One of my favorite quilts called "Jimmy Who?"
Today I met Maureen Smith, the marketing director for the museum. Next week we will spend some time together and come up with a plan for the Web site. I worked on more condition reports for the incoming quilts. I found a button was missing on one; thankfully we had an image of the quilt so I could see it was missing. I asked Pam if that needs to be reported to the owner of the quilt. I wonder if they know it's missing? Pam has had me document very carefully exactly which quilts are in each box. She wants to return them after the show in the same manner in which they were received. I spent a little bit of time with Laura, the collections manager today. As I unpacked the quilts for the exhibit and did condition reports, I put sheets between each quilt and stacked them on top of each other. When Laura saw them, she told me that they usually stack the quilts on top of one another without sheets in between, because they don't have enough sheets. I wonder if that is the customary practice in most museums? It seems that if a quilt was contaminated in any way (and you likely would not know that) it could cause a huge upset to expose it to other quilts. They don't have an isolation room, so there is no way to have any kind of control over the the things a quilt might bring into the museum. Humm??? Is that a problem, or am I over thinking this?
I also continued working on my power point/catalogue adding information about the collection each quilt came from, maker, date, size. These issues may seem mundane, but important to know and hard to track down sometimes!
The weather has turned cooler now and I'm afraid there will be no more days at the beach. But, now the leaves will really turn and reach their peak soon! I'd like to drive up to the Shelburne Museum in Vermont before they close at the end of the month. This weekend we are hosting a symposium on Saturday and we will be changing exhibits on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The next weekend Pam and I will be in Winterthur at a needlework conference and the last weekend we will have our opening for Patience to Raise the Sun. I don't know where I will find the time but there must be a way!
I also continued working on my power point/catalogue adding information about the collection each quilt came from, maker, date, size. These issues may seem mundane, but important to know and hard to track down sometimes!
The weather has turned cooler now and I'm afraid there will be no more days at the beach. But, now the leaves will really turn and reach their peak soon! I'd like to drive up to the Shelburne Museum in Vermont before they close at the end of the month. This weekend we are hosting a symposium on Saturday and we will be changing exhibits on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The next weekend Pam and I will be in Winterthur at a needlework conference and the last weekend we will have our opening for Patience to Raise the Sun. I don't know where I will find the time but there must be a way!
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