Victorians' Secrets: The Revealing History of Women's Underwear — Manitowoc County Historical Society

The huge skirts! The small waists!  How did Victorian women manage to create these fashionable looks?  With underwear, of course. Throughout the 19th century, women were constantly reshaping their bodies to ever-changing ideals using corsets, hoops, and bustles.  Join Les

Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history.  

Feel the heat from the blacksmith's forge, take part in one-room school lessons, and find your ancestor's name in our archives. 

This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers.  

The Revealing History of Underwear

Got ladies' underwear and lingerie from 1860-1960? This museum wants it

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Victorian Lingerie History - Corset, Chemise, Petticoats, Underwear

Manitowoc historical society to explore Victorian underwear, clothes

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Victorian Secrets Exhibit

London's V&A museum reveals a brief history of underwear: Think of it as Victoria's (and Albert's) secret

Victorian Lingerie History - Corset, Chemise, Petticoats, Underwear

Exposing the history of lingerie: From waist-whittling corsets to barely-there bras, a new exhibit traces the foundations of women's underwear