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Museum Closed
January 2 – February 16, 2025
All Galleries
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UPCOMING
February 19 – April 20, 2025
Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities
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The Most Fashionable Museum in New York City

Best known for its innovation and award-winning exhibitions, the museum has a permanent collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the eighteenth century  to the present.

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The museum's online collections feature more than 2,500 object images as well as installation images from over 100 past exhibitions.

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Get inspired by the museum's upcoming exhibitions, such as "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities"!

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Museum Winter Hours

The MFIT galleries will be closed from January 2 through February 16, 2025. They will reopen with "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities" on February, 19, 2025

Listen to our Fashion Culture Podcast

Tune into our monthly podcast series featuring lectures and conversations about fashion.

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MFIT NEWS
MFIT NEWS

The Museum at FIT congratulates Elizabeth Way, recipient of the 2024 Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award!

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africa's fashion diaspora book cover

Looking for a longer read?

Africa's Fashion Diaspora is accompanied by a multi-author valume edited by Elizabeth Way and published by Yale University Press. The publication is now available for puchase.

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MFIT on the Road

The Museum at FIT often loans objects from its permanent collections to other institutions for use in exhibitions. Check out what venue is featuring MFIT on the road.
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Anna Sui, set, fall 1997, USA. Gift of Anna Sui. 2022.70.2

Plan Your Visit

Location

We're located at Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, New York City

Admission

Come on in! Admission is free to the museum.

Hours

Wednesday - Friday: Noon - 8pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm

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