You may want to consult with the people at Clayton,
the historic house museum of Pittsburgh steel and coke
barron Henry Clay Frick. Clayton also celebrates a
Victorian Christmas each year. Here is their web site:
< http://www.frickart.org >
gaw
--- Lee Goodan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:20:01 -0400
From: "Lee Goodan" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Victorian Christmas
To: [log in to unmask]
> Hi!
>
>
>
> Our museum is housed in an 1852 hotel. During the
> winter holiday season, we
> decorate parts of the building in the Victorian
> style. We have just begun
> an initiative to address one of the areas each year
> to renew the worn out
> decorations. Part of this process is also to make
> sure that everything we
> are doing is historically accurate, to best of our
> abilities and within the
> guidelines of our IPM policies.
>
>
>
> Since this will be ongoing, I am looking for as much
> information as I can
> get my hands on (books, publications, websites,
> etc.) about Christmas during
> the Victorian period. It would, of course, be great
> if the sources could be
> North Carolina or South Eastern focused, but that
> may not be possible.
>
>
>
> Also, I would be interested in sources for
> reproductions, decorations, and
> fake greenery and such. If anyone has gone through
> something similar, I
> would love to hear about things to watch out for,
> solutions, successes and
> anything that comes to mind!
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Lee Goodan
>
> Registrar
>
> Gaston County Museum
>
> [log in to unmask]
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
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