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Address:
No.2, East Yinghua Road, North End of Heping St., Chaoyang District, Beijing
Opening Hours:
08:30-11:30 and 13:30-16:30 of Tue&Thu;13:30-16:30 of Sat (Closed on holidays and vacations)
Contact:
Liu Qi
Kikky2008@hotmail.com
bwg@bift.edu.cn
Phone: +86-10-64288067
Fax: +86-10-64288261
Links:
Ethnic Costumes Museum of BIFT (Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology)
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
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Description:
The Costume Museum at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (BIFT), established with the approval of Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage, is the first museum specializing in ethnic costumes in China. The Museum is also a cultural research institute integrating collection, display, research, and teaching. As the top specialized costume museum in China, the BIFT Costume Museum has a fine collection of over 10,000 pieces of costume, accessories, fabric, wax printing, and embroidery. The collection is displayed in different categories, such as costumes of Miao nationality, metalworking jewelry, folk wax printing, and fabric. The museum also has a collection of nearly 1000 precious photographs taken during the 1920s and 1930s featuring the ethnic costumes of Yi, Zang, and Qiang nationalities.
BIFT Costume Museum covers a floor space of 2,000 square meters, which can be divided into several major exhibition halls, including Han Nationality Costume Hall; Ethnic Minority Costume Hall; Miao Nationality Costume Hall; Metalworking Jewelry Hall; Brocade Embroidery and Wax-printing Hall; Olympic Uniform and Ceremony Costume Hall; Picture Hall; and Hands-on Workshop (used for teaching and academic exchanges).
Further Reading:
Chinese Fashion of 100 Years written by Yangyuan and published by Yuanfang Press in 2003
The Art of Patchwork written by Xuwen and Liuqi，published by China Textile & Apparel Press
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