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Museum of Costume

Description: North of Milsom Street and adjacent to the Circus and Royal Crescent. 1-2hrs recommended per visit. OPEN: Daily 10am ... more

Museum of Costume ... 10am-5pm CLOSED: 25th & 26th Dec. Tel: +44 (0)1225 477 785 Fax: +44 (0)1225 477 743 E-mail: costume_bookings@bathnesgov.uk Prices range fr

Newest Review: ... long to walk around - about an hour, hour and a half, but there was still so much to see. The first room was very dark and the displays were dimly lit. The dim lighting is to protect the clothing. A full range of period costume, mens and womens. Some of the most beautiful clothes I have ever seen. They certainly used to know how to look sexy - what happened! It had shoe collections, ... more

... gloves, dresses, suits, hats, underwear, hosiery all clearly displayed and well written descriptions and facts on all of it. The 2nd section was titled Women of Fashion it was dated form the 30's through to fairly modern and contained collections...more

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Museum of Costume: One of the best museums (484 words)
by - written on 05/09/00 (Very useful, 75 readings)
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I recently came back from a weekend in Bath - somewhere I had been advised to go. I had initially planned to visit the baths, but they were so packed with tourists that I was in and out of the place within 10 minutes. (I'm not one for crowds) The baths are twinned with another museum in the city centre - The Costume Museum. I wasn't really sure what to expect - and I can't even tell you what to expect as they change they display fairly constantly so that they fresh costumes out. This makes it the kind of place you can return to again amonth or so later and see something completely different. It didn't take very long to walk around ... Read the complete review

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