Cabinet of Curiosities | Skincare and Beauty from 1895

May 25, 2021 | Museum Collections, Museum Programs and Events

The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities, a video series investigating our artifact collections. Every week, a new object is examined by our trusty Collectionsperson, Lindsay Vallance.

The Victorian era was hard on your skin. Soot, sun damage, smallpox…what was a lady to do? Why, home beauty treatments, of course!

Image of Johnson’s Corrosive Sublimate Soap courtesy the National Museum of American History https://www.si.edu/object/johnsons-co…

Image of myrrh tree bark by World Agroforestry via Flickr CC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/icraf/2…

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