Costume and Lace Museum

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The Costume and Lace Museum so collected a particularly rich and varied collection: suits, ancient and contemporary laces, embroidery and original accessories,... This collection not only results from acquisition, an important part also results from generous private donations.

Thematic exhibitions, catalogs

Every thematic exhibition is accompanied by a catalog and allows to place the collections in the world of fashion and European textile productions:

• The Brussels lace in the collections of the Museums of the City (2004) honours a luxurious industry which could be found all over European courts and which contributed to the beautiful days of the Brussels economy in the 18th century
• Stories of fashions (2006) offers a panorama of the suit and the accessories of 18th - 20th century through acquisitions and recent gifts
• New Look to Exhibition 58 (2008-2009) allows the visitor and the reader to plunge into the fashion of the 1950s.

Temporary exhibitions

In 2004 the Museum inaugurated new spaces and a room intended for temporary exhibitions dedicated to contemporary textile creation.

• Guided visits at the Costume and Lace Museum
• All the publications of the Costume and Lace Museum

ON THE AGENDA : Exhibition. Handmade

ON THE AGENDA : Exhibition. Wigs, corsets and breeches

ON THE AGENDA : Midday at the Museum: La mode au 18e siècle

ON THE AGENDA : Midday at the Museum: Mode in de 18de eeuw