Visiting an exhibit, however, is “research light.” Extreme Research requires laying the garment out on a table...
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The time you get to spend “backstage” at a museum is limited, so I learned to prepare carefully.
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- my favorite camera
- my magnifying viewer
- a unlined notebook
- several tape measures
- an extra camera battery
- extra media
- sharpened pencils
- sharpened color pencils
- a pencil sharpener
- a good eraser
- and sometimes I take a macro lens and a thread counter.