How museum collaborations preserve the history of American identity
In short: Discover how a unique partnership between the Brooklyn Museum and The Met's Costume Institute illuminates the evolution of fashion and social change through a shared collection.
This session features a Q&A with staff members regarding the Brooklyn Museum Costume Documentation Project. This event emphasises the long-standing partnership involving shared collections between The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and the Brooklyn Museum.
The talk relates to 'American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity', an exhibition utilising the Met's recent acquisition of Brooklyn Museum's Costume Collection to study how clothing mirrored the social, political, and sexual liberation of US women from 1890 to 1940.
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