Ann & everyone.

Please note, access to the Textile Conservation Discussion list archives appears to be available at http://si-listserv.si.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0301&L=TEXCONS&D=0&P=7002 . On the right hand side disregard login & password. Click the next item down “search archives”

I typed in “Food” and got relevant (& perhaps irrevelant) threads…

All the best,

Mary W.  Ballard
Senior Textiles Conservator
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
Tel 301-238-1210 Fax 301-238-3709

From: Textile Conservators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ann Frisina
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:49 AM
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Subject: More food in the galleries

I have been trying to find the recent thread about food in museums.  Apparently the archive is not currently available.  If anyone has any information about food being exhibited and left out for days on end near exhibit areas I would be interested in hearing about it.  My issue is with Day of the Dead alters and their use of food, sometimes plates of cooked meat, sugar skulls etc....  It is my hope to limit what can be displayed and have all food items at least covered with saran wrap.




Best Ann


Ann Frisina
Textile Conservator
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
St. Paul, MN 55413
651 259-3385

http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/index.html