Mobile Millinery Museum & Costume Archive

10/06/2026

09/29/2026

Love Vintage Fashion? Help Us Uncover History!

The Mobile Millinery Museum Collection & Costume Archive is looking for a small group of enthusiastic volunteers to help catalogue an exciting new acquisition of vintage hats and textiles!
If you have an eye for detail, a passion for fashion history, or simply love handling beautiful historical objects, we would love to have you join our team in Lunenburg.

Project Details
Location: Lunenburg, NS
Time Commitment: An hour a week beginning in October
Led By: Norma Shephard, Canadian author, fashion historian, and founder of the Mobile Millinery Museum.

How to Apply
Spaces are limited to ensure a high-quality, hands-on learning experience.
To join us or ask questions, please contact Norma Shephard at [email protected] or call (905) 220-2762.

08/22/2026

08/10/2026

Currently enjoying researching and writing about Harry's Red Marine's letters. Stay tuned!

"This second edition of Dear Harry compiles the wartime letters to, from, and about Corporal Harry Hillyer (73rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Highlanders), chronicling a Canadian infantryman’s experience of the Great War. Carefully transcribed, indexed, and annotated with references and footnotes, th...

05/14/2026

Check out this 1960s satin cocktail hat with its propeller-like feather wings adorning the centre crown. This beauty was owned by the stylish Josephine Storaryk Melko. The marked-up tag might just be proof of what many women disclosed to me during my research for my book, 1,000 HATA: many women who purchased hats when this style of tag was common, would pay full price for their treasure but mark it down with a red pen before showing their purchase to their husbands.

04/17/2026

We had a wonderful time at the purse show. Check out this miniature contents item: a hand-painted, lilac-scented, Art Nouveaux French perfume pot by Molinard.

04/08/2026

What's in YOUR bag? Tell us on Saturday!