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Fashion & Lace Museum

Fashion & Lace Museum
  • Musée Mode & Dentelle (French)
  • Mode & Kant Museum (Dutch)
Exterior of the museum
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Established1977[1]
LocationRue de la Violette / Violetstraat 12,
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′45″N 4°21′7″E / 50.84583°N 4.35194°E / 50.84583; 4.35194
TypeTextile, fashion
WebsiteOfficial website

The Fashion & Lace Museum (French: Musée Mode & Dentelle; Dutch: Mode & Kant Museum) is a textile and fashion museum in central Brussels, Belgium. The museum collections focus on lace, which is a traditional craft in Belgium. It was founded in 1977.[1]

The museum has exhibitions of antique lace, the process of lacemaking, and also hosts temporary exhibits around historical and contemporary fashion.[2] Antique lace exhibitions feature religious vestments and lace from Mechelen and Bruges. Additional exhibits include Barbie fashion and raincoats.[1]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle (Costume and Lace Museum)". Brussels. Frommer's. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ DK Publishing (1 June 2011). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Belgium and Luxembourg: Belgium and Luxembourg. DK Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7566-8429-7.

Bibliography

  • A. Smolar-Meynart and A. Vincke, Brussels kant (in Duth), Museum voor het Kostuum en de Kant, 1982, 42 p.


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