The creation of a national committee in Rwanda will help the country to develop a strategy and plan for the identification, preservation and accessibility of its documentary heritage.Mr. Albert Mutesa, Secretary-General of the Rwanda National Commiss
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H
istory regularly arrives on Julia Brennan’s doorstep: the greatcoat Abraham Lincoln wore on the night of his assassination or a rhinestone-studded “Sex Machine” jumpsuit that belonged to soulman James Brown.
Ms Brennan, a textile conservator, is a trusted resource for museums and collectors who call upon her to soften the damage done by time, the elements and mishandling. In her meticulous hands, centuries-old emotional states and habits underarm stains on a wedding dress, cigar burns on a kimono that belonged to Babe Ruth are analysed with care.
Julia Brennan conserves the clothes left behind by mass atrocities. She has salvaged thousands of garments from a notorious Khmer Rouge prison in Cambodia and a shipping container’s worth of bloodstained clothing collected from victims of the Rwandan genocide.