New Heritage Volunteer Project - Mansfield Museum textiles

A new project is under way

Mansfield Museum - textiles

This project will require basic sewing skills. The process involves writing the museum accession number on a piece of cotton tape (similar to that used for sewing labels in children's clothes) and then attaching this, with small stiches, onto the historic item. The objects will be packed back into their boxes, preferably in a more archivally sound way than many of them are currently stored.

Full training will be given in the process and the conservation principles behind it.  Volunteers will have the chance to explore the costume and textile collection.

For more information about either of these projects, contact Vivienne Jarvis

Date published: Wed 25th Sep 2024

Updated: Fri 3rd Jan 2025