Exhibition: Cutting Edge: The History of Human Hair, Red House Museum and Gardens, Christchurch, September 5 2009 - January 10 2010.
(Above) courtesy Red House Museum
Whether you are the owner of a prize-winning perm or worried about becoming as bald as a coot, the latest exhibition on human hair at the Red House Museum will be of interest to you.
Cutting Edge: A History of Human Hair explores the history and science of human hair in a hands-on exhibition suitable for all ages and hair types.
The exhibition examines hairdressing from the Roman period through to the elaborate wigs of the 17th century and the amazing moustaches of the Victorian period to the varied hairstyles of today.
Sample some new styles at the exhibition. Courtesy Red House Museum
A display featuring giant hair products contains the history of hair and the things we do to take care of it.
The show will tell you how shampoo and conditioner work, explain the structure of hair and find out why it goes grey as you grow old.
There are also interactive models where visitors can try out their own styling skills and see what they would look like with different beards and moustaches.
Cutting edge style. Pic courtesy Red House Museum
However, the centrepiece of the exhibition is a giant hair louse, and visitors can find out how to fight and prevent the blood-sucking parasite.
A range of artefacts will be on display from Roman combs and hairpins, amazing perming machines from the 1930s that look like giant metallic squid and beautiful tiaras.
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