Textile museum

Exhibit at a textile museum in Mexico

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

• China National Silk Museum, Zheijiang
• Nantong Museum, Jiangsu
• Suzhou Silk Museum, Jiangsu

India

• Calico Museum of Textiles
• National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi
• Sanskriti Museums

Indonesia

• Pekalongan Batik Museum, Central Java
• Textile Museum (Jakarta), West Jakarta

Iran

• Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran

Iraq

• Kurdish Textile Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan

Japan

• Kyoto Costume Institute
• 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

• ModeMuseum Antwerpen
• Museum of Industry (Ghent)

Czech Republic

• Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice

Denmark

• Designmuseum Denmark

Finland

• Craft Museum of Finland
• Valvilla Wool Museum

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

• Augsburg textile and industry museum
• Bocholt textile museum
• LVR Industrial Museum
• Müller Cloth Mill
• Nordwolle
• Textilfabrik Cromford

Italy

• Museum of Calabrian textile, silk, costume and fashion handicrafts
• Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo
• Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio
• Prato Textile Museum

The Netherlands

• De Museumfabriek
• Museum Het Leids Wevershuis, Leiden
• Textile Museum (Tilburg)

Norway

• The Textile Industry Museum, Bergen

Poland

• Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź
• Museum of Technology and Textile Industry
• Weaver's House Museum

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

• Costume Museum of Canada, Manitoba
• Textile Museum of Canada, Ontario
• Wile Carding Mill, Nova Scotia

Mexico

• La Constancia Mexicana
• Museo de Trajes Regionales, Chiapas
• Textile Museum of Oaxaca

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

See also

• Fashion museum
• Lists of museums