Costume Museum of Canada

Fashion museum in Manitoba, Canada

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Costume Museum of Canada

Type| Fashion museum
Collection size| 35,000
Website| www.costumemuseumofcanada.com
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Costume

Background

* History
* Industry
* Costume coordination
* Use of costume in Athenian tragedy
* Wardrobe supervisor

Society and culture

* Fursuit
* Cosplay
* Costume party
* Masque
* Masquerade ball
* Parade
* World Costume Festival

Design

* Costume design
* Costume designer
* Spirit gum

Elements and methods

* Body painting
* Disguise
* Fake moustache
* Fatsuit
* Illusion costume
* Inflatable costume
* Zentai

Traditional

* Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes
* French Quarter Mardi Gras costumes
* Halloween costume
* Santa suit

Theatrical

* Commedia dell'arte masks
* Costumed performer
* Creature suit
* Dance costume
* Dead-character costume
* Domino mask
* Gorilla suit
* Kumadori
* Leotard
* Pantomime horse
* Stage dress
* Titan the Robot

Period

* Plague doctor costume
* Modern dress

Children

* Sesame Street
* Zoobilee Zoo

Fictional

* Batsuit
* utility belt
* Ghostface
* Girdle of Gaea
* Monokuma

Organizations

* Angels Costumes
* Costume Designers Guild
* Western Costume

Awards

* Laurence Olivier
* AACTA
* Academy Award
* Africa Movie Academy
* BAFTA
* Critics' Choice
* César
* David di Donatello
* Filmfare
* Golden Arena
* IIFA
* National Film Award
* Robert
* Satellite
* Costume Designers Guild (TV)
* Costume Designers Guild (fantasy)

People

* Category:Costume designers

Museums

* Centre National du Costume de Scene
* Costume Museum of Canada
* Kastoria Costume Museum
* Devonshire Collection of Period Costume
* Korea Museum of Modern Costume
* Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume
* Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
* Portugal National Museum of Costume and Fashion
* Scotland National Museum of Costume

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The Costume Museum of Canada is an institution dedicated to the history of Canadian fashion and clothing. The collection is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The museum gallery space was closed to the public in 2010 but the Costume Museum of Canada continues to offer programs such as: pop-up exhibits, heritage fashion revues, hat shows and other educational programs.[1] The Costume Museum collection holds more than 35,000 textile artifacts reflecting clothing worn over a 400-year period.[2] It was the first textile Museum in Canada

## History[edit]

The Costume Museum absorbed 2,000 artifacts of clothing and textiles from the University of Manitoba that was displayed at the Clothing and Textiles Hallway Museum. Initially located in Dugald, Manitoba, in 2007, the Costume Museum moved to Winnipeg with the aim of attracting more visitors.[2]

In March 2010, The Costume Museum of Canada closed its doors to the public. Due to an extreme financial situation that had developed over many years, it was on the edge of bankruptcy.[2]

An entirely new board was elected and was tasked with securing safe storage for the collection which is now housed in the Exchange District of Winnipeg.[3]

## Programs[edit]

Currently, the board and volunteers continue to operate three programs: Museum in a Suitcase, The Heritage Fashion Review, and traveling exhibits.[2][4]

Museum in a Suitcase in an educational program available to schools and other organizations. It offers a hands-on interactive experience with history. It comes complete with instructions. The Suitcases are available on a weekly or longer basis.

The Heritage Fashion Review is a fashion show consisting of replicas of items in the museum's collection. It can be booked by organizations, museums, corporations and individuals, for events being held within a reasonable radius of Winnipeg. The emcee and all models are museum volunteers.

Through traveling exhibits, artifacts are made available to other museums in North America. The exhibits range from 3 or 4 items for small environments, to 50 or more for larger established centers. "The Little Black Dress" was on exhibit at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Tech in Melbourne FL, from January through April, 2011.[5]

## Affiliations[edit]

The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

## See also[edit]

* Centre National du Costume de Scene, Moulins, Allier
* Costume Museum (Kastoria)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Costume Museum of Canada :: About us". www.costumemuseumcanada.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
2. ^ a b c d Godbout, Arielle (2010-12-31). "Museum finding its feet after losing building". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
3. ^ Janke, Donna (2017-05-07). "Behind the Scenes at the Costume Museum of Canada | Destinations Detours and Dreams". Retrieved 2020-03-04.
4. ^ Godbout, Arielle (2010-12-31). "Museum finding its feet after losing building". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
5. ^ "Try on the Little Black Dress at Florida Tech's Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts; Free Admission - Florida Tech Newsroom". newsroom.fit.edu. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 2018-10-03.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Doors Open Winnipeg

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Textile museums

North America|

* American Textile History Museum
* Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum
* Augusta Canal Discovery Center at Enterprise Mill
* Belknap Mill Museum
* Boott Mills
* Brigham City Museum-Gallery
* Cooper-Hewitt
* Costume Museum of Canada
* Cotton Museum
* Embroidery Museum and Resource Center
* The Fabric Workshop and Museum
* Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum
* Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery
* International Quilt Study Center
* Kansas City Garment District Museum
* Lowell National Historical Park
* Marie Webster House
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Mission Mill Museum
* The Museum at FIT
* Museum L-A
* Museum of Work and Culture
* National Quilt Museum
* Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
* Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts
* San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
* Slater Mill Historic Site
* Stillwater Mill
* Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum
* Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
* Textile Museum of Canada
* Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site
* Western Reserve Historical Society
* Wile Carding Mill
* Willamette Heritage Center
* Windham Textile and History Museum

Central America|

* Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing

Europe|

* Bielsko-Biała Museum
* Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
* Bocholt textile museum
* Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź
* Centre National du Costume de Scene
* Costume Museum (Kastoria)
* Devonshire Collection of Period Costume
* Ethnographic Museum (Belgrade)
* Fashion and Textile Museum
* Fashion Museum, Bath
* Galleria del Costume
* Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
* Killerton
* Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
* Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume
* Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon
* Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
* Museum of Jewellery in the Silver Way
* Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
* Museum of the Romanian Peasant
* Museo del Traje
* National Museum of Costume
* National Museum of Costume and Fashion
* Nordwolle Factory Museum
* Nottingham Industrial Museum
* Prato textile museum
* Quarry Bank Mill
* Queen Street Textile Museum
* Textilfabrik Cromford
* Victoria and Albert Museum
* Wigan Pier

Asia|

* Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
* Bhutan Textile Museum
* Bsous Silk Museum
* Calico Museum of Textiles
* Carpet Museum of Iran
* Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum
* Kurdish Textile Museum
* Lok Virsa Museum Islamabad, Pakistan
* National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum
* National Textile Museum
* Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
* Sanskriti Textile Museum
* Textile Museum (Jakarta)
* Yokohama Silk Museum

Related topics|

* Textile museum
* Design museum

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