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• Camille returned to Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, to teach Textile Stabilization and Display at the Center for Collections Care. Joining her were many returning students. The group took a special trip to see the Helen Louise Allen Textile Center (HLATC) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. See the full calendar of courses on offer for summer of 2024 on page 9.

• Following devastating flooding in Vermont on the heels of an historically wet summer in the northeast, MTS assisted with disaster response by opening our fumigation chamber in Amesbury, MA, to a collection of over 2000 artifacts. Work to inventory, surface clean, label and rehouse the collection is ongoing.

• We welcomed Studio Manager Samantha back after her maternity leave in August. Samantha continues to split her weeks between working in Andover and at home. Paxton is a big fan of spending mom’s office days with his grandparents!

• MTS contract conservator Rebecca Helgeson accepted a full-time position that began in early September. Coming from the theater world, Rebecca was most recently the Collections Manager at the Framingham History Center. She holds an MA in Extension Studies from the Museum Studies program at Harvard University. She is the proud mother of six-year old Karson.

• In mid-September, Studio Assistant Charlie headed to Montana for an Artist Residency at Flathead Lake Biological Station in Polson, MT. She returned to MTS at the end of October 2023.