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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809576403321

Autore

Sikarskie Amanda Grace <1982->

Titolo

Textile collections : preservation, access, curation, and interpretation in the digital age / / Amanda Grace Sikarskie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-6366-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

American Association for State and Local History book series

Disciplina

746.075

Soggetti

Textile museums

Textile fabrics

Museum techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Ada Lovelace and weaving the digital -- Preservation -- Access -- Curation -- Interpretation -- Postscript: meditations on Kate Middleton's wedding dress.

Sommario/riassunto

Collections of textiles-historic costume, quilts, needlework samplers, and the like-have benefited greatly from the digital turn in museum and archival work. Both institutional online repositories and collections-based social media sites have fostered unprecedented access to textile collections that have traditionally been marginalized in museums. How can curators, interpreters, and collections managers make best use of these new opportunities? To answer this question, the author worked with sites including the Great Lakes Quilt Center at the Michigan State University Museum, the Design Center