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

References

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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 Mission Mill Museum 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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