A stone’s throw from the most prestigious couture showcases, a Renaissance-inspired palace houses the Galliera museum.
Through temporary monographic exhibitions – big names in couture, fashion figures – or thematic – decades, types of clothing, games of influence – the museum showcases some of its priceless and fragile collections which bear witness to the genius creative of fashion from the 18th century to the present day. Born from a fund established in the mid-19th century by the Costume History Society, its collections have continued to grow since then, in particular thanks to the generosity of numerous donors. Estimated today at 243,000 pieces, the collections of the Fashion Museum of the City of Paris reflect the codes of clothing in France, from the 18th century to the present day. In recent years, 500 to 1,500 pieces per year have been added to this exceptional collection, mainly thanks to the support of generous donors. Given their great fragility, the collections of the Palais Galliera can only be exhibited for a short period of time, during the museum’s exclusively temporary exhibitions or on exceptional loans to partner museum institutions.