Famous brands do their best to maintain prestige. Your own museum is one of the ways to show the whole world that the things of some brands are quite worthy of becoming exhibits worthy of admiration of the public.
Our today's selection contains Top 10 museums of famous brands... Each of the museums is distinguished by an original idea, creativity and fabulous value of exhibits.
10. Swarowski Museum
This palace-museum opened in 1995 in the Austrian city of Wattens for the centenary of the brand. The entrance to the museum is decorated in the form of a giant head, from whose mouth a waterfall erupts. On average, the Swarowski Museum is visited by about 700 thousand people a year.
9. Cristobal Balenciaga Museum
This museum was opened in 2011 in Getaria (Spain). The museum is located in a 19th century palace. As Balenciaga has designed toilets for the European aristocracy, royalty and Hollywood stars, the museum is full of luxury items.
8. Gucci Museum
The museum was opened in Florence in 2011. The museum occupies three floors of a unique medieval palazzo in Piazza Signoria. Fashion fans will see Jacqueline Kennedy's favorite handbag, Grace Kelly's silk shawl and Brad Pitt's suede shoes.
7. Herm? S Museum
This museum-apartment in Paris can only be visited by prior arrangement or by invitation. Here are collected items of bourgeois and aristocratic life, scrupulously selected and preserved by the Erme family. Mustache clips, wooden walking sticks, pince-nez, tweezers, umbrellas and even the Duke of Windsor's crew are of interest to visitors.
6. Salvatore Ferragamo Museum
The museum is located in Florence in the Plaza of the Holy Trinity. Learn more about the history of wedge, platform and square heel shoes. Among the 10,000 models on display in the museum are the shoes of Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn.
5. Kokichi Mikimoto Museum
The museum of the founder of the pearl house Mikimoto is located on several islands in Ise Bay. The secrets of pearl cultivation, historical sites, and personal belongings of the Mikimoto family are also of interest. The show of Japanese divers - pearl hunters, which is held daily in summer, is especially popular.
4. Museum of the house of Christian Dior
The museum is located in the family home of the Dior family - in the Villa Les Rhumbs in the town of Granville. The original things, furniture, interior items that belonged to the legendary couturier have been preserved here.
3. Valentino Museum
This 3D museum is located on the Internet at www.valentinogaravanimuseum.com. To view 300 items of clothing and 5,000 pictures and photos, you need to install a special application. Each exhibit is supplemented with information about its creation. Thus, in the museum you can learn the history of Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress or Elizabeth Taylor's evening dress.
2. Breguet Museum
Breguet watches are a symbol of luxury and belonging to the highest class. The creations of the legendary Breguet have been exhibited in the Hermitage, Louvre, Swiss National Museum and even at the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin. In the brand's own museum in Paris, technical drawings, certificates, as well as letters from Alexander I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sultan Selim III and other famous clients with a description of the order are presented.
1. Luxottica Museum
The recognized world leader in the production of frames and sunglasses practically does not exhibit his products in his own museum. On the contrary, telescopes, monocles, lorgnets, microscopes, instruments for measuring vision and glasses of various eras are collected here. The exposition of the museum has 2,000 exhibits.