and Cajun Mardi Gras celebrants adopted these costume types in their own rural begging rituals,” according to Louisiana State Museum curator of costumes and textiles Wayne Phillips. The ...

About seven Krewe costumes from across the Coast are displayed at a time at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Mardi Gras Museum on Howard Avenue in downtown Biloxi, said executive director Anna Harris.

The Rosenberg Library’s museum also has a collection of more than 100 Mardi Gras-related items, including beads, cups, coins, and posters; as well as elaborate headdresses, costumes, and masks ...

The costumes. The parties ... curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum. "Carnival with Mardi Gras, at its height, is Mobile, Alabama's greatest living tradition. Ever-evolving, yet embedded in ...

The new museum will showcase around 400 historic Mardi Gras costumes worn over the past 50 years, along with more than 15 animatronics that will guide visitors through the rich history of Mardi Gras.

(Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum) Costume design for the Captain of the Krewe of Noblads ... The exhibit, which opens May 9, honors the contributions of women who have shaped Mardi Gras through ...

In 2025, Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday ... to have fun and get away with gentle mischief,” Louisiana State Museum curator of costumes and textiles Wayne Phillips told the paper.

“Once those two months go by, Mardi Gras certainly takes a back seat,” Edmiston said. At the museum, he noted, visitors will be able to see the colorful costumes and learn about the history of ...

Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum executive director Abreeza Thomas ... The museum mostly consists of different costume pieces from different krewes along the Coast. “We have things like ...

"The Christian calendar always had carnival," said Carl Mack, founder of the Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture in New Orleans. In fact, the northeast U.S., where we live, is one of the few ...