Heritage Garment Preservation is owned and operated by Katherine Wright and Jennifer Judd. We established our company in 2000 to provide the San Francisco Bay area with museum quality heirloom garment preservation. In 2003 we expanded our business online to provide Museum Method professional preservation and do-it-yourself supplies nationally.

Mrs. Wright began preserving bridal gowns in 1994 using the Museum Method™ preservation technique. This method is recommended by the Ohio Sate University Extension Office in their Textile and Clothing Fact Sheet: Storing Wedding Gowns and Textile Heirlooms. The Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Maryland also recommends this method in their fact sheet Cleaning and Storing Your Wedding Gown. Both of these fact sheets are provided by the Smithsonian Museum textile department upon request for bridal gown preservation recommendations.

After extensive research on garment preservation used by museums, such as the Smithsonian in Washington D. C. and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and various cleaning methods and solvents used by dry-cleaners for bridal gown cleaning, we have prepared a comprehensive Wedding Dress Cleaning and Preservation Guide that will help you make an informed decision on the care of your treasured gown.

We are committed to excellence in our services. We clean and press each gown one at a time, giving each gown the care we would give our own heirloom garments.