The Moda Goa Museum and Research Centre will be the first costume museum in India— there are many textile museums but this is a first costume museum that is based on the history of Goan costumes. Housed in a 450-year-old traditional Goan residence, ‘Casa Dona Maria', which served as a home for its founding member and managing trustee, designer Wendell Rodricks, for the past 20 years. The museum has 800 artifacts— covering statues, objects, furniture, photographs, costumes, jewelry, and accessories— from the 7th century AD till the present date. The objects were selected based on their rare and unique characteristics, and what kind of story they told about the clothing. The Museum is also seeing expansion called 'Phase Two' by the end of this year. There will be 15 galleries in the restored heritage building on a floor area of 750 square meters set on two levels. The museum will also have an extensive in-house library between the main museum and the phase two building. Phase two, in traditional Goan style, will consist of house storage, conservation, a scholar residence, and an administration zone.
A soft launch of the museum happened as part of the Serendipity Arts Festival last year and now the museum is open to the public since March 2019.
515, St. Anthony Waddo
Colvale, Bardez
Goa- 403 513, India
+91 832 242 0604, +91 832 242 9165
modagoafoundation@gmail.com
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