The popular new PBS series, Victoria, examines the life of Great Britain’s nineteenth-century queen. The dazzling costumes worn by the actors prompt this lecture’s examination of the cultural history of clothing in the Victorian era.  To complement the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum’s current exhibition of wedding dresses, this lecture will include a discussion of nineteenth-century wedding fashions and the effect of Queen Victoria’s 1840 marriage to Prince Albert.

The Salon includes a talk, refreshments, and a tour of the first floor of the Mansion. Refreshments are courtesy of Best in Gourmet.