Fashion Museum – Designation

The Fashion Museum is designated as 'an outstanding collection'.  This accreditation is used by the government body, the Council for Museums Libraries and Archives, to recognise collections that are not held in national museums but are nevertheless of national and international significance.

 

Bath and North East Somerset Council is the only local government body to hold two such collections, the other is the Roman Baths.

Image: a row of patterned silk dresses shown on hangers in museum store

18th century dresses in the Museum store