Fashion and Textile Museum History
Earlier company descriptions, brand line-ups, store counts and photographs from the history of Fashion and Textile Museum, kept for historical reference.
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The Fashion and Textile Museum is filed as a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London - the only museum or gallery profile in this letter, and a useful reminder that the fashion industry includes the institutions that preserve and teach it. The museum was founded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes, and it houses permanent and changing exhibitions exploring elements of fashion, textile and jewellery, as well as the Academy, which runs courses for creative students and businesses, and The Cafe @ FTM. The building is part of the exhibit: situated in the heart of fashionable Bermondsey Village, in a fantastic building designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta.
The Academy @ FTM
The Academy @ FTM gets its own section in the historical record, and it is the museum's teaching arm: a unique London-based hub for education and professional development within the fashion industries. It offers a wide-reaching education program for school, college and university students, and an innovative business support program for companies operating in the fashion sector. The Academy is constantly developing, responding to the changing skills needs of the industry - a line worth preserving because it frames museum education as workforce development, not enrichment alone.
As part of Newham College, the Academy has access to high quality educational resources including professional staff with real industry know-how, and it has developed links to key industry organizations, businesses and practitioners, along with other specialist training providers and business support organizations. The filing's summary phrase is a one-stop shop for education, skills and development programmes which meet the specific needs of the fast-moving fashion industry - and the people who work in it. The filed address is The Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF, with the museum's site at ftmlondon.org - the practical details a visitor or a student needs, kept exactly as recorded.
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