In this video, we take you behind the scenes of the Textile Conservation Studio to see how museum mounting professionals Lauren and Hannah mount and display an original 18th-century robe à la française (also known as a sack-back dress).

Before machines relegated it to the domestic sphere, embroidery was a language that helped us to understand our place in the world. In this video, discover embroidery’s curious and extensive history.

"Freak Me" was originally released in 1992 by the group Silk and later re-released by the group Another Level in 1998. Which version do you prefer?

Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds of years. They make silk by hand in a tedious 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more...