PMR – Conservation Treatment: Textiles Collection

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As part of the Paisley Museum Re-imagined project, Renfrewshire Council area seeking a conservator or conservation studio to carry out remedial treatments on shawls from the museums textile collection. Paisley Museum cares for a collection of over 350,000 objects. It includes a Recognised Collection of National Significance comprising 1,200 Paisley shawls and extensive Fine Art, Natural History and World Cultures collections. Re-opening in 2023, it will deliver a fully refurbished building and complete redisplay of the collection. Ahead of re-opening, the project will undertake conservation on a number of objects selected for display. The museum is seeking to appoint a number of external specialised conservators or conservation studios to carry out conservation treatments identified following condition assessments carried out by a variety of conservators throughout 2019-20.