"Under It All" features the undergarments of the time.
Members of the audience are chosen to become a part
of the program, modeling various pieces of clothing
including chemises, petticoats, pantaloons, corsets,
corset covers, and wire hoop cages. These interactions
are coupled with excerpts from old diaries as well as
historic records and actual letters written during the
Victorian Era. Through these programs audience
members are given insight into roles of women and
men of this historic period and the impact society had
on these roles. I offer an extensive exhibit of antique
undergarments from that time period, which audiences
enjoy immensely
"Hats, Fans, Bustles and Bows" allows the audience to
enter the dressing rooms of four distinctly unique
women. Each of these women is from a different social
class during the Victorian Period. Again, audience
members become part of the program as each woman
dresses and prepares to start her day. The scullery
maid, the serving maid, the young maiden, and the wife
of an industrialist clearly have separate daily
concerns, different social expectations, duties, and
restrictions. The exhibit for this program deals with
undergarments and outer garments of the Victorian
Era for men and women.