----- Original Message -----
From: curator <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: RURAL TEXTILE MUSEUM IN INDIA
> This sounds like an excellent project. I do know locally of THE LATIMER
> QUILT & TEXTILE CENTER in Tillamook, OR, U.S.A. Through many years of
> development they now have a Textile Repository of 4200 sq.ft., hold
classes
> and have a research library and "The completion and restoration of quilts
> and textiles is a main focus of the center." I do not know if they have a
> website, though you might search in case it was developed recently. They
do
> have a comparitive collection to match things regionally and a dye garden.
> The address is:
> THE LATIMER QUILT & TEXTILE CENTER
> 2105 Wilson River Loop Road
> Tillamook, OR 97141
> Here is the phone #: Best of luck, Diane B. Rice,
> Curator North Lincoln County Historical Museum Lincoln
City,
> OR
> (503) 842-8622
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: swasti singh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 4:42 AM
> Subject: RURAL TEXTILE MUSEUM IN INDIA
>
>
> > Hello,
> > We would like to introduce ourselves as two design
> > graduates( industrial and textile from National
> > Institute of Design , Ahmedabad)doing a museum project
> > for SEWA- Self Employed Women's Association in
> > Ahmedabad, India.
> > The Museum is mainly to serve the textile craft center
> > located in one of the villages.
> > Museum will be of old embroidered textile pieces made
> > by the women of the local communities. They will be
> > the main users because the museum has to serve to
> > revive old embroidery practices, so that the improved
> > work fetches more income for them.
> > We are interested to know if you know of any such
> > rural museum in any other part of the world and their
> > success in it.
> > Can you suggest interactive sort of activities at the
> > museum site in order to make the museum beneficial for
> > the local communities.
> > We are also keen on knowing about certain factors like
> > current preservation techniques for textiles.
> > We will be glad to be suggested of books, websites and
> > experts regarding the above queries.
> > Thanking you,
> > Suranjana Sen, Swasti Singh
> >
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