Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks
Thomas P. Campbell, Director, MMA

Textile Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum
Co-moderators: Florica Zaharia, Conservator in Charge, Department of Textile Conservation, MMA and Tina Kane, Conservator, The Cloisters, Department of Textile Conservation, MMA

Speakers include: Timothy B. Husband, Curator, MMA, The Cloisters; Elizabeth Cleland, Assistant Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, MMA; Tina Kane, Conservator, The Cloisters, Department of Textile Conservation, MMA; Alice Blohm, Conservator, New York; Kathrin Colburn, Conservator, Department of Textile Conservation, MMA; and Florica Zaharia, Conservator in Charge, Department of Textile Conservation, MMA

Afternoon Session

Conserving Image and Structure
Introduction and Moderator: Nancy C. Britton, Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, MMA

Speakers include: Costanza Perrone Da Zara, Textile Conservator, Florence; Jerzy Holc, Conservator in Charge, Department of Textile Conservation, Wawel Royal Castle–The National Art Collection, Kraków; Lynsay Shephard, ACR Textile Conservator, Shephard Travis Textile Conservation Studio Ltd., Hampton, United Kingdom; Natalia Sinitsyna, Head of Textile and Leather Conservation, State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO, Moscow; and Igor Borodin, Head of Conservation Department, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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