At 02:55 07/07/2007, you wrote:
So if you had 3 months (just to set an arbitrary limit to what you
can see but feel free to ignore any time it might take to travel
between museums/countries) to travel the world and see every costume
related museum you could what would you want to see.
My list: In the UK I'd have to prioritise the V&A, Museum of London,
Museum of Costume in Bath (I missed that when I was in the UK a few
years ago) & National Portrait Gallery (another one I missed on that
trip and although it's not directly costume related I've got to see
all those Tudor portraits). In the USA, The Met in New York (I'm not
sure on their costume collection but I've heard good things about
their art collection), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (if their online
collection is anything to go by their costume collection must be
pretty impressive) but that's all I could come up with off the top
of my head, I know there's some good European museums but I don't
know any names.
So let your imagination fly and come up with your own list
Elizabeth
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In no particular order, and assuming I would be allowed into the
archives/stores, I think I would need longer than three months. But,
supposing I had time
Kyoto
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg - I've seen some of the clothes from
there - more, more!!
The Collections in Florence (Pitti Palace, Uffizzi etc.)
Musee des Arts et du Textiles in Paris
Musee Galliera also in Paris
The museum in Holland that is twinned with the Paris set up
Musee du Tissus in Lyon - all that silk
Platt Hall in Manchester
The DAR Museum in Washington - I only saw the stores, not what was on
display, and left 30 minutes after the place closed, and 3 hours
after the curator left!!
The Met in New York
Colonial Williamsburg - I was there for about 75 minutes and barely
shifted the covers, let alone scrape the surface
LACMA, where almost nothing is on display, but they have a huge collection
And that is just clothing. Another three years for the Art Galleries
is needed I think. Greedy, moi?
Suzi
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