Current Exhibition
FEB 13 / MAY 29, 2022
Novecento Elegante. Clothes and accessories from the Fineschi donation
The exhibition features a selection of both menswear and womenswear from the end of the Nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, which belonged to the Fineschi family, one of the most active families of Prato’s upper class.
Over 160 garments and accessories that enrich the collection of the Museum and become city heritage.
Past Exhibitions
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.