Fashion & Lace Museum

Musée Mode & Dentelle (French) Mode & Kant Museum (Dutch)
Exterior of the museum
Interactive fullscreen map
Established	1977[1]
Location	Rue de la Violette / Violetstraat 12, 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′45″N 4°21′7″E / 50.84583°N 4.35194°E / 50.84583; 4.35194
Type	Textile, fashion
Website	Official 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

• List of museums in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Culture of Belgium

References

Citations

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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