Curator Talk: Fashion in the Early Years of Photography
Join Dress and Textile Curator, Natalie Raw, to discover Victorian fashion and photography.
Using Leeds’s extensive collection of photographs, find out more about the fashions worn from the mid 1800s to early 1900s.
Refreshments included.
A talk to tie to Abbey House Museum’s 2026 exhibition, ‘In The Picture: Objects in focus.’
This talk is included in the general admission price to Abbey House Museum. There is no need to book, just turn up.
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