August 10, 2025

Curator Talk: Having a Ball: Fancy Dress

Join Ned Lazaro, associate curator of costume and textiles, for an in-depth look at Having a Ball: Fancy Dress. Lazaro explores the phenomenon of fancy dress and discusses the meanings and symbolism behind the practice of dressing up in fantasy clothes for a ball during the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Admission

Free with museum admission.
Location The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

600 Main Street
Hartford CT, 06103

Times
1:00pm