The Museo del Traje is the Costume Museum of Madrid, one of the least known museums, but? one of the most enjoyable museums of the city. The museum is located in the Moncloa district, next to the university. The building is a modern building built around 1970 and is in the shape of a U, with a plaza in the middle of the two-story building. The building won a prize for the two architects who designed it. Inside the museum are costumes of Spain since the 16th century, in a beautiful and very educational exhibition. The lighting is very subdued because strong light destroys cloth. The exhibition shows the changes in costume and dress from the 16th century to the present. It says that dress is not only used for protection against the elements, but is used to denote social class and is a statement of one??™s status in society. There are beautiful dresses and men??™s clothes from every era, and the exhibition explains in great detail how changes were made, and for what reason.