Camille Myers Breeze

About Camille Myers Breeze

Camille founded Museum Textile Services in as a full-service textile conservation studio serving museums, historical societies and private collectors. She began her textile conservation career in 1989 at the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, New York. After earning a BA in Art History from Oberlin College, Camille received an MA in Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles Conservation from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She spent five years in the Textile Conservation Laboratory at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City before moving to the Textile Conservation Center at the American Textile History Museum, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Camille is active in several organizations. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation, the current chair of the Ethics and Standards Committee, and a member of the Latin American Scholarship Committee. She served on the board of the New England Conservation Association from 2005 to 2011. She is a frequent presenter at the New England Museum Association and the co-chair of the Conservators Professional Affinity Group. Camille is the author of numerous articles and a book on American tapestry conservation techniques. She has curated several exhibits and has taught in the United States, the Dominican Republic and Peru. In 2009, she received a grant from the U.S. Department of State to consult with museums in the Dominican Republic on issues of textile conservation. Specialties: Textile Conservation, Art Restoration, Collections Management, Education, Tapestries, Samplers, Flags, Archaeological Textiles, Mummies, Samplers

Experience

1. Director & Chief Conservator

   Museum Textile Services

   Aug 1999 — Present · Andover, MA

   Museum Textile Services is the premier facility for the care of historic textiles and clothing in New England. We provide the highest quality of art conservation with an emphasis on customer service and public outreach. We also provide educational workshops to individuals as well as museum professionals throughout the United States.

Education

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  MA

  1991 — 1993

• Oberlin College

  Bachelor's degree

  1987 — 1991

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  Masters