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Admission: $10 for visitors ages 7 to 59, $8 for students and those 60 or older, free for youngsters under 6.13 it offers a fun + intriguing look back at 20th century glasses from functional to the out-of-sight as well as cases, accessories, photos and quirky surprises. Visitors might even be inspired to buy a purse from the well-stocked shop paired with the museum. If you agree with the expression hindsight is everything you’ll certainly want to see the newest temporary exhibit at ESSE Purse Museum I Can See Clearly Now.On exhibit through Sept. That may sound highfalutin', but ESSE's exhibits do offer plenty of down-to-earth fun along with the cultural lessons. Visitors old enough to have attended high school when Latin was still widely taught may correctly guess that the museum's name is borrowed from the ancient verb "esse," meaning "to be." In the website's phrasing, "the concept of being, the process and potential of existence - these serve as the catalysts for honoring the feminine." Although they average just 14 inches tall, these dolls seem like they could step right out of the case and onto a runway." With bodies sculpted to mimic those of top models, fashion dolls are a convenient way for many designers to test out new, extravagant styles. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marcia Schnedler)By the museum's account, the new exhibit "offers visitors a window onto the world of high-end fashion dolls. Purses from the Roaring ’20s are displayed at ESSE Purse Museum. 20, is "Miniature Couture." The last of the museum's three-part "The Collectors' Series," it displays dolls belonging to Little Rock collector Marsha Stone. Purses in many sizes and shapes play the starring role, but numerous other objects tell fuller stories as 10 glass display cases move through the 20th century.ĮSSE further brightens its fare with temporary exhibits. Updated during a closing after covid-19's 2020 advent, the permanent collection does a sprightly job of providing wider social and cultural context. Visitors are spared such didactic messaging from the exhibits themselves, at what is said to be America's only purse museum. Through the collection and artful display of this material culture, as well as with the help of photography and ephemera, ESSE provides a contemplative portrayal of the woman's struggles, accomplishments, and more sweepingly, the times in which she lived." or Museum of Bags and Purses, in Amsterdam and the ESSE Purse Museum in Little. The permanent exhibit "honors and celebrates the progression of the 20th-century American woman - decade by decade - through the lens of her handbag and the contents within. The British Museum has a gold and garnet lid believed to have come from a bag belonging to a man in the seventh. As our museum takes you on the journey of the 20th-century woman, it is not only the sense of nostalgia but also the sense of solidarity that you will feel." It is often the smallest details, the scribbled notes in the margins of our history that truly encompass the female experience. "We are not simply showcasing accessories but rather making HERstory tangible and familiar.