The fabric of a culture is reflected in its costumes and textiles. Conserving, restoring, and collecting costumes and textiles preserves that fabric both literally and figuratively. You should have a passion for art, specifically textiles. Preferably, you should have a background in art or art history or some other related field. You must be a team player to be effective working in a museum, since you will be dealing with everyone one from the public to the curator to the staff in the conservation lab.
Conservators are responsible for the care and preservation of art .
They need to know how a piece reacts with the environment and with other materials. This field grew out of restoration, and you need to know the science and the craft of conservation. They handle basic preservation issues that involve artifacts, storage and handling , and maintaining records. Depending on the institution, collections managers are the link between the curator and the registrar. The curators are the art historians.