Date of Award
4-13-2018
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Visual Art & Design
First Advisor
Stefanie Elkins
Second Advisor
Constance Gane
Abstract
This twofold study engages a collection of early-to-mid-20th century Levantine textiles held by the Institute of Archaeology and Siegfried H. Horn Museum. The first part of the study involves identifying the risks of physical deterioration posed to the collection and then providing a proposal for the storage and display of these artifacts. Keeping the museum's means in mind, the storage plan emphasizes preventive conservation, focusing on minimizing risks wherever possible to keep damage from happening in the first place. The second part provides written interpretive material for the display that informs visitors of the textiles' geographic, physical, and cultural origins.
Recommended Citation
Lorenz, Kelly M., "Creating a Textile Museum Exhibit: Conservation and Accessibility" (2018). Honors Theses. 182.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/182/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/182
Subject Area
Textual museums; Siegfried H. Horn Museum
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/182/