Gilded Age Fashion: From Big Screen to Museum Collection
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A Durham Museum Speaker Series Presentation
𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻:
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
What does a 19th-century villain wear? How do you convey that a newsboy is a hero? May Routh, the costume designer of the 1992 Disney musical "Newsies," brought rich costuming choices to the screen to answer these very questions. Join Durham Collection Technician and historian Libby Rea to explore historical costuming on the big screen through the lens of the museum's textile collection. Understand the choices behind Jack "Cowboy" Kelly’s character design, why Spot Conlon had to have a cane, and how real people would have dressed during this period, known as the Gilded Age.
Guests are invited to enjoy a social hour beginning at 5PM, with snacks and drinks available for purchase and access to the museum’s featured exhibition, "Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume." The presentation begins at 6:30PM.
Registration is required. Regular admission applies. Free for museum members.
How to Register:
• Online: click ticket link
• Phone: 402-444-5071
• Email: [email protected]
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿
Libby Rea is a collection technician at The Durham Museum, as well as an independent scholar and public historian. She has won multiple awards for both her fiction and non-fiction writing, including the A. V. Sorenson Award for her work on the 1899 Newsboy’s Strike. Her research interests include textile history, particularly focusing on the period known as the Gilded Age.
𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻:
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
What does a 19th-century villain wear? How do you convey that a newsboy is a hero? May Routh, the costume designer of the 1992 Disney musical "Newsies," brought rich costuming choices to the screen to answer these very questions. Join Durham Collection Technician and historian Libby Rea to explore historical costuming on the big screen through the lens of the museum's textile collection. Understand the choices behind Jack "Cowboy" Kelly’s character design, why Spot Conlon had to have a cane, and how real people would have dressed during this period, known as the Gilded Age.
Guests are invited to enjoy a social hour beginning at 5PM, with snacks and drinks available for purchase and access to the museum’s featured exhibition, "Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume." The presentation begins at 6:30PM.
Registration is required. Regular admission applies. Free for museum members.
How to Register:
• Online: click ticket link
• Phone: 402-444-5071
• Email: [email protected]
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿
Libby Rea is a collection technician at The Durham Museum, as well as an independent scholar and public historian. She has won multiple awards for both her fiction and non-fiction writing, including the A. V. Sorenson Award for her work on the 1899 Newsboy’s Strike. Her research interests include textile history, particularly focusing on the period known as the Gilded Age.
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