COSTUME GALLERY

Location:	FLORENCE Giardino di Boboli, Palazzina della Meridiana
Open: Nov-Feb 8.15-16.30, Mar 8.15-17.30/18.30, Apr-May/Sep-Oct 8.15-18.30, Jun-Aug 8.15-19.30. Closed on 1st and last Mondays. Description: One of the "capitals" of Italian fashion could not be without an artistic and historical reference. In this museum, the first of its kind in Italy, fashion "becomes" culture. An array of clothes, uniforms, fabrics and accessories from the 18C to the early 19C. It is installed in the charming neo-classic summer apartments of the "Meridian", the rooms display lavish 19C decoration (frescoes, stucco work, furnishings), they are also the temporary setting of the Contini-Bonacossi collection (see).

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