Hat Pins

The writer of this blog is male and that may explain lack of knowledge of hat pins. Do people still use them? Where can you buy them? Such questions I just can’t answer. Our archivist recalls that ...

Another new cabinet takes shape

It’s lovely, the way the museums in Wiltshire help one another. Our latest new cabinet at Market Lavington isn’t new at all. It was given to us by our friends at the museum in Mere. At Mere, they ...

Hat Pins

At Market Lavington Museum we have a number of hat pins, which were once vital fashion accessories. Hat pins have been made since the 1600s but their 100-year heyday was from about 1850 through to 195...

The Hat Shelf at Market Lavington Museum

This is a new, display for 2010. Volunteers at the museum decided a shelf could go above the 18th century settle in the upstairs room. The shelf holds a display of hats, which the museum had in store ...