Fashion Museum Foundation, Fashion museum in Vitacura, Chile

The Fashion Museum Foundation in Vitacura is a private institution housing thousands of garments and accessories from different decades. The collection spans the 20th century with a particular focus on clothing pieces from the 1960s and the years that followed.

The institution was established in 2007 in a former residential building belonging to the Yarur Bascuñán family, who owned textile businesses throughout Chile in the 20th century. The location links family heritage with the broader history of the nation's fashion industry.

The name reflects the institution's mission to present fashion as a form of artistic expression worthy of study and preservation. Visitors experience how clothing from different eras shaped how people presented themselves and lived their daily lives.

The museum occupies the former Yarur Bascuñán family residence in Vitacura, built between 1960 and 1962, and only minimal changes were made to the original rooms for conservation and display. A separate building next to the museum holds offices, a restoration workshop, a documentation centre and the collection stores. The site is listed in the Registro de Museos de Chile.

The collection includes personal garments worn by famous figures, such as jackets and undergarments owned by recording artists, items that draw less attention in larger fashion surveys. These objects let visitors step into the personal world of well-known people from past decades.