The Charleston Museum presents Hunt & Habit, an exhibition on view January 12 through April 21, 2013 in the museum’s Historic Textiles Gallery.
Hunt & Habit will include women’s and men’s riding habits, hats and accessories from the 19th and early 20th century. Setting the background for the garments is an early 19th century hunt board which could be carried to the porch for breakfast service, laden with Lowcountry favorites. Guns, typical of those used in local hunts, a side-saddle and period equestrian fashion plates round out the display.
The Charleston Museum, founded in 1773, is America’s first museum. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located along Charleston’s Museum Mile. Holding the most extensive collection of South Carolina cultural and scientific collections in the nation, it also owns two National Historic Landmark houses, the Heyward-Washington House (1772) and the Joseph Manigault House (1803), as well as the Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wildlife preserve. Museum hours are Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. Museum admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
The Charleston Museum
360 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
843-722-2996
www.charlestonmuseum.org