What Women Wore: A Family Program at Jackson Homestead

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Hours:	2 - 4 PM
Ages:	Kids, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Arts & Culture

What did women wear in the 1800s in New England? How was it different or similar to what they wear today? Get an exclusive view of historic dresses pulled from the museum’s collection in this hands-on program for all ages. Look at styles of the time and consider how women’s day-to-day lives would have been impacted by their clothes.

Complete the afternoon by designing your own fashions for a nineteenth-century paper doll. Cost: $15 per family ($10 for members); includes museum admission, materials, and snack. Prepaid registration is recommended; call 617.796.1450 to register.

COST

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$15 per family ($10 for members); includes museum admission, materials, and snack. Prepaid registration is recommended; call 617.796.1450 to register.

WEBSITE

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historicnewton.org/

LOCATION

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527 Washington Street, Newton, MA, 02458 map
Phone: 617-796-1450

We are located at the corner of Washington Street and Jackson Road, between Newton Corner and Newtonville.

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Registration is recommended; call 617.796.1450 to register.