Hairpin Museum 
百鍊鋼化作繞髮柔 髮簪博物館
  • About Museum
    • About us
    • Story of the Curator
    • Donations to the Museum
    • Inter-museum Loans
    • Collections >
      • New Accessions
      • Collections Policy
      • Donations
    • Contact us
  • Galleries
    • Hairpin Gallery
    • Pictures Gallery
    • Old postcards about Chinese woman
    • Facebook page Albums
  • About hairpins
    • Hairpins in Society and Art
    • Material & Technology
    • Wearing hairpins
    • Old Catalogue Illustrations
    • Material >
      • Metal
      • Plant Materials
      • Hard Tissue
  • Hairpin Hospital
    • Conservation Laboratory
    • Deterioration >
      • Wrong kind of glue
    • Cleaning
    • Conservation/Restoration >
      • Reshape the old silver hairpin
      • Broken Jade hairpin
      • Repairing a broken hairpin with silver wire
    • Proper Packing >
      • Emergency Packing
  • 中文版

Collections Policy

The collection policy of the Hairpin Museum reflects the general philosophy of the Museum and its founder. The importance of our collections does not depend on their monetary value but instead we focus on hairpins that were used by ordinary women as part of their everyday lives. Many of the objects in our collections have almost been destroyed by storage in a bad environment or by inappropriate treatment in the past. The Museum's collections therefore contain very few valuable and exotic objects, although as our collections grow we hope to obtain some objects that would have been worn by high-class women so that our collections cover the full range of hairpin history. We hope to save for the future hairpins and other hair ornaments which people think are not important. Through reaseach and analysis we can try to find the story behind these ordinary objects that women used and cherished every day. The Hairpin Museum welcomes donations from the general public and other collectors of hairpin memorabilia.
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