Textile museum
A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including:
- Textile industries and manufacturing, often located in former factories or buildings involved in the design and production of yarn, cloth, and clothing
- Agriculture and farming related to textile materials such as silk, cotton, and wool
- Functional use of textiles such as for clothing and bedding
- Textiles used in decorative arts, such as for fashion, carpets, tapestries, embroidery, lace, and quilts
Asia
Canada
Europe
- Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź
- Fashion and Textile Museum
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (closed)
- Museu dos Têxteis, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice
- Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio
- Prato textile museum
- Quarry Bank Mill in Manchester, the United Kingdom
- Quilt Museum and Gallery
- Textile Museum and Documentation Centre
- Textile Museum of Borås
United States
- American Textile History Museum
- Brigham City Museum of Art & History
- Great Lakes Quilt Center
- International Quilt Museum
- Marie Webster House
- National Quilt Museum
- New England Quilt Museum
- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
- Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, Franklin, North Carolina
- Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum
- Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
- Windham Textile and History Museum
See also
- Fashion museum
- Category:Textile museums
- Category:Fashion museums
References
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