A report of a meeting held at UMIST Manchester, to review the prevailing opinions held in the dry-cleaning industry of the doubts and requirements of museum conservators. Reviewed are the practice of dry-cleaning and the machines available for use in museum conservation departments in the United Kingdom, the solvents available, and the use of detergents. Mention is made of a trip made to Edinburgh in order to clean a number of costumes from the Virginia and Albert collection, and the cleaning of a large embroidery in the open air at Osterley Textile Workshop.