Save the Textile Conservation Centre

The Vice Chairman of the Danish Society for Textile History posted a response to a post on the International Institue for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works blog. It seems to sum up the views of many in the field:

TENEN – The Danish Society for Textile History – assembled for general meeting in Odense, Denmark, on March 8, 2008, express our deepest regret at the news that the Textile Conservation Centre will be closing in 2009.

Half of all textile conservators of the entire world have been educated at the TCC, and the scientific level is second to none. Where will museums and institutions turn to for professional assistance?

When Karen Finch started developing the profession of textile conservation after the war, tapestry conservation was a task offered to widows of museum staff – instead of a pension. Is this the level the United Kingdom wishes to return to?

For TENEN – Danish Society for Textile History

Lone de Hemmer Egeberg, vice-chairman
Teglgården 66
DK-3460 Birkerød

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