One of the joys of being the curator of costumes here is that as well as pieces which have been beautifully kept, we also get what I love to think of as ‘orphans of the storm’. That is to say, pieces that people have kept despite them having been hugely…
We were kindly sent a copy of the article in Troon’s November ‘Going Out’ newsletter about the visit to Dalgarven by visitors from Troon’s twin town, Villeneuve-sur-Lot: do you recognise some familiar faces?
In conversation recently with a transatlantic visitor, I mentioned casually that I had had the Stars & Stripes specially flown over the United States Capitol on 14 June 2000 in my honour. The look on their faces showed that they had no idea what I was talking about, so I…
A cursory glance at the wheel as you passed would have shown you that it needs a little tender loving care. To that end, we have been trying to find the thirty-six large, crack free, pieces of elm which would allow us the rebuild it. So far we have spent…
So here I am, working on a new book for the Costume Collection, kindly grant-aided by Museum Galleries Scotland, and the first thing I required to do was to cast my mind back as to why the feck we had started collecting costumes or old clothes in the first place! …
