TOUR FASHION MUSEUM IN BATH, ENGLAND | MUSEUM OF COSTUME

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by Rachel Hoffman

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12.15.2025



If you like historic fashion, you will want to watch this! Narrated by Michael Canadas. Enjoy a tour of the Fashion Museum in Bath, England. This video tour was originally created for the January 2020 Virtual Doll Convention. The Fashion Museum (known before 2007 as the Museum of Costume is housed in the Assembly Rooms in Bath, Somerset, England.

The collection was started by Doris Langley Moore, who gave her collection to the city of Bath in 1963. It focuses on fashionable dress for men, women, and children from the late 16th century to the present day and has more than 100,000 objects. The earliest pieces are embroidered shirts and gloves from about 1600.

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