DRESS AND TEXTILE
SPECIALISTS
Mission:
- To
provide links and mutual support for professionals in the United Kingdom and
Ireland working with specialist collections of dress and textiles and with
wider museum collections that include dress and textiles
- To
encourage the sharing and exchanging of knowledge, information, skills and
resources
- To
promote best practice in curatorship within dress and textile collections
- To
encourage and develop expertise, research and scholarship within the
profession
- To
enable those working with dress and textile collections to develop and use
their collections for the benefit of the public
Benefits:
- An
annual two-day conference with invited speakers from a range of disciplines
on topics relevant to members but with an emphasis on training and raising
professional standards. The conference is held in alternate years in London
and in the regions to maximise local attendance
- An
annual one-day event to encourage members to visit venues which are of
interest to the profession and to facilitate an informal exchange of ideas
and experiences
- A
bi-annual newsletter, one of which contains synopses of the annual
conference papers
Please print off the form below and post
to
Jennifer Mckellar
Annual
membership of the Dress and Textile Specialists runs from 1 September to
31 August.
Please download this
form