The Apron Museum In The New York Times!
- Kristopher Lange
- Dec 23, 2025
- 2 min read
Today, The New York Times published “Where Do Aprons Go to Retire? A Tiny Museum in Mississippi.”, telling the story of The Apron Museum in Iuka, Mississippi.
This is a huge honor for our little museum dedicated to the history and stories behind Aprons. Thank you to all our visitors and supporters through the years who have made this possible!
NOTE: We recommend reading the article on a full-sized computer to take in the images!
The article was written by Maggie Hennessy (https://www.maggiehennessy.com/) with photographs by Robert Rausch (https://rrausch.com/). The article was released online and is possibly slated for the12/31/25 print edition.
We are overjoyed and honored by this coverage. Maggie and Robert were absolute professionals. Maggie assured us that she was working hard to do justice to the story of our very special museum. She kept her promise.
Through the years many of you have driven or flown miles to make the trek here to our corner of Mississippi. You have delivered boxes of aprons and helped us clean and process them. You have shared stories with us that have brought us joy. We hope you keep coming.
We are honored by the response by many of you. Thank you. It is our wish for the world to have more Aprons! To embrace the art, fashion, history, and overall culture that Aprons bring! If you are reading this, then we know you agree.
Today is VA Day.
Victory for Aprons Day. Validation for the art of aprons. Vision for Apron culture. A Voice for Apron Stories to be shared and lived. Vogue for apron fashion.
Aprons y’all,
Carolyn Terry and Henry Terry
Come visit! Or reach out and let's talk Aprons any time: info@theapronmuseum.com
Just saw the article in the NYT! What a terrific opportunity, the have the New York Times do an article on your wonderful apron museum. Shared it with others! Awesome
I've been a huge fan of the Museum since discovering it in about 2009. The more than 50 aprons from a family cache that I donated then are now in the photo at the top of this webpage--such an honor. Thanks Carolyn and Henry, Kristopher and Kim, and all the others who have persevered and created a wonderful experience for so many folks.
This is such a great little story. I’m now 77 years old. I come from a small town in Pennsylvania where we had Home class starting in seventh grade. The first thing we made was a pin cushion with an elastic band that we could wear on our arm and our second project was to make an apron. I loved sewing from that moment on, and I made many aprons after that and went on to make other articles of clothing, but I treasured that apron and watched my mom wear it every night as she made dinner of course I no longer have that apron, but I wear an apron every time I cook some of them are Chef…
Very curious about the bunny apron mentioned in the NYT articles. Where can I see a picture? Thank you for your museum—I would love to visit someday!