Current Exhibition
JUL 15, 2022 / APR 30, 2023
Two centuries of fashion and textile design
The new exhibition features more than 100 objects including men’s and women’s clothing, clothing textiles and furnishing fabrics, fashion plates, sample books, and fashion accessories that document the transformations of the textile industry.
Past Exhibitions
Mr & Mrs Clark. Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell | Fashion and Prints 1965-74
Museo del Tessuto, in collaboration with the Sozzani Foundation and the Massimo Cantini Parrini Archive, dedicates the first exhibition ever held in Italy featuring the clothing designer Ossie Clark and his life- and atelier-partner Celia Birtwell, two absolute protagonists of the London scene and pop culture of the 1960s and 70s.
Novecento Elegante. Abiti e accessori dalla donazione Fineschi
13 febbraio - 3 luglio 2022
Un'accurata selezione di oltre 80 oggetti tra abiti e accessori femminili e maschili appartenuti alla famiglia Fineschi, tra le più attive della borghesia imprenditoriale pratese fin dalla metà dell’Ottocento.
Turandot and the fantastic East of Puccini, Chini and Caramba
May 22, 2021 – January 23, 2022
Costumes and stage jewels dating back to the world premiere of Puccini’s Turandot and from the private wardrobe of the great Pratese soprano Iva Pacetti.
Pinocchio in the costumes of Massimo Cantini Parrini from the movie of Matteo Garrone
December 21, 2019 – October 25, 2020
The exhibition presents over thirty costumes created for the film Pinocchio by the costume designer, Massimo Cantini Parrini.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Ingenuity And Textiles
December 16, 2018 – September 29, 2019
An exhibition dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci. By exploring Da Vinci’s development and invention of devices and machinery.
The Contemporary Chinese Fiber Art
June 27 – September 27, 2018
The Museo del Tessuto in Prato is hosting the only Italian leg of The Contemporary Chinese Fiber Art, a contemporary Chinese textile art exhibition.
Cloths of gold and silk. Textiles for the Renaissance courts of Europe.
May 25, 2018 - January 2, 2019
Over 120 pieces on display illustrate the evolution of luxury textile production between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Marie Antoinette. The Oscar-winning Costumes Of A Queen
February, 11 - June, 10 2018
Magnificent men’s and women’s garments from Sophia Coppola's blockbuster movie created by the Oscar-winning costume designer Milena Canonero.
Whimsy And Reason. Elegance In Eighteenth-century Europe
May 14, 2017 – April 29, 2018
A journey into the style and trends of eighteenth-century artistic culture, through fashion, textiles and the decorative arts.
The Garden Of Delights
October 16, 2016 - January, 29, 2017
The Canadian felt-maker opens her first solo exhibition in Italy with a selection of thirteen works inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Across Art And Fashion. Nostalgia For The Future In Post-war Artist Textiles
May 18, 2016 - February 19, 2017
The exhibition is part of the "Across Art and Fashion" exhibition project.
Heritage
November 2, 2015 - April 30, 2016
An anthology of textiles, clothing and accessories, swatch books, fashion plates and historic fashion journals, original fashion sketches and rare editions of textile-bound books, which range from the sixteenth century to the nineteen-sixties.