Contact Person:  Linda Rogalsky-Tapp (VCAC), Lynda Edmonds, Mary Heaman


Contact Person #:  748-3014 (VCAC office), 748-1202 (Lynda), 748-1661 (Mary)


Location #:  748-6108


P.O. Box Address:  Box 2399


Street Address:  484-6th Avenue South


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Organization Mandate:  Begun in 1990 as a costume storage facility in the basement of the Town of Virden Civic Centre, the Costume Closet has grown to accommodate 15,000 items. A new facility to house the collection was built in 2004. All items have been donated or made by volunteers.


Projects (past, present, and future):  Costumes have been loaned to many schools, ice shows, churches, family reunions, dinner theatres, weddings, funerals, and other special community events.


Demographics:  Although designed to serve the area of Fort La Bosse School Division, the Costume Closet has loaned to people as far away as Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.


Meeting Times:  Open Monday mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday through Friday by appointment only.


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Further Information:  VCAC's Costume Closet is home to many unique items that have a colourful history such as a cape bought in Eaton's in Montreal before Eaton's built its Winnipeg store, a man's black wool bathing suit that was bought in England before 1910, authentic military uniforms worn in World War II, a five-piece maroon wedding gown worn in 1900, flapper dresses of the 1920s, and circular poodle skirts of the 1950s. The collection also contains many character costumes for use at Halloween or masquerade events.