Government House Costume Museum 3

I realized yesterday that despite two posts devoted to the Costume Museum I had not included any photos of actual costumes. Here are a couple. Above is a striking ensemble worn on official occasions by a former female Lieutenant-Governor that incorporates First Nations motifs. Below is a closeup of a jacket worn by a former male Lieutenant-Governor that uses a lot of gold braid - real gold braid - and there is so much of it on this jacket that it weighs in at thirty-five pounds (about fifteen kilos).

Government House Costume Museum 2

As you can see by today's photo and yesterday's, the Government House Costume Museum has a lot more to offer than clothing.

Government House Costume Museum

Fern and I went to Government House in the early spring and we returned there about a week ago to take lunch in Cary Castle Mews on the Government House Grounds. Lunch was good but the real treat was a visit to the Costume Museum, also located in the Mews. As well as many of the Lieutenant Governors' ceremonial costumes it has period costumes from the 19th century and several dioramas from the same era, two of which are pictured here.