About Fashion Museum Bath

Fashion Museum Bath offers an exhilarating encounter with 500 years of fashion through its world-class collection.

Founded by collector, writer, and dress historian Doris Langley Moore, Fashion Museum Bath was originally called ‘The Museum of Costume’. Langley Moore donated her fashion collection to the city of Bath and the Museum opened in the Assembly Rooms in 1963.

Building on Langley Moore’s colourful legacy and collector’s instinct, Fashion Museum Bath now holds an extraordinary, ever-growing collection of more than 100,000 items. From haute couture to ready-to-wear, home dressmaking to made-to-order, the collection covers 500 years of human creativity. Each object provides a unique insight into the fashion industry and the people at its heart.

Accreditations

View the Fashion Museum's current accreditations.

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Accreditation

Accreditation recognises the steps that the Fashion Museum takes to meet the needs of today’s visitors, while at the same time safeguarding their collections for future generations.

Under the scheme the Fashion Museum is required to provide:

opportunities to use, enjoy and learn from the collections
an assurance that the collections, including donated items, are held in trust for society
information about the museum, its collections and its services
a commitment to consultation with users, to ensure that future developments and changes take account of their needs and interests
appropriate visitor facilities or details about facilities nearby.

The Museum Registration Scheme was established in 1988 and the Museum of Costume was registered in 1990. In 2004, the Scheme was renamed Accreditation to better reflect its purpose and the achievements of those museums which meet the standards it sets out.

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About Fashion Museum Bath

Fashion Museum Bath offers an exhilarating encounter with 500 years of fashion through its world-class collection.

Accreditations

Explore Bath's world heritage

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About Fashion Museum Bath

Accreditations

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