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

• Bhutan Textile Museum
• Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum
• Kurdish Textile Museum
• National Textile Museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Textile Museum (Jakarta)
• Textile Museum Sarawak

Canada

• Textile Museum of 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
• Cité internationale de la tapisserie in Aubusson, France

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

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