Join volunteer Dona Easton as she discusses the fashion, shopping and elite entertainment in Enlightenment Edinburgh!
Enlightenment Edinburgh. The Social Season is in full swing.
Are you a wealthy landowner in town for the duration? Are you one of Edinburgh’s social or intellectual elite? Are you a lady of fashion or a young man in want of a wife?
If so, you will certainly be attending the Ladies’ Concert at St Cecilia’s Hall –‘One of the most elegant and genteel entertainments of anywhere in Britain’. Everyone who is anyone will be there.
There is only one question left to ask, ‘What will you wear?’ Come and find out!
Dona Easton is a long-time volunteer at St Cecilia's Hall. She is a former music teacher and has been researching the fashion and shopping in Edinburgh around the time St Cecilia's Hall opened. Drawing on writings and newspaper adverts from the period, Dona will explore how our concert goers might have dressed, with reference to Hair, Cosmetics, Hygiene, Undergarments, Fabric and Fashion.
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Visitor information
Address
50 Niddry Street, Cowgate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 1LG
01316 502600
Opening times
Opening Hours:
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – 10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday – 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday -10:00 – 17:00
Friday – 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday – 10:00 – 17:00
Sunday – Closed
Last entry is at 16:30 daily.
Closed in late December and early January, see website for details.
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The museum is free to enter and booking is not necessary.
