Tour of nursing homes with fashion show and coffee bread

From October 19, 2022, the Kalmar county museum will go on tour to nursing homes around the entire county to offer a fashion show with clothes from the 50s and 60s and period-typical coffee bread. A new touring concept will give residents of nursing homes a festive experience in everyday life. In addition to a good time, the shared experience provides new topics of conversation and common points of contact that you can return to for a long time.

To extend the experience, the resident will receive a slide show with information about the clothes they have seen during the fashion show but also about the spirit of the times and life in general during the 50s and 60s. The time period is chosen as it is the time when most residents remember best. Through previous projects, we have experience that this stimulates memories and creates conversations between the staff and the residents. 

The first stop on the tour is Mönsterås and Borgholm. In total, the tour will consist of 48 visits, 4 visits to all the county's municipalities. Two pedagogues from the Kalmar county museum are on site at each visit and carry out approximately 11 different clothing changes. The clothes are original clothes from the educational costume studio at the Kalmar county museum. 

The project can be implemented thanks to support from the Irene and Bo Adolfsson Foundation.