National Museum of Costume, Fashion museum in New Abbey, Scotland
The National Museum of Costume presented clothing collections inside Shambellie House, a Victorian mansion with period rooms decorated in historical styles.
The museum started operations in 1982 after Charles Stewart donated his costume collection to the Royal Scottish Museum and Shambellie House to the government in 1976.
The museum displayed garments from the 1850s to 1950s in authentic room settings, including evening dresses, mourning attire, and everyday clothing of Scottish society.
The institution closed permanently in 2013 due to financial constraints, with Shambellie House later becoming a creative center for arts and heritage activities.
Each room represented specific moments in time, such as the drawing room scene from May 1945 with people gathered around a wireless for World War II news.
GPS coordinates: 54.98325,-3.62588
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