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Tour of Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections

  • Monday, November 16, 2026
  • 5:15 PM
  • 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001
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Fashion illustration of a slender figure in a navy-blue dress with angular sleeves, holding a purple accessory; a small garment sketch appears at lower left.

Pierce, Daren. ""Picasso's Blue, Period!"." SPARC Digital, 1944. https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/item/523326


Title: Tour of Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections 

Date & Time: Monday, November 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM (Tour begins promptly at 5:30 PM

Duration: 1 hour

Capacity: 20

Admission: Free! (open to A.R.T. Members & Non-Members)

Location: 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001


Please join us for a viewing of highlights from FIT’s Special collections, including historic fashion plates and periodicals, design archives, and examples from the moving image holdings. The tour will be led by Tiffany Nixon, Head of Special Collections and FIT Archive. 


This is an in-person event limited to 20 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event. 


In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.


How to find FIT Special Collections

The Special Collections and Archives are located at 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001, just off of the 18th Street stop on the 1 train and 


Meeting Location 

Guests will assemble in the lobby of FIT’s Shirley A. Goodman Resource Center (at the corner of 27th and 7th where one enters for the museum). Wheelchair accessible. Staff will escort guests up in the elevators at the start of the tour.


About

Special Collections and FIT Archive is part of the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT/SUNY. The collections are open to researchers by appointment but predominantly serve the FIT community of students and faculty in a variety of design and business disciplines.


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