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The Costume Institute’s conservation department supports an active curatorial program of... and a key collaborator in the creation of the museum’s freezer facility for pest mitigation.
Ensemble (detail), fall/winter 1997–98. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of the Costume Institute Gifts, 2013 (2013.564a, b)
The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion , reactivates the sensory capacities of masterworks in the Museum’s collection through first-hand research, conservation analysis, and diverse technologies—from cutting-edge tools of artificial intelligence and computer-generated imagery to traditional formats of x-rays, video animation, light projection, and soundscapes. When an item of clothing enters the Costume Institute collection, its status is cha...
the costume institute's much-anticipated annual exhibition at the metropolitan museum of art in new york is set to open to the public.
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The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, the spring 2009 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and...
In 1946, with the financial support of the fashion industry, the Museum of Costume Art merged with The Metropolitan Museum of Art as The Costume Institute, and in 1959 became a curatorial...
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The Costume Institute houses a collection of more than 35,000 costumes and accessories spanning five continents and just as many centuries, arguably the greatest such collection in the world.