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Search museum collections and exhibits for extant examples of historical clothing. Great resource for getting the detail
right.
Alfred Station, New York - "By Appointment" collection, with online examples of clothing items, as well as textiles.
Beautiful photography, clear and crisp, so one can see details. Although a site promoting a visit to this collection, it
is well worth a visit-by-desktop.
Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this museum has some online exhibits (fairly limited) of American historical textiles, as
well as examples of other textiles. Not only the fabrics themselves, but how they were made and the equipment to make them.
Plus, other interesting and useful information about manufacture and composition.
Hartfort, Connecticut - small online costume and textile collection, good pictures and fairly detailed information.
Darien, Connecticut - online costume exhibits, with nice detail and information.
A fascinating site, containing information and pictures of clothing items that have been concealed within houses for incredible
amounts of time. One can browse or search.
Erte museum, in conjunction with an art gallery and NYMUSEUM.com - images of sculpture, fashion and costume design, maquettes,
stage design, plus online store.
Berlin, Germany - historical museum with limited online pictures, including textiles/costume.
Links to and information on Hampshire County (Britain) museums.
Two pairs of ladies shoes are on-site. There is a household inventory as well as other museum-ish things.
"A Dance of Light and Color" exhibit - beautiful, detailed photos of Indian costume online.
Kyoto, Japan - Kyoto Costume Institute, with pictures of several costumes on-site.
Paris, France - [link is to English version] - some online pictures, on French language site.
LACMA collections online, with some costume/costume image exhibits
Manchester, England - visitor information only.
"American History and Art from New England" - Old Deerfield, Massachusetts. Searchable online museum and digital
collection.
New York, New York - online examples of current exhibits. (Art works are one of the most useful resources for costume research.)
Santa Cruz, California - a few pictures, some art; history of area.
Prague, Czech Republic - some online pictures; information.
Costume images online in brochure (which pops up).
Washington, D.C. - online tours of collections.
"The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia" - online exhibition, including several costumes, as well as portraits,
paintings, and photographs.
Home page for Northampton Borough, England museums. Information and online collections - art, social history, archaeology,
military history, and so on.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Costume and textile page, with some pictures and information.
New York, New York - limited online pictures.
Bath, England - online exhibits and information, while limited have great detail.
Vienna, Austria - some online examples of textiles.
Madison, Wisconsin - online exhibits, including a nice one of historical fans.
Meta-site guide to Virtual Museums.
London, England
Searchable database of images in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Wayne University - Searchable and browsable online database, including costume and accessories.
Fans
Greenwich, London, England - history and archived collections online.
Healdsburg, California - a small gallery of fans online.
Footwear
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - big, beautiful, shoe museum.
Dundee, Scotland - brief history and "shoe of the week" online.
History, online collection, and weird, weird, high heels. I mean, "artworks."
Antigonish, Nova Scotia - local cultural items include shoes.
Galleries and history.
Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - a few online images, brief history.
Zlin, Czech Republic - brief history and a few images.
Textiles
Textiles and Apparel: Cornell College Collectin - online exhibits, with searchable database.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Human Ecology - online exhibits, detailed images.
"Painted with Thread, The Art of American Embroidery" - small online gallery.
Washington, D.C. - Online exhibits and information.
Toronto, Ontario - some online exhibits and information.
Searchable online collection.
Information, exhibit archive, and histories.
Browsable and searchable online galleries.
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