Wax Museum Resources

This page is designed to help you research and find an appropriate costume for your Wax Museum character. If you need help finding other resources, please contact Mr. Schiller.

BEFORE using any of the links below, know the time period your character lived in. This is must have information in order for you to gather accurate information.

Clothing Research
Costumes and Clothing
This site has information on historical clothing from many appropriate time periods for this project. Remember that when they are talking about the 17th Century, that means the 1600s. We are currently in the 21st Century for example, but we are in the 2000s.
Native American Clothing Styles
This site is THE comprehensive resource for clothing styles of any Native American tribe you may need to research.
Clothing in Colonial Williamsburg
This site contains good information about the kinds of clothing worn for formal occasions in Colonial Williamsburg.
Colonial, Revolutionary War, and Fur Trader Era Clothing Examples
This is a site that shows patterns of outfits from many different time periods.
Colonial Clothing
General information about colonial clothing- contains some good general information.

 

Character Research
Grollier's Online
At school this will log you straight into Grollier Online. At home you will need to use the user ID and password I gave you in class.
SIRS Discoverer
Searchable resource for lots of things..
Wikipedia
A Free resource that will work from any Internet connected computer.
eLibrary
Another searchable resource.
Kids Info Bits
Yet another searchable resource

IPL2
Internet Public Library searchable source. Use Internet Explorer to view this site.

 

This page last updated on:
March 1, 2009