Marking costume in museum collections QR code, which stands for “Quick Response” These codes can be used to make stored data available, for example information about a museum object inside a packing ...
6. Handling Clothes: (Working with clothes); ... white muslin for packing, covering, carrying. Unpack carefully in case beads or loose pieces have fallen off. Make sure the object is labelled, also on each layer of packing and outside the box Have ...
7. 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 ...