MA Textile Conservation ( 1999-2009)

Frances Lennard (centre) MA Textile Conservation Programme Leader with HRH The Princess Royal and Elizabeth Palacios, the Centre’s first MATC student from Peru.

MA Textile Conservation students at work

MATC students work on individual practical projects as well as challenging team projects, like this banner from Winchester City Museums (l to r: Rachel Rhodes, Maria Fusco and Bonnijo Chervenock).

MA Textile Conservation student at work

MA Textile Conservation student analysing object using colorimeter

MA Textile Conservation student conserving embroidered waistcoat

MA Textile Conservation student doing pH tests

The PG Diploma in Textile Conservation was succeeded, in 1999, by the MA Textile Conservation. The first students on this intensive two year, full-time course course graduated in 2001. By 2009 over 75 students from 20 countries had graduated from the programme. The abstracts from their MA dissertations are included in this section (see left hand navigation on this page). Some of these graduates have since completed doctorates and they all now work around the world. The range of institutions for which they now work is impressive and includes:

• The Abegg Stiftung, Switzerland
• The Smithsonian Institution, USA
• Winterthur Museum & Country Estate/University of Delaware
• The Shaan'xi Archaeological Institute, China
• The Hellenic Ministry of Culture
• The South Korean Ministry of Culture
• Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand
• The National Gallery of Australia
• Museum of Art, Hong Kong

...not to mention the V&A, the British Museum, Museum of London, National Museums of Scotland, and Historic Royal Palaces.