Museum Studies: Conservation & Curation

Primarily masters programs focusing on textile conservation, curation, museum exhibition, and mannequin dressing.

US:

• Fashion Institute of Technology: Fashion Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice (MA)
• Wintherthur (Delaware): Art Conservation / Textiles (MA, PhD)
• University of Rhode Island: Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design (MS)

UK:

• London College of Fashion: Fashion Curation (MA)
• University of Glasgow: Centre for Textile Conservation (MPhil)

EUROPE:

• Abegg-Stiftung (Switzerland): Textile Conservation (MA/MS?)

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Note: Some of these programs cover other things, some focus on just textile conservation, but the common theme for most is that, in general, they would prepare one for a career in a museum, in any number of positions.