Downton Abbey exhibit

The exhibit was so much more than I expected.  From the welcoming videos by the family and staff, wonderful kitchen and dining room layouts, and of course the incredibly elegant costumes, it was all more than  worth what I thought was an extravagant ticket price.  But we parked on a meter (!), and no ticket coming out, so......
A particularly nice touch was coming to a doorway, and seeing Mr. Carson welcoming us to the Abbey, commenting on our strange clothes, and later reappearing, commenting aside ("We'll have to count the spoons....oh, Hi there!").
Here are iPhone photos (Photography was allowed).

We arrived in Boston early so found a coffee, and this elegant little park close by.

And immediately inside the exhibit we run into Jane Lasdow and her daughter Katie, 

old friends, and wife and daughter of Dan Lasdow, of "Touch of Brass" quintet. 

The order of rank of British Royalty

A uniform of King George

Housekeeper Mrs. Hughes (Phyllis Logan)

Mrs. Hughes' housekeys

The kitchen, including Mrs. Patmore, and Daisy's outfits. 

A cookbook of the day

Mr. Carson's room and a dress of Mrs. Hughes.

Carson was played by Jim Carter

More of Carson's study

The handcuffs worn by Mr. Bates when arrested. 

An (empty) bottle of Chateau d'Yquen 1890

(I looked it up, a full bottle's value is now $17,000.)

Part of the call board

Summer frocks of Cora and Mary

Edith's second wedding dress

The wedding ensemble of Carson and Mrs. Hughes

The dress was given  to her for her wedding by Lady Grantham

Vintage dresses, not costumes, from the period. 

Lady Grantham's dress,  worn during her flirtation with the art collector.

Two more vintage(real) dresses, Edith's and Cora's

Lord Grantham's Grenadier Guards uniform

Ahhhh, the dining room table.  Four crystal glasses of four different sizes for each.

And finally, jewelry

Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery)

I would have to say the exhibit was well worth the ticket price, but then Susan and I loved everything

about the show.  I noticed that of all the attendees, perhaps several hundred, only three were male!

I felt very good about that