What is the name of the Met’s fashion conservation and exhibition facility opened in 2014?

The Met’s fashion conservation and exhibition facility opened in 2014 is the Anna Wintour Costume Center.

The center is part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. It was named for Anna Wintour, the longtime editor of Vogue and a major chair of the Met Gala. The facility provides galleries and public spaces for exhibitions drawn from the museum’s extensive collection of clothing and accessories.

The center’s opening followed a renovation of the Costume Institute’s former galleries. Its name recognizes Wintour’s influence on the gala and her support for the department. The Costume Institute itself has a much longer history, having become part of the Met in 1946, before the modern center received its name.

The building is sometimes mistakenly called the Costume Institute, but those terms are not identical. The Costume Institute is the museum department; the Anna Wintour Costume Center is the named facility that houses its galleries and activities.