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NJ woman kicked out of NYC museum for wearing 18th-century costume

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Published : Mar 1, 2018, 2:21 pm IST
Updated : Mar 1, 2018, 2:21 pm IST

The museum said that it doesn’t have a dress code, but there are guidelines for what visitors can bring.

The 26-year-old woman was kicked out of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art because she showed up in an authentic period costume. (Photo: Twitter/hyperallergic‏ )
 The 26-year-old woman was kicked out of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art because she showed up in an authentic period costume. (Photo: Twitter/hyperallergic‏ )

A New Jersey woman says she was kicked out of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art because she showed up in an authentic period costume that a guard accused her of stealing.

Twenty-six-year-old Eliza Vincz, of Burlington, said Monday she wore the dress to give a talk on historical fashion at the museum Saturday. NJ.com reports a guard approached her in the lobby and claimed she had stolen her period costume from the museum’s Costume Institute.

Vincz says she spent a substantial amount of money and time crafting the dress herself. She says it’s disappointing she hasn’t received an apology from “a place that is so special to me.”

The museum said that it doesn’t have a dress code, but there are guidelines for what visitors can bring.

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