Fashion Museum
One of the world’s leading fashion collections, temporarily closed while a new museum is prepared in Bath’s Old Post Office, with reopening planned for 2030.
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Over het museum
The museum began in 1963, when the collector Doris Langley Moore gave her collection of historic dress to the city of Bath. It opened as the Museum of Costume and was renamed Fashion Museum Bath in 2007. For decades it was shown in the Assembly Rooms, a Georgian building owned by the National Trust, and its yearly Dress of the Year selection, begun in 1963, added a notable outfit to the collection every year.
The collection now covers around 400 years of fashion, from about 1600 to the present day, and includes everything from haute couture to hats, underwear, make-up and mannequins. The museum holds more than 100,000 objects and lends pieces to major exhibitions elsewhere, including shows at the V&A.
In 2019 the National Trust ended the museum’s tenancy in the Assembly Rooms, and the galleries closed on 30 October 2022. The museum chose the Grade II listed Old Post Office in the centre of Bath as its future home; the building is to be redeveloped around a courtyard with a public garden, and planning permission was granted in May 2026. Construction is due to start in 2027 and the new museum is planned to open in 2030. In the meantime the collection is kept at a store near Warminster, where monthly tours can be booked, and objects are taken out to community groups in and around Bath.
Hoogtepunten
- Fashion collection of about 400 years, from around 1600 to today
- Annual Dress of the Year selection since 1963
- Monthly collection store tours near Warminster while the museum is closed
- New museum planned in the Old Post Office, Bath, for 2030
- Opgericht
- 1963
- Beheerder
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Toegankelijkheid
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Kinderen & gezin
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Service & horeca
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
The museum is closed until a new museum opens in Bath in 2030.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Goed om te weten | While the museum is closed, the collection can be seen on monthly store tours at the Dents headquarters near Warminster; places are booked in advance through Eventbrite. |
