Palais Galiera

For years as I walked past, I gazed longingly and often pushed my lens through the enormous iron gates to photograph this beautiful place. My patience paid off when the restorations were complete and it reopened. We visited a beautiful exhibit in 2013. Le Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, features fashion exhibits. I see from the website it is closed yet again for major refurbishment, but will reopen in 2020. 

Let Me In There!

Arrrggghhh! Last July Peter and I pressed our faces through the elegant ironwork at the Musée de la Mode et du Costume-Palais Galiera, and took these photos, but that's as far as we got. Closed, fermé!! Located across the street from the Palais Tokyo, and other museums that overlook the Eiffel Tower, it's very convenient for you museum lovers.

Opened in 1888 to house the drawings of Paris by the Duchess of Galiera, Marie Brinol-Sale, this museum now houses over 100,000 exhibits representing French fashion from the 18th century to the present. Because of the fragile nature of the costumes, the exhibits change frequently, therefore there is no permanent collection , and the museum is not open on a regular basis. My next trip, I'll be knocking on the gate again you can be sure. A MUST SEE!