Costume Exhibition and Collections Services

JLN Costume Mounting LLC provides costume exhibition and collections management services to museums, collections, and exhibition and design firms throughout the United States.

With expertise in fashion history and a sensitivity to conservation concerns, JLN Costume Mounting LLC prioritizes accuracy and object safety to create beautiful, dynamic displays that bring your historic and modern costumes and accessories to life.

Our Services

1860s dress, Nantucket Historical Association. Photograph by Jeff Allen

1860s dress, Nantucket Historical Association. Photograph by Jeff Allen

Costume Mounting

From mannequin selection and modification to custom mounts and underpinnings, we can mount costumes and accessories from any era, for both display and photography

Contemporary Muslim Fashions installation at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Contemporary Muslim Fashions installation at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Exhibition Installation

With experience in traveling costume exhibitions and displays large and small, we understand the complex logistics and challenges of installing costumes and accessories. We will work with you to make sure installation runs smoothly and your display is safe and attractive. We can also pack mannequins and costumes for travel.

Custom shoe mounts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Custom shoe mounts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Collections Management

Our services include performing collections inventories, cataloging, storage assessments and preventative conservation, including archival housing solutions and custom storage mounts for costumes, accessories, and textiles.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Radically Marimekko at the American Swedish Historical Museum

Radically Marimekko at the American Swedish Historical Museum

Corset on custom mount at the Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association

Corset on custom mount at the Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association

Summer of Love: art, fashion, and rock and roll installation at the Palais Populaire, Berlin, Germany

Summer of Love: art, fashion, and rock and roll installation at the Palais Populaire, Berlin, Germany

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Contemporary Muslim Fashions at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC

Contemporary Muslim Fashions at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles

Jeanne Lanvin dress c. 1924, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Jeanne Lanvin dress c. 1924, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Nantucketers and Their Boats at the Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association

Nantucketers and Their Boats at the Whaling Museum, Nantucket Historical Association

Second Skin: The Science of Stretch at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Second Skin: The Science of Stretch at the Chemical Heritage Foundation