National Museum of Costume
 Shambellie House in July 2005. |
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| place | New Abbey |
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Textile museum
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| architect | David Bryce |
| opening | 1976 |
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The National Museum of Costume was a museum of clothing and lifestyle of the years 1850 to 1950. The museum belonged together with the National Museum of Scotland , the National Museum of Rural Life , the National War Museum and the National Museum of Flight to the National Museums Scotland. The National Museum of Costume was located in Shambellie House at New Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway . In January 2013, National Museums Scotland announced that the National Museum of Costume would not reopen. The persistent recession was cited as the reason.
The museum
Shambellie House is a Victorian country house and was designed by David Bryce for the Stewart family in 1856. In 1976 Charles William Stewart donated the garments he had collected over the years to the Royal Scottish Museum and gave Shambellie House to the Ministry of the Environment. Each room in the museum is decorated in the style of a different era and shows the clothing typical of that era. The paintings in the museum depict members of the Stewart family. The collection contains over 2000 dresses.
Exhibition (selection)
dining room
The dining room houses a scene from the summer of 1895. The host and his family await guests in evening attire for a summer party. The room includes a rosewood sideboard from 1890 and a portrait of Bethia Donaldson, mother of the builder of Shambellie House, William Stewart.
salon
In the salon, furnished with a sofa and chairs from the 19th century, a gramophone from the 1920s and a portrait of Queen Victoria , there is a scene from May 1945. The hostess wears clothes made of rayon , the child discarded and appropriately cropped clothing of an adult. The family awaits guests for tea. Homemade scones and jam from our own production are evidence of food rationing during World War II.
Library
The scene in the library shows December 31, 1952. The family has been invited to a New Year's Eve ball and is ready to go. The daughter wears an ornate black cotton dress with taffeta, borders , sequins and pearls. A 1913 portrait of Captain William Stewart hangs over the fireplace.
nursery
In the children's room you can see a scene from the summer of 1913. The nanny is looking after the youngest child. The center of the room is an old rocking horse that dominates the facility in addition to a pram, high chair and old toys. The mother, dressed in a high-waisted day dress made of maroon wool and a deep collar, leaves the nursery. The boy is dressed in one of the sailor suits that were widespread at the time. On the walls are portraits of Dorothea and Euphemia Stewart, the 14th and 15th children of William Stewart and his wife Anne Murray. The portraits of John Allen are from 1803.
Special exhibitions
In addition to the permanent exhibition, changing special exhibitions took place in the museum. From April to October 2009, the National Museum of Costume was under the title Jean Muir - A fashion Icon by the designer Jean Muir . In addition, there were monthly workshops for adults and children related to the special exhibition or generally dealing with fashion and design. In the 2010 season, the National Museum of Costume dedicated itself to the topic of “Marriage in the Movies”. The special exhibition included wedding dresses from various film productions, including the wedding dress worn by Helena Bonham Carter from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the wedding dress from the 1999 Jane Austen film adaptation of Mansfield Park . In the 2012/13 season, the National Museum of Costume showed under the Motto "Off the Peg" the fashion of the 1940s and 1950s.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release , January 2013, accessed on February 18, 2013.
- ^ Article in The Scotsman, October 23, 2001 , accessed April 17, 2009.
Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 59.7 " N , 3 ° 37 ′ 33" W.