The Hopewell Museum's textile collection: A curatorial perspective

Established in 1922, The Hopewell Museum preserves and protects many objects that tell the story of the Hopewell Valley and its residents. To continue the museum's mission, The Hopewell Museum retained preventive conservator Wendy Jessup to plan and implement the recovery of the museum’s vast garment and textile collection. 

On April 29, Jessup will present an illustrated lecture about the project and the importance of community involvement in the stewardship of shared resources.

You can attend the event either in person or by zoom

Registration is required for both.

IN PERSON at the Hopewell Branch of the MC Library - Click here to register

BY ZOOM - Click here to register

About the Speaker: Wendy Jessup celebrated her fiftieth year as a museum professional in 2024. She began her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, followed by several years at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and in 1983, she joined the administration of the newly completed Museum Support Center (MSC) of the Smithsonian and was involved in all aspects of operation of a complex collections storage and research facility, including pest management and environmental monitoring and management.

During her tenure at the MSC, Wendy developed one of the first IPM programs for a museum facility. Since establishing her private practice in 1989 to provide preventive conservation services, she has consulted to a large number of museums, archives, and historic sites within the United States and internationally. A Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation and Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation, Wendy is highly experienced in identifying vulnerabilities and risks to collections and in setting objectives for risk reduction, collections accountability, and preventive conservation. She served on the course development and instruction teams for the Getty Conservation Institute’s Preventive Conservation, Museum Collections and their Environments (1989-1994) and Preserving Collections in the Age of Sustainability (2016-2018), part of the GCI’s Managing Collections Environment initiative.  Much of her recent practice focuses on collaborative development of facilities for long-term preservation of cultural heritage resources, balancing the needs of collections, the buildings in which they are housed, and the stewards who care for and use them.

This program is co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, The Hopewell Museum, and the Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library. 

The Presentation will be held in person at the Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library on Tuesday, April 29th, at 7:00 PM 

See registration information at the top of this page.