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Five Fez Update

Whew! We’ve finally gotten caught up on those boring real life tasks and have had a chance to do some much needed updates to the museum. Today, we have posted four new exhibits for you to enjoy. Start your tour of the new pieces over at the Alacala exhibit in the Order of Alhambra area where we have added a Past Grand Commander’s fez. Next, slip on over to the DOKK section of the Knights of Pythias to check out our new Royal Prince’s fez. After having your eyes dazzled there, shoot over to the Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North American and check out our two acquisitions from Su-Zu Court No. 21. Oh, and why not end your journey with a little bit of mystery by checking our the new Bison fez at our Unknown Fezzes exhibit.

We hope you enjoy these updates and we encourage to stop back often to check out our ever expanding collection of fraternal fezzes.

2016-10-17T18:39:36+00:00October 26th, 2011|Updates|Comments Off on Five Fez Update

A long awaited update…

Good day fellow Fezzians! Today we have a long awaited update to the fez museum. First, we start with a more general piece in the form of a fez from Medinah Shriners. We then, take a little detour into the obscure with some information on a rare United Order of Splendor and Perfection fez. Finally, we end our journey in the unknown, with the Chinar mini fez.

We hope you enjoy this update and we look forward to bringing you even more fezziness int he near future. We still have more than a dozen fezzes that are not yet on display, so check back often for more updates.

2016-10-17T18:39:37+00:00October 18th, 2011|Updates|Comments Off on A long awaited update…

A Knights Tale of Tigers

Today we have just a small update. We recently acquired a fantastic piece from the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, a branch of the Knights of Pythias. Go check it out – it’ll be worth the look!

Right now we still have 11 fezzes that have not been posted to the site, many from groups not even represented here yet. As those posts take a little longer format, we have been putting them off. However, we will soon launch those new modules, so check back and see what’s happening!

2016-10-17T18:39:37+00:00October 10th, 2011|Updates|Comments Off on A Knights Tale of Tigers

An Update Sans Fez

Good day, intrepid reader! Today’s update isn’t one that deals directly with any particular fez. Instead, we thought it would be nice to share with you the culmination of some of the research the Museum has been doing on the side. Recently, we came across an archive of newspapers from the earliest part of the 20th Century. What did we look up first? Stuff about fraternal organizations, of course!

After a bit of digging, we hit the jackpot in regards to information on the formation and subsequent merger of roughly a half dozen social fraternal organizations aligned with the Odd Fellows. As the popularity of the Shriners grew in the Masonic world, many folks wanted a similar organization in the group they belonged to. This caused the formation of such groups as the Imperial Order of Muscovites, the Oriental Order of Humility and Perfection, the Ancient Mystic Order of Cabiri, the Pilgrim Knights of Oriental Splendor, and even more!

By the 1920’s, the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows (the national governing body) had enough of this nonsense and talked several of the organizations into merging. In 1925, they all came together and formed the United Order of Splendor and Perfection, which would be renamed two years later, calling itself the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (which exists to this day.)

So, we encourage you to check out our timeline and learn something about the earliest days of fez wearing fraternalism in America!

2016-10-17T18:39:38+00:00September 29th, 2011|General Info|Comments Off on An Update Sans Fez

Ladies Night at the Fez Museum

In keeping up with our recent posting format, we yet again bring you an update of four new exhibits. All of today’s updates are from lady’s groups and represent a wide array of organizations.

First, we have an update to the Nomads of Avrudaka exhibit, which shows an alternative color scheme that we had previous not seen. From there, you can head on over to the Ladies of the Oriental Shrine page and take a look at our fabulous new Past High Priestess fez. Oh, and don’t forget to end your trip at the Daughter’s of Isis exhibit. There you are going to see two great examples of modern Daughters of Isis fezzes, including a Past Illustrious Commanderess fez.

We hope you enjoy your visit. Don’t forget to bookmark us and come back again!

2016-10-17T18:39:38+00:00September 22nd, 2011|Updates|Comments Off on Ladies Night at the Fez Museum
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