Fashion Museum (MoMu) - Antwerp

MoMu is a museum devoted to fashion, clothing, costume and textiles.

Founded on the inheritance from the former Textile and Costume Museum Vrieselhof, the MoMu collection consists of clothing, lace, embroidery, fabrics and tools for textile processing dating back to the 16th century, complemented with collection pieces by contemporary (Belgian) fashion designers.

MoMu also assumes an important laboratory function: the freedom to experiment with different interdisciplinary approaches, to take out time for research and give the public an opportunity to dwell on the various aspects of fashion. More specifically, MoMu intends to combine a varied, interdisciplinary exhibition policy with publications, a scientific library and spacious public reading room, lectures, conferences, workshops, actual items and projects in the MoMu Gallery and film projections in the MoMu Cinema. In this manner, the museum wants to become a lively meeting-place and well-equipped study centre for anyone interested in clothing, fashion and textiles, their social and cultural backgrounds, techniques and design.

The location of MoMu ties in very closely with this vision and approach. Together with the Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI) and the renowned fashion department of Hogeschool Antwerpen, MoMu houses in the 'ModeNatie', a beautifully restored 19th-century building in the cultural and historical centre of Antwerp. The synergy that will be achieved through cohabitation of designers, fashion students,
staff of the FFI and MoMu will result in a fruitful collaboration with national and international designers, stylists, artists, museum directors, conservators, architects etc.

For more information check the MoMu website.