History

Museo de la moda is inserted inside the Yarur Bascuñán residence, built between 1960 and 1962, by the Chilean architects Carlos Bolton, Sergio Larraín, Luis Prieto and Jaime Lorca. Considered an example of modern architecture, with a clear influence of the avant-garde ideas of the American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, this house was decorated by Mario Matta Echaurren (1913-1973).


Its gardens, made up of a great diversity of trees and plants, create the perfect framework for this construction. The museum was built protecting the architecture and original spaces of the house, a multidisciplinary team was formed to develop the project and a building was built adjacent to the museum, which includes offices, a laboratory, a restoration workshop, a documentation center and collection deposits.

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Our museum is a place that seeks to bring the history of fashion to the present, giving value to its roots and highlighting the influence of this today. We have a Conservation and Restoration Center dedicated to preserving the collections through preventive conservation and restoration of textile pieces.


It also has a Documentation Center that offers access to bibliographic, photographic and audiovisual collections on fashion and textiles. The museum aims to attract the national and international community with permanent and temporary exhibits that explore the historical and cultural evolution of fashion and sport, as well as showcasing original in-house environments. It also offers guided tours and research services in its Documentation Center.

The Museum

Adding to the textile and business tradition of his family, Museo de la moda, founded in 1999 by Jorge Yarur Bascuñán in the family residence, is a private museum whose collection began to take shape with part of his parents' legacy, consisting of clothing and decorative arts of the 1950s and 1960s.


Our mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate fashion and textiles as heritage objects. The extensive collection, which includes more than 18,000 pieces, covers clothing, accessories, textiles, decorative arts and sports from the 15th century to the present. The residence that houses the museum, designed by modernist architects in 1961, is an emblematic example of the architecture of the time, surrounded by a 10,000 m2 park and highlighted by elements of Japanese culture in its design.

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