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
the cultural and historical use of textiles in ceremonies, rituals, and other practices

Asia

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Shusha Carpet Museum (and former Shushi Carpet Museum)

Bhutan

Bhutan Textile Museum

China

Japan

Kyoto Costume Institute [de]
Nishijin Textile Center
Shiozawa Tsumugi Fabric Museum
Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
Yokohama Silk Museum, Yokohama

Lebanon

Bsous Silk Museum,

Malaysia

National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpur
Textile Museum Sarawak, Kuching

South Korea

Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum, Seoul
Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Seoul
Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum, Seoul
Museum of Korean Embroidery, Seoul

Thailand

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, Thailand

Turkmenistan

Turkmen Carpet Museum, Turkmenistan

Vietnam

Nam Định Textile Museum, Vietnam

Central America

Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing, Guatemala

Europe

Belgium

Czech Republic

Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice

Denmark

Designmuseum Denmark

Finland

France

Bargoin Museum
Broderie de Fontenoy-le-Château, Vosges
Cité de la Dentelle et de la Mode, Pas-de-Calais
Cité internationale de la tapisserie, Aubusson
Gobelins Manufactory, Paris
Textile Arts Museum, Lyon

Germany

Italy

The Netherlands

Norway

The Textile Industry Museum, Bergen

Poland

Portugal

Museu dos Têxteis, Castelo Branco

Romania

National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest

Spain

Can Marfà Knitwear Museum, Catalonia
mNACTEC, Catalonia
Museo del Traje, Madrid
Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària, Catalonia
Premià de Mar Textile Printing Museum, Catalonia
Textile Museum and Documentation Centre, Catalonia

Sweden

Textile Museum of Borås

United Kingdom

American Museum and Gardens, England
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Scotland
Bancroft Shed, England
Bankfield Museum, West Yorkshire, England
Borders Textile Townhouse, Scotland
Bradford Industrial Museum, England
Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, Devon, England
Colne Valley Museum, West Yorkshire, England
Dalgarven Mill – Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Derby Silk Mill, Derby, England
Devonshire Collection of Period Costume
Fan Museum, London
Fashion and Textile Museum
Fashion Museum, Bath, Somerset, England
Friends Meeting House, Kendal, which houses the Quaker Tapestry
Gayle Mill, North Yorkshire, England
George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum, Fair Isle, Scotland
Hat Works, Greater Manchester, England
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (closed), Lancashire, England
The Lace Guild
Lewis Textile Museum (closed), Lancashire, England
Low Mill, West Yorkshire, England
Museum of Carpet, Worcestershire, England
National Wool Museum, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Scotland
Paisley Thread Mill Museum, Scotland
Pickford's House Museum, Derby, England
Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, England
Queen Street Mill, Lancashire, England
Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, England
Shetland Museum, Scotland
Shetland Textile Working Museum, Scotland
Signal Tower Museum, Angus, Scotland
The Silk Museum, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria, England
Thwaite Mills, West Yorkshire, England
Verdant Works, Dundee, Scotland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (and Weaving for Walls exhibition)
Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire, England
Warner Textile Archive, Essex, England
Weavers' Triangle, Lancashire, England
Wellbrook Beetling Mill, Northern Ireland
Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire, England

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

American Textile History Museum, Massachusetts (closed)
Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum, Texas
Bates Mill, Maine
Belknap Mill Museum, New Hampshire
Boott Mills, Massachusetts
Brigham City Museum of Art & History, Utah
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Massachusetts
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
The Cotton Museum, Tennessee
Embroidery Museum and Resource Center, Kentucky
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
Falls Mill, Tennessee
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Great Lakes Quilt Center, Michigan
International Quilt Museum, Nebraska
Kansas City Garment District Museum, Missouri
LSU Museum of Art, Louisiana
Marie Webster House, Indiana
Museum of Work and Culture, Rhode Island
National Quilt Museum, Kentucky
New England Quilt Museum, Massachusetts
Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, Washington (state)
Quadrangle (Springfield, Massachusetts)
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Colorado
Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, California
Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, North Carolina
Slater Mill, Rhode Island
Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum, Georgia
Stillwater Mill, Rhode Island
Textile Heritage Museum, North Carolina
Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site, Missouri
Weaving Room of Crossnore School, North Carolina
Western Reserve Historical Society, Ohio
Willamette Heritage Center, Oregon
Windham Textile and History Museum, Connecticut

Oceania

Ararat Gallery TAMA, Victoria, Australia
National Wool Museum (Geelong), Australia

South America

Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco

References

↑ Burshtein, Karen (13 October 2007). "Winnipeg is fashion central; Costume Museum of Canada opens". National Post. Toronto. p. WP3. ProQuest 330632037.
↑ Taylor, Kate (1 February 2025). "Textile Museum of Canada tries new approach to engage the communities it reflects". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. ProQuest 3162117392.

[CMC-1] Burshtein, Karen (13 October 2007). "Winnipeg is fashion central; Costume Museum of Canada opens". National Post. Toronto. p. WP3. ProQuest 330632037.

[TMC-2] Taylor, Kate (1 February 2025). "Textile Museum of Canada tries new approach to engage the communities it reflects". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. ProQuest 3162117392.

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North America	American Textile History Museum Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum Augusta Canal Discovery Center at Enterprise Mill Belknap Mill Museum Boott Mills Brigham City Museum-Gallery Cooper-Hewitt Costume Museum of Canada Cotton Museum Embroidery Museum and Resource Center The Fabric Workshop and Museum Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery International Quilt Museum Kansas City Garment District Museum Lowell National Historical Park Marie Webster House Metropolitan Museum of Art The Museum at FIT Museum L-A Museum of Work and Culture National Quilt Museum Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Slater Mill Historic Site Stillwater Mill Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) Textile Museum of Canada Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site Western Reserve Historical Society Wile Carding Mill Willamette Heritage Center Windham Textile and History Museum
Central America	Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing
Europe	Bielsko-Biała Museum Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery Bocholt textile museum Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź Centre National du Costume de Scene Costume Museum (Kastoria) Devonshire Collection of Period Costume Ethnographic Museum (Belgrade) Fashion and Textile Museum Fashion Museum, Bath Galleria del Costume Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Killerton Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Museum of Jewellery in the Silver Way Museum of the History of the Greek Costume Museum of the Romanian Peasant Museo del Traje National Museum of Costume National Museum of Costume and Fashion Nordwolle Factory Museum Nottingham Industrial Museum Prato textile museum Quarry Bank Mill Queen Street Textile Museum Textilfabrik Cromford Victoria and Albert Museum Wigan Pier
Asia	Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Bhutan Textile Museum Bsous Silk Museum Calico Museum of Textiles Carpet Museum of Iran Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum Kurdish Textile Museum Lok Virsa Museum Islamabad, Pakistan National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum National Textile Museum Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles Sanskriti Textile Museum Textile Museum (Jakarta) Yokohama Silk Museum
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Textile museum

Asia

Azerbaijan

Bhutan

China

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Lebanon

Malaysia

South Korea

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Vietnam

Central America

Europe

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Oceania

South America

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