AIC's 53rd Annual Meeting

Jennifer L. Cruise, Ph.D., MA Cons. originally trained as a scientist, taught at the university level, and directed a small research laboratory. She entered conservation as a volunteer assistant in the conservation department of the Minnesota Historical Society, studied at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Illinois, and in 2011 received an M.A. in the Conservation of Historic Objects from the University of Lincoln, in the United Kingdom. Those studies were supplemented with placements and internships at sites in the US and at the Textile Conservation Studio of the U.K. National Trust. In 2016 she founded Textilis Conservation, a private practice based in St. Paul, MN, where she cares for all kinds of textiles, for museums, collectors, and private clients.