A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet (exhibition)

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Title: A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet (exhibition)

Date: 2010-05-21 - 2010-06-06

Description: An exhibition of historic costume from the Vassar College Costume Collection, showcasing student work to preserve history and design from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. This was the culmination of the NEH-funded Historic Costume Preservation Workshop, for which students worked with the costumes all semester and participated in three formal workshops with costume history professionals.

The exhibition went from May 21 - June 6, 2010 in the Palmer Gallery in Vassar's College Center.

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Identifier

A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet

Title

A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet (exhibition)

Alternative Title

A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet: An informal exhibition of final projects from the Historic Costume Preservation Workshop
A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet
Glimpse

Description

An exhibition of historic costume from the Vassar College Costume Collection, showcasing student work to preserve history and design from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. This was the culmination of the NEH-funded Historic Costume Preservation Workshop, for which students worked with the costumes all semester and participated in three formal workshops with costume history professionals.

The exhibition went from May 21 - June 6, 2010 in the Palmer Gallery in Vassar's College Center.

Date

2010-05-21 - 2010-06-06

Subject

Clothing and Dress

Type

Event

Rights

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Rights Holder

© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.

Event Item Type Metadata

Duration

17 days

Event Type

Exhibition

Participants

Arden Kirkland, Holly Hummel, Candace Schuster, Sarah Saiz, Madeleine Boesche, Chloe Boxer, Emily Leimkuhler, Margaret Thompson, Molly Turpin, Sharon Scoble, Faren Tang, Julie Fields, Anne Silk, Alyssa Cowley, Aleksandra Kolanko, Sierra Starr, Colleen Callahan, Jessa Krick, Jonathan Scheer

Citation

“A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet (exhibition),” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1748.