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View a variety of fabrics and garments that clothed colonial Americans, from elegant suits in the latest London styles to the sturdy uniforms of Revolutionary soldiers. Interact with the tailors as they measure customers and create clothing using 18th-century methods.
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Fashionistas Itinerary
Did you know colonialists often wore bright colors and patterns? Explore the world of 18th-century fashion and style.
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Special Event: Elegance, Taste, & Style Lecture
Join Neal Hurst, curator of textiles and historic dress, in a lecture on the Art Museums' newest exhibition: Elegance, Taste, and Style: The Mary D. Doering Fashion Collection."
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Historic Trade: Carpenter
Discover the process of carpentry from tree to structure.
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Historic Trade: Printer
Watch and learn as printers set type and use reproduction printing presses to manufacture printed pieces.
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Historic Trades
Discover craftsmanship in more than 20 trades, where modern-day practitioners use 18th-century tools and techniques to apprentice in — and eventually master — blacksmithing, woodworking or gunsmithing, just to name a few.
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