Museums · Scottish Lowlands
National Museum of Costume
In or near Cargenbridge.
National Museum of Costume — museum and costume collection in Scotland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
National Museum of Costume is a museum in the United Kingdom. Address: DG2 8HQ. Wikidata describes it as: "museum and costume collection in Scotland". Coordinates: 54.9832°, -3.6258°.
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Protected designations
- Ramsar wetland: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland. The museum started operating in 1982. The museum allowed a look at fashion and the lifestyle of the wealthy from the 1850s to the 1950s. The clothes were presented in lifelike room settings. In January 2013, National Museums Scotland announced that the National Museum of Costume was to close and the site would not reopen for 2013.
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Background
Architecture
Shambellie House is a Victorian country house and was designed by the Scottish architect David Bryce in 1856 for the Stewart family. Charles William Stewart's father had inherited Shambellie House before World War II. In 1976, Charles W. Stewart gave the costume collection he had built up over several years to the Royal Scottish Museum and handed over Shambellie House to the Department of the Environment.
Visiting
"No outfit is ever complete without the right accessories. The plainest of dresses can look the height of glamour with the right bag & shoes. Fans & parasols are not so common now but were once an essential part of attire for the well dressed woman. The decoration lavished on these small articles is often quite stunning; their very size meant that expensive and even exotic materials were used to provide that unique look. Here you can see beetle wing cases, tortoiseshell, ivory, pearls, feathers from exotic birds, and even in one case a whole humming-bird! (Attitudes have changed quite a lot to the use of animals in adornment)."
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- Coordinates
- 54.9832, -3.6258
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG2 8HQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Established
- 1982
- Official site
- www.nms.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1967480 (CC0)
- wikipedia: National Museum of Costume (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Shambellie House Museum of Costume.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is National Museum of Costume?
- National Museum of Costume is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG2 8HQ).
- What is National Museum of Costume?
- National Museum of Costume — museum and costume collection in Scotland.
- How do I get to National Museum of Costume?
- Drivers can use postcode DG2 8HQ.
- When was National Museum of Costume built?
- Built or established in 1982.
- Who owns National Museum of Costume?
- National Museum of Costume is owned by | employees =.
- Is National Museum of Costume a protected site?
- Yes — National Museum of Costume is part of the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes Ramsar wetland.
- How do I get to National Museum of Costume?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG2 8HQ. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.