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News The IRIS Catalog in WorldCat

From July, 2015 the bibliographic data of the IRIS Consortium catalog (records representing: monographs, journals, art auction catalogs, articles, article-level analyzed journals and congress proceedings) are present in OCLC's WorldCat, searchable through the discovery service Art Discovery Group Catalogue. This group catalogue offers an art-focused research experience within the WorldCat environment

Gallerie degli Uffizi

Library of the Museo della Moda e del Costume

Piazza Pitti 1 - 50125 Firenze (Italy)
Palazzo Pitti, 2nd floor, Administrative Office of the Museo della Moda e del Costume
tel. + 39 055 2388801 – fax + 39 055 2388713
e-mail: caterina.chiarelli@beniculturali.it
http://www.uffizi.it
Hours: the library is open by appointment
Access: open to scholars and students of the subjects regarding the history of fashion, dress, ethnic costume, and textiles, presenting a letter of introduction
Readers' services: orientation, reference, on-site consultation; limited borrowing at the director's discretion

The Library of the Museo della Moda e del Costume is specialized in texts and journals concerning the history of fashion and dress, extending chronologically from the 19th century, with its collection of rare titles, to the current period.
Manuscripts and printed collections are also held regarding the history of fashion. A limited number of ethnologically-focused texts are also to be found.

Patrimony
The holdings of the Museo della Moda e del Costume Library are estimated to be at ca. 3,000 titles. The print collections include sketches, designs and models of the most prominent fashion designers and stylists throughout history.

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The IRIS libraries

Gallerie degli Uffizi

Library of the Museo della Moda e del Costume

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