San Mateo County History Museum

The San Mateo County History Museum will catalog and rehouse its entire textile collection by purchasing storage furniture and preservation supplies for the collection. Most of this collection is currently improperly stored. Activities include purchasing and installing a space-saving rolled textile storage rack and archival supplies appropriate for textiles. With storage furniture and supplies in place, the museum will complete the inventory and catalog its textile collection containing 236 textiles such as quilts, blankets, flags, banners, rugs, tapestries and household items that tell the history of the San Francisco Peninsula. As each item is processed, its catalog record will be uploaded to the museum's online collections database for public digital access and online research. When collections records for all 236 textiles have been uploaded, the entire collection will have been inventoried, cataloged, and rehoused to complete the project.