American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, now presents costumes from the “Outlander” television series in a new special exhibition (Jillian Appel/WYDaily)
YORKTOWN— Weaving together continents and centuries, the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, now presents costumes from the “Outlander” television series in a new special exhibition, “Outlander: Costumes Woven in Time.”
The exhibit opened in time with the final seasons premire on March 6 and will be on display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown until May 18. The exhibit is on display in the special exhibition gallery at the museum as an additional ticket outside of general entry.
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The exhibit showcases costumes designed by Terry Bresbach for seasons 1-4 of Outlander with the goal of showcasing the research and rigor of historic clothing design. The museum says that over half of the costumes in the exhibition reflect life in the 18th century, ranging from the Highlands of Scotland to the colonial North Carolina backcountry. The final gallery of the exhibit features the work of JYF’s historical clothing team and the ways that clothing brings history to life in living-history areas at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
The museum adds that this is an exclusive collection of 26 hand-selected pieces assembled for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. All the costumes have come to the museum from Sony Studio Archives or, in most cases, directly from the “Outlander” production team in Scotland.
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, now presents costumes from the “Outlander” television series in a new special exhibition (Jillian Appel/WYDaily)American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, now presents costumes from the “Outlander” television series in a new special exhibition (Jillian Appel/WYDaily)
This exhibition will not tour after closing at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Remarks were given during the media preview by Mariruth Leftwich, Senior Director of Museum Operations & Education, as well as featured a special appearance by John Bell, who plays “Young Ian” Murray in “Outlander.”
“While we are certainly leaning into everything ‘Outlander,’ we made that really strong connection as we are driving it, as we have an entire section of the gallery dedicated to showing the work that we do that mirrors the work that you see in costuming,” said Leftwich about connecting the museum to the exhibit.
“The costumes speak, and they tell stories even if you don’t know the story of ‘Outlander,’ and I sort of think that’s something really important for us,” she continued.
A Q&A was also held during the presentation before the exhibit was unveiled, in which Leftwich, Bell, and Samantha Bullat, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Tailor, answered questions related to the exhibit.
“As someone who is plugged into the historical costuming community outside of my work [at JYF], historical clothing and period dramas are really having a moment right now, and I see it all over TikTok, all over social media, young people getting really excited about historical clothing and wanting to try things for themselves. Whether that’s going to a Renaissance fair, all of these things are gateways. We’re hooking them in with something like this and then they get to learn about the broader history, especially in our 250th year,” said Bullat.
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“In America, about 60% of people their prefence for learning about history is television and movies,” said Leftwich. “That’s the other reason ‘Outlander’ is important for us here at the museum, is we know that is a way that people are learning about the American Revolution, in and through the lens of time travel and action adventure and romance. That is a way people are learning.”
“Studying the past allows you to develop empathy for the people of the past. By exercising that empathy muscle, you then can have empathy for people in the present and people in the future, and that’ll inform the decisions that you make to create the future and create future history,” said Bullat.
“By looking back wheather it’s politically or creatively, all the answers I think are there, the inspiration is there,” said Bell.
Upcoming programming in connection to the exhibit will be:
April 25, 10-11 a.m. Woven in Time Dye Workshop
Date TBA, History of the Tartan Lecture
May 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Outlander Day
The museum has already announced the exhibit will not be expanding to allow time for the installation of the Signature Exhibition for the American 250th, which will be opening on July 1 called Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation.
Tickets for the special exhibition are timed and are $10 per person in addition to general admission to the museum. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located on Route 1020 in Yorktown, near Historic Yorktown and Yorktown Battlefield.
For tickets or to learn more about the museum, visit the official website.
