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( Highly Recommended )
Billed as the most up-to-date museum in Spain, the Museum of Costume opened in March 2004. The colourful collection, comprising everything from shoes to mantillas, draws on a fund of more than 21,000 items to trace the evolution of Spanish clothing and fashions from medieval times to the 20th century. The prize exhibit is the 13th-century trousseau of the Infanta María, daughter of Ferdinand III. Here you can observe the transition from the fashions of the Enlightenment, which catered exclusively for the aristocracy, to those of a more democratic, utilitarian age. The museum displays costumes designed by some of the great Spanish 20th-century couturiers, including Mariano Fortuny and Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque who went on to take the Parisian fashion world by storm. The museum hopes to acquire items from Queen Sophia's wardrobe from the 1960s and 70s and will feature the work of contemporary designers.
Url: www.museodeltraje.mcu.es
Address: Avenida Juan de Herrera 2
Phone: 91 549 71 50
Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-7, Sun and public hols 10-3
Restaurant: Plenty near by (Inexpensive)
Metro: Moncloa, Ciudad Universitaria
Accessible: Good
Admission: Cheap
Other: Museo de América
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