Heritage & Culture

Conserving textiles in community custody

Heritage & Culture

Partnership project documenting best practices when sacred cloth remains in active ceremonial use.

Objects that never leave worship cannot be “stabilised” in isolation from practice. This essay follows a pilot in which conservators trained parish stewards in monitoring light exposure and handling during feast days.

Recommendations emphasise documentation over relocation: what must be recorded before any future transfer is contemplated.

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