Curation and Conservation: Dress and Textiles in Museums
Call for Papers
Turin, Italy
Submission Deadline: 1 December 2020
Curation and Conservation: Dress and Textiles in Museums
The Association of Dress Historians is proud to announce a joint partnership for next year’s International Conference of Dress Historians.
On 21–22 October 2021 our annual International Conference of Dress Historians will be held for the first time in Turin, Italy, at the Conservation and Restoration Center (CCR) “La Venaria Reale” (https://www.centrorestaurovenaria.it), one of the most important Italian institutes for higher education, research, and conservation of cultural heritage. This special conference will be conducted in English and Italian.
The title and theme of this conference is:
Curation and Conservation: Dress and Textiles in Museums
To focus on dress display in museums and all the conservation practices involved, this international conference will explore academic research into four branches:
Branch 1:
Conservation: Planning and Intervention Problems
This branch will include case studies with particular complexities linked to the state of conservation of an artefact, innovative solutions for restoration intervention, preventive conservation, and storage practices.
Branch 2:
Conservation: Applied Studies and Diagnostic Analyses
This branch will include the study of the material and technique of clothing making, scientific analysis, and applied research projects.
Branch 3:
Museum Displays: Organisation and Exhibition Curation between Past and Present
This branch will include programmatic choices of museum exhibitions, exhibition projects, and enhancement of textile and fashion collections.
Branch 4:
Museum Displays: Exhibition Practices and Museography
This branch will include exhibition practices and innovative techniques for complex and three–dimensional artefacts through examples in collections, standards, and protocols.