Victoriana Show 2011

Queen Victoria will be in attendance to meet with everyone throughout the show

  Diane Gallinger of Jordan Heritage Resources has been collecting original women's costume for over twenty years. Based in Shelburne, Ontario, the collection currently includes almost three hundred gowns and accessories dating from c. 1775 to 1914, drawn from many sources in Canada, England and the United States. Diane's collection is used frequently for training workshops, public lectures and travelling museum exhibitions.

Courtesy of Lynn Hardy, RBC Dominion Financial, and Diane Gallinger, Jordan Heritage Resources

Watch for items coming!  

 

(Running Friday through Sunday, the duration of the show)

Finishing Touch: The Milliner's Art & The Hatter's Trade

Fifty+ museum quality historic hats valued $300 - $850 each, as seen in the book, 1,000 Hats. *This includes an exact replica of the hat worn by Johnny Depp in his role as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Numerous and varied millinery trims (hatpins, flowers, feathers and birds)

Courtesy of Lynn Hardy, RBC Dominion Financial

 

Free, on-going demonstrations of various skills will be presented for your pleasure.

Members of the La Jeunesse Orchestra will make mini-performances, times to be announced.