Embellishments - from buttons to lace, embroidery, fringe, beadwork, applique, sequins, passamenterie - change the basic design and overal appearance of clothing.

Celebrate historic fashions from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries while visiting twelve North American collections that preserve and present our cultural heritage.

National Public Radio's Weekend Edition interview with Scott Simon

Featured Collections:

January

Historic Deerfield, Inc.
PO Bpx 321
Deerfield, Massachusetts
http://www.historic-deerfield.org

February

Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Eighth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
http://www.artsBMA.org

March

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur, Delaware 19735
http://www.winterthur.org

April

Costume Museum of Canada
PO Box 38
Dugald, Manitoba, Canada R0E 0K0
1-800-CSA-9447
www.costumemuseum.com

May

South Carolina State Museum
301 Gevois Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29202-3107
http://www.museum.state.sc.us

June

Hood Museum of Art
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755-3591
margaret.e. spicer@dartmouth.edu

July

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
523 Water Street
Decorah, Iowa 52101-0379
http://www.vesterheim.org

August

The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94086-6116
http://www.thelacemuseum.org

September

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60603
http://www.artic.edu

October

Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street
New York, New York 10011
http://www.yu.edu/museum

November

Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Street
Hull, Quebec, Canada J8X 4H2
http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca

December

Witte Museum
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78209
http://www.witte

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