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.
The museum's online collections feature more than 2,500 object images as well as installation images from over 100 past exhibitions.
Get inspired by our upcoming exhibitions, such as "Doll Dressing"
Lifestyles Podcast
Discover how six unique individuals use clothing to define themselves on their own terms. New episodes of this original summer series come out twice a month. The first episode is live!
MFIT YouTube Channel
Enjoy videos of our past programs, such as a conversations about Carolyn Bessette Kennedy or Valerie Steele speaking with André Leon Talley.
Check out Lifestyles – a new summer podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Digital
media manager Tamsen Young sits down with six people whose distinct expression of
style is outside conventional fashion trends. Discover how they use clothing to define
themselves on their own terms.
Pick Up the Pieces
Share your favorite doll with us!! Join our crowd-sourced project We Love Dolls! It's
related to the forthcoming exhibition "Doll Dressing" opening September 16, 2026.
The exhibition explores the history of fashion dolls and the influence of dolls on
high fashion. We hope you'll contribute a story about your doll! The Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Fashion & Culture honor immigrants documenting fashion
through writing, research, curation, styling, and image making. This year, Tanya Meléndez-Escalante
receives the $100,000 Vilcek Prize for Fashion & Culture for her work as an arts administrator
and fashion curator at MFIT.
MFIT on the Road
We're located at Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, New York City Admission is always free to the museum. The Museum galleries are closed until Doll Dressing opens on September 16, 2026.Plan Your Visit
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