I’m delighted to be able to announce the launch, in November 2016, of the exhibition linked to my Wellcome Trust project on the history of facial hair in Britain.
Between Mid November and March 2017, the Florence Nightingale Museum in London will host ‘The Age of the Beard’ – a photographic exhibition of some of the finest examples of Victorian facial hair, along with a range of other fantastic exhibits including Victorian razors and shaving paraphernalia, advertising and all sorts of other beard-related facts and figures.
(Henry Wellcome, to whom I owe my career! – copyright Wellcome Images)
Along with the exhibition will be a series of public events, including talks, family activities and even a production of the pantomime ‘Bluebeard’.
Full details are available from the museum’s website here
I hope that many of you can come and join us, and celebrate the golden age of the hirsute face that was Victorian Britain!
Dr Alun Withey 
Reblogged this on In the Dark and commented:
Important beard history event…
Many thanks – much appreciated
Will there be a book?!
William
Not of the exhibition, sadly, but there will (fingers crossed) be a book coming out of the project as a whole.