The Museum at FIT

Great free museum. Had 3 exhibits (including a special shoes exhibit) when I went on Friday. Make sure you bring a mask or you will not be allowed in.

Came for the free exhibit Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style and loved it!! It's such a cool free exhibit with so many amazing pieces. Tons of vintage hip hop clothing and outfits that celebrities wore on red carpets.

We also went to the Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors exhibit which we didn't know was there but also really enjoyed. It showed women's fashion through the span of many decades.

Excited to see future exhibits at the museum!

The food and fashion and the main exhibition is free. Down the stairs.

The main lobby is set for up NYC voters today.

What a nice discovery today and for the week.

I think the best dresses are the older style for me.

The baguette spiked purse is still quite unique.

Your experience really depends on the exhibits on display and the time of day you choose to go.

I came on a weekday afternoon where it got more crowded the later it became. If you want a quieter experience where you can read the history of the pieces on display, I suggest coming earlier. If you want to mingle with the FIT kids, it seems like they come out in the evening and some of them are willing to give you a free tour of the exhibits. While it was nice to get a free tour, I felt severely underdressed next to this student with her beautiful and intricate goth princess-esque outfit. If I had known, maybe I would've worn something a little nicer. Noted for next time.

The exhibits on display while I was visiting were the designing women exhibit and the hip hop exhibit. The designing women exhibit was an interesting exhibit that showcased different types of clothing associated with different types of interior spaces. Truthfully, this exhibit was not the most straightforward and I felt like there could've been a better way to make the theme more clear and the exhibit more cohesive. Regardless, the outfits shown were all beautiful and historically significant.

The hip hop exhibit was on the third floor and was visibly more popular than the designing women exhibit. The exhibit inhabited the entire floor and old school hip hop classics were played for visitors to bop to while looking at the outfits. Growing up in Brooklyn and also watching MTV, I was able to connect some of the outfits on display to what I actually saw in real life (always fun when you know what you're looking at). There were a variety of clothing items on display including jewelry, tracksuits, dresses, shoes, etc. Definitely worth a visit for hip hop fans.

I definitely think the FIT Museum is a nice place to visit especially since it's free and the exhibits are always rotating. The FIT website also tells you what the upcoming exhibits are for the year and I would be excited to check out the Food and Fashion exhibit in September. Guess I'll be back in the Fall.

Had such a good time walking through the 50 years of hip hop history. Really cool to see the clothes and who wore them before. Loved reading and learning about Virgil Abloh RIP, and seeing all the amazing designs.

Wish the music was a little more bumpin'!

Came on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, to come visit their 50th anniversary of Hip Hop of fashion with my partner who is very into fashion. The museum is free and my partner loved the whole experience and we caught it before it ended. It definitely had a lot of monumental clothing that has been seen throughout the year of Hip Hop and many movies as well. It was a great way to spend on Saturday and grab some great food afterwards.

It's small with only two halls but it's free and so is the gallery of vintage fashion in the school lobby across the street. I caught a lovely LatinX fashion exhibit and it was stunning! I don't understand fashion, but I wanted to steal most of what I saw. It's a small place and a short visit, but it's a great one to pop in and out of on your way to lunch or dinner.

The Museum at FIT is located on the Fashion Institute of Technology's campus on the corner of West 27th Street in Manhattan. FiT is accessible via 1, N, R trains to 28th Street and via A, C, E, F trains to 23rd Street and a few minutes walk to the destination. FIT's museum exhibits are held w/in their Fashion and Textile History Gallery.

Reinvention & Restlessness : Fashion In The Nineties Exhibit was absolutely beautiful. The exhibit was on multiple floors including the gallery's basement. Fashion items and paraphernalia from the 90's included chic, funky, classy & cool parasols, hats, textiles, sunglasses, designer handbags and clothing as well as streetwear & footwear. It was great to see some homage paid to hip-hop in this exhibit including the 8-Ball Jacket, 90's streetwear, etc. Female Hip-Hop Artists Extraordinaire Salt-N-Pepa's (and of course DJ Spinderellal) picture was displayed which was appreciated and videos around fashion magazines showing models in trendy 90's everything took me back to the 90's which was a wonderful time of vibrant, bold and colorful wear, gear and accessories. I really enjoyed the exhibit.

Website - fitnyc.edu/museum
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Hours of Operation - Wed - Fri. Noon - 8pm
Saturday & Sunday- 10am - 5pm

Currently the "Dior & Balenciaga : The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies" Exhibit is on display. The Museum at FIT is free admission and a mask has to be worn throughout the entire visit due to the ongoing COVID Pandemic. If the gallery is at capacity, the Security Officers will ask patrons to wait on line until it becomes less crowded. Join Museum at FIT's Maing List and view their website to read feautured new stories & press releases, get the link to download the Museum at FIT's Fashion Culture Podcast.

The Museum at FIT also has a YouTube Channel. Hopefully, individuals will get the opportunity to enjoy the Museum at FIT'S current & future exhibits as well as their virtual platforms.

My boyfriend and I decided to check out the museum on a Saturday afternoon. I felt a bit underwhelmed. As other reviews have noted, the experience depends a lot on the exhibit, since the museum is so small. It took us between 30 minutes and an hour to check out everything.

It's free, so it's worth popping by if you're in the area and have nothing to do.

This is a small and free museum that is located inside FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology). They periodically change up the exhibits on display. At the time that I went, they had an exhibit that showcased fashion designers from Japan. As far as museums go, it is very small and not something I'd go out of my way for. However, if you are in the area, it is free and something quick to do.

The museum at FIT is a small museum with rotating exhibits. When my party went, the only exhibit on display was the Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors exhibit, which explored the connection between women fashion designer's garments and interior decoration. It showcased different types of garments in chronological order along with a description and picture of an interior space. I do wonder if the exhibit could have been done a bit differently to make it more cohesive and the theme come across better. However, the garments were all beautiful! It was a small exhibit, so we were in and out in under an hour. This is good to know when planning your visit. I wouldn't go out of my way for it since it's a small museum, but it's great for a free, quick thing to do if you are already in the area or also plan something else to do in the area!