Matching a white hat to a white dress suit for communion Sunday or a purple hat to a purple dress suit for Easter Sunday became the norm from the 1980s to the early 2000s.

There, a distinctly Southern-rooted style appears: wide-brimmed hats with tulle, pastel suits, floral dresses, and, among children, those same frilly white socks.

If you happen to have any of these church hats, the museum is looking for donations, along with a short history of their lives and the churches that they attended. For Related Stories: Black ...