For the next 6 weeks, our new Display Case (courtesy of Lotterywest) will be showing this stunning Japanese silk kimono with its silver thread embroidery of a peacock. This kimono was used as a ladies dressing gown in the 1920s, before being donated to the museum in the early 1970s. Unfortunately accession records do not give the donor's name. Due to its very fragile nature, this is the first time the kimono has been placed on display.
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31 August 2009
September Costume Display
For the next 6 weeks, our new Display Case (courtesy of Lotterywest) will be showing this stunning Japanese silk kimono with its silver thread embroidery of a peacock. This kimono was used as a ladies dressing gown in the 1920s, before being donated to the museum in the early 1970s. Unfortunately accession records do not give the donor's name. Due to its very fragile nature, this is the first time the kimono has been placed on display.
17 July 2009
Recent Improvements
It has been a busy time at the museum.
We now have a new entrance sign (courtesy of the City of Geraldton-Greenough).
The doors made at the Greenough Regional Prison have been fixed on the old shed.
The Display Case (funded by a grant from Lotterywest) has been placed in the Dining Room. The case will be used to display costume and other fragile items from the collection, and will be changed regularly. The dress currently on display was donated in the late 1960s by the late Eyris Sewell of Sandsprings Station.
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