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New Gorgas House Blog Post: Dresses That Were Threaded Through History

Nurse’s Uniform
Nurse’s Uniform

The Gorgas House Museum, and museums in general, provide spaces for people from multiple disciplines, interests, and backgrounds to come together. This includes our off-campus community members as well as University of Alabama students, faculty, and staff. Often though, our partnerships include other museums and organizations. We were happy to partner with Tuscaloosa’s Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum (MWWTM), UA’s Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Missouri Historical Society, to showcase dress recreations from the early 20th century.

The Gorgas House Museum is currently showcasing two dresses created by UA students while the larger and full exhibition, Threaded Through History, is at the MWWTM. UA student Marie Bonds created a black mourning dress. It contains a fake blouse insert and dresses of this type were worn during a period of mourning for a deceased loved one. Different stages of mourning required different types of black garments.

Read more over at The Gorgas House Museum’s blog.