Living History

Large collection of Western and Eastern costumeAncient to 19th centuryfrom a Victorian perspective. [Graphics intensive]

Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)Organization for those involved in historical reenactment. Membership information, links, glossary and bibliography, employment postings, regional meetings, and board of directors.

Contains links to articles and sites of interest to the Spanish Coloninal historical interpreter. Includes a collection of original paintings, drawings and photographs from Spanish Colonial to modern times.

Master index of eighteenth-century resources on the Web.

Pauline Weston Thomas and Guy Thomas place costume alongside the social history of an era, focusing on fashion from 1800. Includes undergarments, haute couture and British royal fashion.

Lively Arts History Association (LAHA)Based in Southern California, LAHA fosters an understanding of history through the performing arts; programs include living history, lectures, concerts and vintage dance.

Provides information about Plimoth Plantation, the living history museum of the seventeenth century in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Also serves as a resource by which visitors may learn more about the Pilgrim Story, the history of Plymouth Colony (1620-1692), the Wampanoag Indians, Thanksgiving, and find links to related sites on the Web.

Text and illustrations from Braun and Schneiders 19th century book, The History of Costume. Color sketches of typical costumes throughout ancient history in Rome, Greece, Judea, and the Persian Empire.

Historical documents, articles, reviews and essays on knighthood as it applies to modern re-enactors and chivalric societies.

Covering the period between 1790 and 1829. Fashion plates, links, reference books, Regency era portraitists, and clothing images at museums.

Civil War music band. Period music performed on authentic instruments. MP3 samples of music and or video for sale, coming events.

Civil War musicians in Denver, Colorado, whose performances include historical education in addition to the music. General information, history, photographs, and music samples.

An overview of the history of the kimono. Weaving and dyeing techniques, and patterns of the various time pieces. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Elizabethan fencing in the Society of Creative Anachronism. Includes a recommended reading list, transcriptions of primary sources, articles and links.

Medieval and Renaissance Recreation Society of nineteen chapters in fourteen states; participation for Combat, Arts and Sciences, or Service to the organization with an emphasis on Arts and Sciences and roleplaying. Membership information and events schedule.