If you want to understand our social history through our artifacts, this is one of those wonderful small museums you should visit. Well worth the $10 and about an hour of your time.
Awesome Purse/ handbag museum right on Main Street I never knew was there until a few days ago. Most amazing collection of purses ever..well worth a stop in.
What a wonderful hidden gem! I am not a "purse person" and rarely carry one so I was pleasantly surprised at all the beautiful, artistic handbags and accessories at Esse. One of only three purse museums in the world, the displays brought back pleasant memories of my childhood and all the "treasures" to be found in my mother's purses, several of which I still keep long after she's gone...
Amazing selection of purses, bags, wallets, and clutches....and more! Great place to support your local artists. Beautiful handmade jewelry! Great selection of vegan leather purses. Friendly, and knowledgeable staff! Just a fun place to shop!
I hope they can find the space and resources to curate that. But, still, it's well worth your time to explore it (and the funky little South Main neighborhood).
Excels at presenting purses in context with great period accessories and well-done writeups. This is not just a "fashion" (or pop culture) museum, though certainly that is part of it, but one that should get you thinking, as a writeup for a concurrent art display notes, about how purses have long been part of their owners' personality and psyche.
Loved loved loved. Fashion and history! Great staff
The only drawback is that the display ends with the 1990s. As we get farther from that decade, the exhibit begins to miss some important recent developments.
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