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CURRENT
February 19 – April 20, 2025
Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities
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CURRENT
February 26 – March 23, 2025
All That Glitters...
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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 current and upcoming exhibitions, such as "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities"!

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Upcoming Event: Objects of Wonder for Person Place Thing

FREE ADMISSION | Happening Tuesday, March 4, 5:30 pm Learn more and register today!

Listen to our Fashion Culture Podcast

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

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NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE CULTURE OF FASHION
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE CULTURE OF FASHION

Fashion Culture Special Programs

SPRING 2025

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MFIT NEWS
MFIT NEWS

Enhance your visit using our Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.

Learn about a few of the women who assembled cabinets of curiosities, as well as how female donors to The Museum at FIT collection have shaped Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities.

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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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Looking for a longer read?

Africa's Fashion Diaspora is one of the first books to examine the wide breadth of the African Diaspora and its influence on international fashion. This multi-author volume was edited by Elizabeth Way and published by Yale University Press. 

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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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