History

The Yarur family, with roots in Belén since the 19th century, saw Juan Yarur Lolas emigrate to Latin America in 1914 in search of opportunities with his brother Nicolás. In 1926, Juan established a textile business in La Paz, Bolivia, and in 1934 he founded a spinning factory in Santiago, Chile.


After thriving for decades, the factory faced decline in the 1970s and declared bankruptcy in 1982. Juan died in 1954, honored by more than 20,000 people at his funeral. His son, Jorge Yarur Banna, led the factory and presided over the Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, dying in 1991 as a progressive businessman. Jorge Yarur Bascuñán, continuing the legacy, founded the Fashion Museum in 1999, inspired by his family's textile and business tradition.

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The Fashion Museum has a Conservation and Restoration Center dedicated to preserving the collections through preventive conservation and restoration of textile pieces.


In addition, it 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 exhibitions that explore the historical and cultural evolution of fashion and tennis, as well as the recreation of original environments of the house. It also offers guided tours and research services in its Documentation Center.

The Museum

The Fashion Museum, founded in 1999 by Jorge Yarur Bascuñán in the family residence, is a private museum that focuses on fashion from the 1950s and 1960s.


Its mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate fashion and textiles as heritage objects. The extensive collection, which includes more than 7,000 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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