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The Care and Display of Historic Clothing (American Association for State and Local History)

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Wearable textiles hold their own stories of trade, manufacture and regionalism, just to name a couple of; they also tell a personal tale of the individuals who created our history. When we look at a piece of clothing, a coat, a dress, an undergarment, we see an item that may be more personal, more closely related to the human body than nearly anything else it comes in contact with all over the day. Garments can do far more for exhibitions and interpretation than merely providing a bit of color and beauty. Clothing is both artistic and utilitarian and is capable of adding such a lot to the story of who we are and where we came from.
The Care and Display of Historic Clothing aims to lend a hand with the full integration of costume collections into the interpretation of the past. Regularly relied on for their ability to add beauty and color to exhibitions, these collection items provide a very personal side to any story at a given moment in history. The topics explored in this publication range from the care and identification of items in a costume collection to discussions about both physical display and how they may be able to be used to engage audiences.
The book’s center of attention is on costume collections and discussion topics will include information in regards to

  • costume collection storage,
  • display techniques,
  • basic identification, and
  • ideas on how to incorporate costumes into exhibitions and programming.

A list of further resources behind the book helps provide supplemental, in-depth information on individual areas. The layout of this work will aim to provide information that slowly leads from understanding your costume collection and obtaining physical regulate to incorporating it in a significant and informative way into the work of the organization. Providing all of these resources in one place will make the incorporation of costumes a more obtainable goal for small to mid-sized museums and historical societies.

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