Fashion’s Past, Unlocked for Today.
For the people who don’t just admire style, they study it, question it, and want to get close enough to see the stitches.
Collection Couture Club is Putnam Museum’s new members-only fashion and textile circle, built for people who want more than labels and lookbooks. This is where you move from spectator to insider, stepping directly into the Collection where the most compelling garments and textiles are kept, the pieces almost
no one gets to see.
Curated. Stylish. Just a touch mysterious.
That’s the point.
What Members Experience
Collection Viewings
Intimate, private access to garments and textiles rarely seen on display, the kind of pieces that reshape your understanding of fashion’s lineage.
Couture Sessions
Conversations with conservators who reveal how history, craftsmanship, and contemporary aesthetics collide.
Collection Conversations
Behind-the-scenes looks at the world of collecting, why certain pieces matter, how collections are built, and what it takes to preserve them.
Collection Couture Club launches Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 PM.
Unlock the collection. Join the club.
Membership: $100 per person
Join Us!
To sign-up please contact Nancy Calzada at 563-336-7285 or ncalzada@putnam.org
Upcoming Program Schedule
6:30 pm: Socialize and view the collection presented
7:00 pm: Program
7:30 pm: Glove up glamor time for intimate viewing and touching the collection (if applicable)
Behind the Veil
Wedding Dresses and Trousseau Pieces
Thursday, June 25, 2026
The Working Woman
Work Uniforms
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Killer Style
Fashion in our collection that could literally kill you
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Gilded Evenings
Evening Gowns from the Gilded Age 1870 to 1900
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
The Art of the Kimono
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
Swinging Sixties
Mini dresses, Paper dresses
Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Couture in Bloom
Garden Party dresses, floral dresses
Wednesday, June 2, 2027
Corsets and Conversations
Corsets/bras through time, how fashion kept women bound
Wednesday, August 4, 2027
Ladies of the 80’s
Teaser for our November Gala. Padded Shoulders!
Wednesday, October 6, 2027
Frost and Finery
Glittery Garments
Wednesday, December 1, 2027
