New Chiapas lab repairs and protects Indigenous clothing, helping to preserve a valued tradition

A museum in southern Mexico devoted to Maya textiles has opened a conservation laboratory to help preserve its 3,400-piece collection.

The Maya World Textile Center — located in a former convent in the colonial city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas — houses collections of traditional clothing and other textiles from the region, including Chiapas and Guatemala.

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