Research Opportunities

Are you working on a school project? Do you have research to do for a class you’re teaching? Are you looking for historical inspiration for a design idea? We have a variety of research opportunities to help you.

Academic Research Appointments
Design Membership  Online Collections

FIT Library

The Museum at FIT provides FIT students and academic researchers from other institutions special access by appointment to the Museum’s collections of costumes, textiles, and accessories.  The design membership program of The Museum at FIT offers designers and other industry professionals unique access by appointment to the museum’s holdings for the purposes of research and inspiration. The Online Collection features images and detailed information about 350 of The Museum at FIT’s masterpieces. The Gladys Marcus Library at FIT provides electronic and printed resources for a variety of research needs. By appointment only.