International Directory of Textile Collections - Textile Museum

International Directory 

of 

Textile Collections 

Compiled by the volunteers and staff of the 

Arthur D. Jenkins Library 

The Textile Museum 

Edited by 

Mary E. Mallia 

Copyright 2002 The Textile Museum

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF TEXTILE COLLECTIONS 

This information has been compiled from the resources of the Arthur D. Jenkins Library of The Textile 

Museum. Listed are museums specializing in textiles, costumes or rugs or museums listing them among their 

collections. It is advisable to contact museums previous to visiting to verify the availability of their 

collections. Many of the collections are shown by appointment only. 

NORTH AMERICA 

UNITED STATES 

Alabama 

Demopolis: Bluff Hall Antebellum Home and Museum, (19 th century textiles, costume), 405 N. 

Commissioners Ave., 36732 

Mobile: Museum of Mobile, (coverlets, needlework, costume, Oriental textiles), 355 Government St., 36602 

Montgomery: Alabama Department of Archives and History, (costume, lace, embroidery), 624 Washington 

Ave., 36130-0100 

Alaska 

Anchorage: Anchorage Museum of History and Art, (ethnographic textiles, contemporary tapestries), 121 

West 7 th Ave., 99501 

Haines: Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Inc., (Chilkat blankets and technique of constructing them), 11 

Main St., 99827 

Ketchikan: Totem Heritage Center, (beaded blankets), 601 Deermount, 99901 

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Skagway: Trail of ’98 Museum, (indigenous costume, baskets), between 2 nd and 3 rd on Broadway, Arctic 

Brothers Hall, 99840 

Arizona 

Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona, (Navajo rugs, Hopi and Rio Grande textiles), 3101 N. Fort Valley 

Rd., 86001 

Fort Apache: White Mountain Apache Cultural Center, (baskets), Fort Apache Historic Park, 

Phoenix: Heard Museum, (Native American rugs, blankets, beadwork, baskets), 22 East Monte Vista Rd., 

85004-1480 

Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, (costumes, Western fashion), 1625 North Central Avenue, 85004 

Tempe: Arizona State University Art Museum, (contemporary baskets, textiles, fiber art), 10 th St. & Mill Ave., 

Nelson Fine Arts Center at Matthews Center, 85287-2911 

Tucson: Arizona State Museum (ethnographic, archaeological, Southwest Native American textiles), 

University of Arizona, 85721-0026 

Arkansas 

Fayetteville: University Museum, (19 th and 20 th century textiles, costume, accessories, quilts, flags, baskets; 

dyeing, weaving, spinning; archaeological textiles), University of Arkansas, Museum Building, rm. 202, 

72701 

Little Rock: Arkansas Arts Center, (costume, decorative arts, contemporary baskets, fiber art), MacArthur 

Park, 72202 

Little Rock: Arkansas Territorial Restoration, (19 th century Arkansas textiles, costume, quilts, needlework), 

200 East Third St., 72001-1608 

Little Rock: The Old State House, (Arkansas textiles, costume, African-American quilts, First Ladies’ gowns, 

flags and banners), 300 West Markham St., 72201 

Rogers: Rogers Historical Museum, (19 th to 20 th century costume, quilts, coverlets, household linens), 322 

South Second St., 72756 

California 

Berkeley: Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, (19 th -20 th century international costume and accessories, 

Jewish liturgical objects), 2911 Russell St., 94705 

Berkeley: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, (archaeological and ethnographic textiles), 103 

Kroeber Hall #3712, University of California, 94720-3712 

Carmel: Picard Trade Bead Museum, (African beads, jewelry and art), 27885 Berwick Drive, Carmel 93923 

Claremont: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, (Chinese, Japanese and Indian textiles), 1030 

N. Columbia Ave., 91711-3948 

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Long Beach: Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site, (textiles, needlework, 19 th century women’s costume), 4600 

Virginia Rd., 90807 

Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, (20th century crafts, East Indian quilts, Central American textiles, 

international hats, masks), 5800 Wilshire Boulevard, 90036 

Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California at Los Angeles, (costume and 

textiles, Center for the Study of Regional Dress), 90095-1549 

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (18th century French tapestries), 1200 Getty Center Drive, 90049-1681 

Los Angeles: Dept. of Costumes and Textiles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (international textiles, 

costume, tapestries, oriental textiles, Doris Stein Research Center), 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 90036 

Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, (baskets), 234 Museum Drive, 90065 

Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum, (late 18 th -early 20 th century Chinese costumes seen by appointment only; 

reference library open to public), 46 N. Los Robles, 91101 

Redlands: San Bernardino County Museum, (Mary Meigs Atwater ethnic textile collection), 2024 Orange 

Tree Lane, 92374 

Sacramento: American River College Library Textile Collection, (20th century and older textiles), 4700 

College Oak Drive, 95841 

San Diego: Mingei International Museum of Folk Art, 1439 El Prado, 92101 

San Diego: San Diego Historical Society, (costume), 1649 El Prado Balboa, 92101-1621 

San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, (tapestry samplers, Coptic textiles, contemporary weaving), Balboa 

Park, 1450 El Prado, 92101 

San Francisco: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Avery Brundage Collection. (Southeast Asian textiles, 

Asian art and culture), Golden Gate Park, Lincoln at 9 th Ave., 94118 

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco: M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, (Brussels 

tapestries, rugs, textiles), 75 Tea Garden Dr., Golden Gate Park, 94118 

San Francisco: Mexican Museum, (textiles), Fort Mason Center, Building D., Laguna and Marina Blvd., 

94123 

San Francisco: San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, (textiles), Building A, Fort Mason Center, 94123 

San Jose: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 60 South Market St., 95113 

Santa Ana: Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, (Chinese and Japanese costume of the 19 th- 20 th century; quilts, 

lace, needlework, coverlets), 2002 N. Main St., 92706 

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Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, (Chinese costume and textiles, Japanese fukusa collection), 

1130 State Street, 93101-2746 

Stanford: Stanford University Museum and Art Gallery, (Navajo rugs and blankets, Guatemalan and Peruvian 

textiles, European lace, 19 th century French costume), Lomita Dr. and Museum Way, 94305-5060 

Sunnyvale: The Lace Museum, (lace textiles and costume), 552 South Murphy Ave., 94086 

Yreka: Siskiyou County Museum, (pioneer costume, coverlets, quilts, textiles), 910 South Main St., 96097 

Colorado 

Boulder: Boulder Museum of History, (300+ historic costumes), 1206 Euclid Ave., 80302 

Denver: Denver Art Museum, (costumes, textiles, Navajo rugs), 100 West 14th Ave. Parkway, 80204 

Fort Collins: Gustafson Gallery, Colorado State University, (over 10,000 historic costumes and textiles, lace), 

318 Gifford, 80523 

Golden: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, (quilts), 1111 Washington Ave., 80401 

Connecticut 

Bloomfield: Handweavers Guild of America, (slides and samples of handweaving), 120 Mountain Ave., 

B101, 06002 

Danbury: Danbury Scott-Fanton Museum and Historical Society, (children's costumes, hat shop), 43-43 Main 

Street, 06810 

Darien: Bates-Schofield Homestead, The Darien Historical Society, (19 th -10 th costume and quilts), 45 Old 

King’s Highway North, 06820 

Fairfield: Fairfield Historical Society, (textiles, costume, quilts, coverlets, samplers, from 18 th century to 

present), 636 Old Post Rd., 06430 

Greenwich: The Bruce Museum, (costumes, Native American textiles), One Museum Dr., 06830 

Guilford: Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum, (American coverlets and household furnishings), 248 Old 

Whitfield St., 06437 

Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, (costumes), 1 Elizabeth Street, 06105 

Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, (tapestries, European and American costumes and textiles, ballet costumes, 

Peruvian and Coptic textiles), 600 Main Street, 06103 

Litchfield: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum, (18 th and 20 th century costume, samplers, needlework, 

lace, quilts, coverlets, printed textiles), 7 South St., On-the-Green, 06759 

Mashantucket: Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, (Native American history, material 

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culture), 110 Pequot Trail, 06339-3180 

Middletown: The Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, (19 th -20 th century 

costume and textiles from China and Japan), 343 Washington Terrace, 06459-0435 

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, (international textiles), 1111 Chapel St., 06520 

Norwich: Faith Trumbull Chapter, D.A.R., (textiles, needlework), 42 Rockwell St., 06360. 

Norwich: Slater Memorial Museum, (Oriental textiles, lace, jewelry, costume), 108 Crescent St., 06360 

Old Lyme: Florence Griswold Museum, (costume, accessories, shoes, quilts, coverlets), 96 Lyme St., 06371 

Putnam: Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, Inc., ALKA (American Lithuanian Cultural Archives), 

(textile tools, looms, textiles of cotton, flax, and wool), 37 Mary Crest Drive, POB 608, 06160 

Stamford: Stamford Historical Society, (costume 1815-1920, lace, quilts, coverlets, samplers), 1508 High 

Ridge Rd., 06903 

Wethersfield: The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, (18 th and 19 th century textiles and needlework), 211 Main 

St., 06109 

Delaware 

Dover: Meeting House Galleries, Delaware State Museum, (textiles, looms, spinning wheels), 316 S. 

Governors Ave., 19901 

Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, (textiles), 2301 Kentmere Parkway, 19806 

Winterthur (Wilminton): Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, (English and Oriental rugs, American 

and European costume, textiles), 19735 

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) 

Anderson House Museum, (16th-17th century Flemish tapestries), 2118 Massachusetts Ave N.W., 20008 

The Black Fashion Museum, (costume and memorabilia of African American people), 2007 Vermont Ave., 

NW, 20001 

Corcoran Gallery of Art, (tapestries), 17th Street and New York Ave. N.W., 20006 

Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, (costumes, quilts, textiles), 1776 D Street N.W., 20006 

Freer Gallery of Art, (textiles of China, India, Japan, Middle East and Europe, 13 th century-20 th century), 

Smithsonian Institution, 20560-0707 

Hillwood Museum and Gardens, (lace, Navajo textiles), 4155 Linnean Ave., NW, 20008 

National Museum of African Art, (costume, headdresses), 950 Independence Ave., 20560 

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National Museum of American History, Division of Textiles and Division of Costumes and Furnishings, 

(coverlets, First Ladies' gowns, quilts, looms, jewelry, documents), Smithsonian Institution, 14th Street and 

Constitution Ave. N.W., 20560 

National Museum of Natural History, (ethnic costumes), Smithsonian Institution, 10th Street and Constitution 

Ave. N.W., 20564 

The Textile Museum, (rugs, ethnographic textiles and costume, archaeological textiles), 2320 S Street N.W., 

20008 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, (textiles of Asia and the Middle East, textiles), Smithsonian Institution, 20560- 

0707 

Woodrow Wilson House, (costume and furnishings), 2340 S St., NW, 20008 

Florida 

Fort Lauderdale: Ah-Tha-Thi-Ki Museum, Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, (Seminole costume and 

material culture), Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, north of Fort Lauderdale 

Jacksonville: Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, (tapestries), 829 Riverside Avenue, 32204 

Miami Beach: Bass Museum of Art, (vestments, costume, jewelry), 2121 Park Ave., 33139 

Pensacola: Pensacola Historical Museum, (costume and accessories, 1860-1930), 405 S. Adams St., 32501 

St. Augustine: Lightner Museum, (costumes), 75 King Street, 32084 

Georgia 

Atlanta: Columbus Museum, (late 19 th -20 th Century costume, accessories, lace), 1251 Wynnton Rd., 31906 

Atlanta: Fernbank Museum of Natural History, (costume, textiles, jewelry), 767 Clifton Rd. NE, 30307-1221 

Atlanta: High Museum of Art, (quilts, coverlets, tapestries, wall hangings), 1280 Peachtree St., NE, 30309 

Atlanta: Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, (handmade papers, papermaking tools, 

history of papermaking), Institute of Paper Science and Technology, 500 10 th St., NW, 30318 

Augusta: Augusta Richmond County Museum, (costume), 560 Reynolds St., 30901 

Columbus: Columbus Museum, (quilts, textiles), 1251 Wynnton Road, 31906 

Savannah: The Savannah History Museum, (19 th and 20 th century regional costume), 303 Martin Luther King, 

Jr. Blvd., 31401 

Hawaii 

Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, (textiles), 900 S. Beretania St., Honolulu 96814 

Honolulu: Queen Emma Summer Palace, (Hawaiian quilts), 2913 Pali Hwy., Honolulu 96817

Kailua-Kona: Hulihee Palace, (tapa, Hawaiian quilts), Alii Dr., 96740 

Idaho 

Moscow: University of Idaho Museum, (Arabic costume), University of Idaho, 83843 

Pocatello: Idaho State University Museum, (Navajo, Anatolian and Polish rugs; blankets, costume), Idaho 

State University, 83209 

Spalding: Nez Perce National Historical Park, (demonstrations of corn husk weaving, beadwork, leatherwork; 

Nez Perce arts and crafts), 83551 

Illinois 

Champaign: Krannert Art Museum, (textiles), U. of Illinois, 500 Peabody Drive, 61820 

Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, (textiles from East and West), 111 South Michigan Ave., 60603-6110 

Chicago: Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, (Lithuanian costumes, textiles), 6500 S. Pulaski Rd., 

60629 

Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, (costumes), North Ave. and Clark Street, 60614-6099 

Chicago: The Field Museum of Natural History, (ethnographic textiles and tools), Roosevelt Rd. at Lake 

Shore Dr., 60605 

Chicago: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, (Mexican and Guatemalan textiles), 1852 W. 19 th St., 60608 

Chicago: Sisters of Saint Casimir Lithuanian Culture Museum, (textiles and costume, household linens, some 

from Lithuanian DPW camps in Germany), Sisters of Saint Casimir Mother House, 2601 W. Marquette Road, 

60629. Call for appointment. 

Chicago: Spertus Museum of Judaica, (Jewish textiles), 618 S. Michigan Ave., 60605 

Clinton: The Dewitt County Museum, (quilts), 219 Woodlawn St., 61727 

Elsah: School of Nations Museum, (textiles, costumes), Principia College, 62028 

Evanston: The Mitchell Indian Museum at Kendall College, (Navajo and Hopi weaving, baskets), 2408 

Orrington Ave., 60201 

Springfield: Illinois State Museum, (textiles, American coverlets, quilts), Spring and Edward Streets, 62706 

Union: McHenry County Museum and Historical Society, (quilts and coverlets mid-19 th -20 th century), 6422 

Main St., 60180 

Indiana 

Bloomington: Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection, (19th & 20th century costumes), Wylie Hall 203, 

Indiana University, 47405 

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Evansville: Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, (costume and accessories, weaving, needlework), 411 

S.E. Riverside Dr., 47713 

Indianapolis: Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, (quilts, coverlets, lace, needlework, textile tools), 3000 N. 

Meridian St., 46208 

Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, (Asian, European, African, and American costume and textiles), 

1200 W. 38th Street, 46208 

Lafayette: Tippecanoe County Historical Museum, (costume, coverlets, quilts, rugs), 1001 South St., 47901 

Terre Haute: Historical Museum of the Wabash Valley, (textiles, costumes), 1411 S. 6th St., 47802 

Iowa 

Ames: Iowa State University, Dept. of Textiles and Clothing, (international textiles), 140 LeBaron Hall, 

50011-1120 

Cedar Rapids: National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, (national costume and folk art of the Czech 

Republic and Slovakia), 30 16 th Ave., SW, 52404 

Decorah: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, (textiles, costume, needlework), 502 West Water St., 

52101 

Kansas 

Lawrence: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Museum of Art, (textiles), University of Kansas, 

1301 Mississippi St., 66044 

Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society Museum, (textiles and costume), 6425 S.W. 6th St, 66615-1099 

Wichita: Old Cowtown Museum, (regional costume, textiles, loom, spinning wheels), 1871 Sim Park Dr., 

67203 

Kentucky 

Louisville: J.B. Speed Art Museum, (tapestry, church vestments, oriental rugs, decorative arts), 2035 South 

Third St., 40208 

Owensboro: Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, (quilts, coverlets, Native American textiles), 901 Frederica St., 

42301 

Paducah: Museum of the American Quilter's Society, (quilts), 215 Jefferson St., 42001-1540 

Louisiana 

Baton Rouge: Historic Textile and Costume Collection, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State 

University, (historic and ethnographic textiles, costume and accessories; coverlets) 

Baton Rouge: Louisiana Arts and Science Center, (Navajo rugs, American quilts, needlework, tapestries), 100 

S. River Rd., 70802 

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Baton Rouge: Rural Life Museum, (textiles, costume, Acadian textiles), 4600 Essen Ln., 70809 

New Orleans: Louisiana State Museum, (textiles, costume, needlework; Acadian quilts; Mardi Gras 

costumes), 751 Chartres Street, 70116 

Port Allen: West Baton Rouge Museum, (regional costume and textiles, 19 th -20 th century, 19 th century church 

vestments), 845 N. Jefferson, 70767 

Ruston: Museum of Fashion and Textiles, College of Home Economics, Louisiana Tech University, (19 th -20 th 

century costume and accessories; lace, household linens), 71272 

Maine 

Augusta: Maine State Museum, (costume, flags, household linens 18 th -20 th century), Library-Museum- 

Archives Bldg., State House Complex, 04333 

Ellsworth: The Colonial Black Mansion, (Turkish towels), 81 W. Main St., 04605 

Pleasant Point: Waponahki Museum and Resource Center, (Passamaquoddy Indian baskets), Passamaquoddy 

Reservation, Rt. 190, 04667 

Maryland 

Annapolis: U.S. Naval Academy Museum, (early naval uniforms and historic handmade flags), 118 Maryland 

Av., 402-5034 

Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, (international textiles, Aubusson tapestries, American quilts), Art 

Museum Drive, 21218 

Baltimore: Museum of Maryland Historical Society, (textiles, costume, military uniforms, quilts, coverlets, 

samplers, flags, rugs), 201 W. Monument St., 21201 

Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, (13 th - 19 th century textiles, needlework), 600 N. Charles St., 21201 

St. Michaels: Museum of Costume, (costume and accessories, early 19 th century-1960s, by appointment only 

with Millie Curtis), 400 St., Mary’s Square, (410) 745-5154. 

Massachusetts 

Beverly: John Balch House, Beverly Historical Society and Museum, (weaving, spinning equipment), 448 

Cabot St., 01915 

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, (15th-18th century European textiles, tapestries, rugs, lace, 

church vestments), 280 The Fenway, 02115 

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (Coptic, Japanese, Indonesian, Native American, European and American 

textiles, costume, lace, needlework, printed textiles), 465 Huntington Ave., 02115 

Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, (textiles), Harrison Gray Otis House, 141 

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Cambridge St., 02114 

Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, (Bauhaus textiles), Harvard University, 32 Quincy St., 02138 

Cambridge: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, (ethnographic costumes), 11 Divinity Avenue, 

02138 

Deerfield: Historic Deerfield, Inc, Helen Geier Flynt Textile Museum, (costume, textiles), The Street, 01342 

Lowell: American Textile History Museum, (equipment and textiles, 17th century to present), 491 Dutton St., 

01854-4221 

Lowell: Boott Cotton Mills Museum and Tsongas Industrial History Center, (American textile industry), 400 

Foot of John St., 01852 

Lowell: New England Quilt Museum, (quilts), 18 Shattuck St., 01852 

Milton: Captain Forbes House Museum, (Asian textiles), 215 Adams St., 02186 

Pittsfield: Hancock Shaker Village, (Shaker textile arts), 01202 

Plymouth: Howland House, (17 th -18 th century domestic textiles, coverlets, feather beds), 33 Sandwich St., 

02360 

Plymouth: Museum of Plymouth Plantation, (costume), 137 Warren Ave., 02360 

Plymouth: Spooner House, Plymouth Antiquarian Society, (regional needlework, crewel, samplers, lace, 

coverlets, quilts), 27 North St., 02360 

Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Bhutanese, and SE Asian textiles and costume), 

161 Essex Street, 01970 

Springfield: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, (Chinese robes, European textiles, Islamic rugs, Near 

Eastern embroidery), 220 State St., 01103 

Springfield: Museum of Fine Arts, (American, European, and Oriental rugs and tapestries), Sturbridge, Old 

Sturbridge Village: Old Sturbridge Village, (costume, handicrafts, carding mill, textiles, leather goods), Old 

Sturbridge Village Rd., 01566 

Waltham: Charles River Museum, (textile industry), 154 Moody St., 02154 

Worcester: Worcester Art Museum, (Norwegian tapestries), 55 Salisbury St., 01609- 3196 

Michigan 

Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, (Coptic and Islamic textiles), 434 State 

St., 48109 

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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, (costume, international textiles), 525 S. State St., 

48109 

Bloomfield Hills: Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, (textiles), 1221 N. Woodward Ave., 48303-0801 

Dearborn: Arab Folk Heritage Museum, (baskets, embroidery, textiles), 2651 Saulino Court, 48120 

Detroit: Children’s Museum, (international textiles and costume), 67 East Kirby, 48202 

Detroit: Detroit Historical Museum, (household linen, rugs, quilts, coverlets), 5401 Woodward Ave., 48202 

Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, (textiles, costume, Flemish tapestries), 5200 Woodward Ave., 48202 

East Lansing: Great Lakes Quilt Center, Michigan State University Museum, Michigan State University, 

48824-1045 

East Lansing: Museum, Michigan State University, (costume, quilts, coverlets, blankets, rugs, household 

linens), West Circle Dr., 48824-1045 

Flint: Flint Institute of Arts, (textiles, tapestries), 1120 E. Kearsley St., 48503 

Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids Art Museum, (textiles, tapestries, needlework), 155 Division North, 49503 

Minnesota 

Duluth: The St. Louis County Historical Society, (quilts, costume, tapestries, rugs), 506 W. Michigan St., 

55802-1505 

Minneapolis: Museum of American Swedish Institute, (Swedish-American textiles, bridal crowns), 2600 Park 

Ave., 55407 

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (Chinese textiles, Kashmir shawls, Turkish embroidery), 2400 

Third Ave. S, 55404 

Saint Paul: Goldstein Gallery, (costumes, textiles), University of Minnesota, 250 McNeal Hall, Dept. of 

Design, Housing and Apparel, 1985 Buford Ave., 55108 

Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, (historic textiles), 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., 55102-1906 

Waseca: Waseca County Historical Society, (costume, textiles), 315 2 nd Ave. N.E., 56093 

Mississippi 

Laurel: Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Catherine Marshall Basket Collection, (Native American baskets), 5 th 

Ave. at 7 th St., 39440 

Missouri 

Jefferson City: Missouri State Museum, (costume), State Capitol, Capitol Ave., 65101

Kansas City: Kansas City Museum, (costume), 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, 64123 

Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, (Asian art, textiles, rugs, tapestries, extensive Chinese 

collection), 4525 Oak St., 64111 

Lawson: Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site, (mid-19 th century woolen mill and machinery), 26600 Park 

Rd. North, 64062 

Point Lookout: Ralph Foster Museum, (textiles, tapestries, lace, rugs, looms, spinning wheels), College of the 

Ozarks, 65726 

St. Louis: Campbell House Museum, (19 th -20 th century women’s costume and accessories), 1508 Locust St., 

63103 

St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, (19 th century American textiles, costume, household linens), 801 

DeMun Ave., 63105 

St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum, (Greek, Turkish and English embroideries, 19 th century American quilts, 

Turkish rugs, 16 th -19 th century lace, ethnographic textiles), 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, 63110-1380 

Montana 

Bozeman: Haynes Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University School of Art, (international textiles), 

Haynes Hall, 59715 

Bozeman: Montana State University, (costume 1850-1950), 59715 

Havre: Northern Montana College Collections, (Plains Indian costumes and artifacts), Northern Montana 

College, 59501 

Shelby: Marias Museum of History and Art, (costume, Native American artifacts), 206 12 th Ave., 59474 

Nebraska 

Lincoln: International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 35 th and Holdredge St., 68504- 

0737 

Lincoln: The Lenz Center for Asian Culture, (Asian textiles, Asian art), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 329 

Morrill Hall, 14 th and U St., 68588-0372 

Lincoln: The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, (textile and costume), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. 

of Textiles, Clothing & Design, Home Economics Building, 68505 

Lincoln: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska, (textiles, costume) 

Nevada 

Fallon: Churchill County Museum and Archives, (costume, textiles, quilts), 1050 S. Maine St., 89406 

Reno: Nevada Historical Society Museum, (costume, textiles, Native American baskets), 1650 N. Virginia St., 

89503 

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New Hampshire 

Manchester: Currier Gallery of Art, (European and American rugs, lace, coverlets, quilts), 201 Myrtle Way, 

03104 

Manchester: Manchester Historic Association, (textile industry, costume, quilts), 129 Amherst St., 03101 

Portsmouth: Strawberry Banke, Inc., (printed textiles: copper plate prints, roller prints, blue resist; quilts, 

coverlets, costume), 454 Court St., 03801 

New Jersey 

Freehold: Monmouth County Historical Association, (18 th century American crewel embroidery, quilts), 70 

Court St., 07728 

Montclair: Montclair Art Museum, (tapestries, needlepoint, lace), 3 S. Mountain Ave., 07042 

Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, (textiles, costume, quilts, household linens), 52 Park Pl.., 07102 

Newark: The Newark Museum, (Far Eastern and Middle Eastern costume and textiles), 49 Washington St., 

07101-0540 

Paterson: Passaic County Historical Society, (silk from Paterson mills, 1860-1930, silk industry, silk textiles), 

Lambert Castle, Valley Rd., 07503 

Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, (19 th -early 20 th century costume, coverlets, quilts), 205 W. State St., 

Cultural Center, 08625-0530 

New Mexico 

Albuquerque: Albuquerque Museum, (costumes), 2000 Mountain Rd., 87104 

Santa Fe: Museum of International Folk Art, (Asian, Mexican, Guatemalan, Hispanic New Mexico, and 

worldwide ethnographic collections, Neutrogena Collection), 706 Camino Lejo, 87501 

Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, (Navajo and Pueblo textiles, mid-19 th century to 

present), 704 Camino Lejo, 87505 

Taos: Millicent Rogers Museum, (Native American rugs and textiles), 1504 Museum Rd., 87571 

Tohatchi: Two Grey Hills Weaving Museum, (Navajo rugs), Toadlena Trading Post, 87325 

New York 

Albany: Albany Institute of History and Art, (costume 1790-1960), 125 Washington Ave., 12210 

Albany: New York State Museum, (costume of New York State), Cultural Education Center, Empire State 

Plaza, 12230 

Auburn: Cayuga Museum of History and Art, (Spanish weaving), 203 Genesee St., 13021 

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Clayton: American Handweaving Museum and Thousand Islands Craft School, (20th century textiles, 

weaving tools, needlework), 314 John St., 13624 

Cooperstown: New York State Historical Association/Fenimore House Museum, (costume), Fenimore House, 

Lake Road, 13326 

East Hampton: Home Sweet Home Museum, (quilts and coverlets, needlework and textiles), 14 James Lane, 

11937 

Ithaca: Cornell Costume and Textile Collection, School of Human Ecology, Department of Textiles and 

Apparel, Cornell University, (costumes, textiles) 

New York: American Craft Museum, (20th century fiber arts, rugs, tapestries), 40 W. 53 St., 10019 

New York: American Folk Art Museum, (18th-20th c. American textiles), 45 West 53 rd St. 

New York: American Museum of Natural History, (Asian costume, textile tools, archaeological textiles of 

Peru, North American Indian textiles), 79th St. at Central Park West, 10024 

New York: The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture 

18 West 86 th Street, 10024 

New York: The Brooklyn Museum, (textiles and rugs, pre-Columbian textiles), 200 Eastern Parkway, 11238 

New York: China Institute Gallery, China Institute in America, (Chinese textiles), 125 East 65 th St., 10021 

New York: The Cloisters, (Medieval tapestries, embroideries, church vestments), Fort Tryon Park, 10040 

New York: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, (French textile design, Asian, Middle Eastern and 

European textiles), 2 East 91st St., 10028 

New York: Fashion Institute of Technology, (costume- 17th century to present, antique and modern textiles), 

7th Ave. at 27th St., 10001-5992 

New York: The Glove Museum, LaCrasia Gloves, (gloves and glove-related merchandise), PO Box 725, 

10156-0725 

New York: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, (Coptic textiles), NYU Art Collection, 33 Washington Place, 

10003 

New York: The Jewish Museum, (textiles), 1109 Fifth Ave., 10128 

New York: The Kurdish Museum, (costume), 345 Park Pl., Brooklyn 11238 

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Costume Institute, Antonio Ratti Textile Center), 1000 5th Ave., 

10028. 

New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, (textiles), Broadway at 155 th St., 10032

New York: Museum of Chinese in the Americas, (Cantonese opera collection including costumes), 70 

Mulberry St., 2 nd floor, 10013 

New York: Museum of Modern Art, (Bauhaus, Wiener Werkstatte, contemporary textile artists), 11 West 

53rd St., 10019 

New York: Ukrainian Museum, (Ukrainian costume and textiles), 203 Second Ave., 10003 

Old Bethpage: Old Bethpage Village Restoration, (19th century living history museum; textiles, rugs), Round 

Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage, Long Island 11804 

Old Chatham: The Shaker Museum, (Shaker textiles and looms), 88 Shaker Museum Rd., 12136 

Syracuse: Syracuse University Art Collection, (textiles), Syracuse University, Sims Hall, 13210 

North Carolina 

Asheville: Folk Art Center, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, (contemporary crafts, fiber art), Milepost 

382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 28815 

Asheville: Biltmore Estate, (oriental carpets, European tapestry, household linens), 1 North Pack Square, 

28801 

Black Mountain: Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, (textiles), PO Box 471, 28711 

Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, (costume, ethnographic textiles), 2730 Randolph Road, 28207 

Charlotte: Mint Museum of Craft and Design, (contemporary art quilts and fiber art), 220 North Tryon St., 

28202 

Franklin: Scottish Tartans Museum, (tartans and other Scottish costume, history), 86 East Main St., 28734 

High Point: High Point Museum and Historical Park, (18 th and early 19 th century spinning and weaving 

equipment; industrial knitter; coverlets, quilts, displayed in 18 th century restored log weaving house), 1859 E. 

Lexington Ave., 27262 

Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, (costume, uniforms, flags, textiles, needlework), 

109 E. Jones Street, 27602 

Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, (tapestries), 2110 Blue Ridge Rd., 27607 

Winston-Salem: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, (textiles), 924 S. Main Street, 27108 

North Dakota 

Fargo: Emily Reynolds Costume Collection, Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design, North Dakota State 

University, (historic regional costume), 58105-5057 

Ohio 

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Akron: Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, Inc., (textiles, tapestries), 714 N. Portage Path, 44303-1399 

Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, (international textiles and costume), 953 Eden Park Dr., 45202-1596 

Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, (textiles), 115 E. 5th St., 45202-3998 

Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Skirball Museum, (textiles), 3101 Clifton 

Ave., 45220 

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Department of Textiles, (Asian, European, American, Egyptian, 

Islamic textiles, costume), 11150 East Blvd., 44106 

Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, (textiles), 480 E. Broad St., 43215 

Columbus: The Historic Costume and Textiles Collection, Dept. of Textiles and Clothing, Ohio State 

University, (fashion, ethnic costume and textiles), 262 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave., 43210 

Granville: Denison University, (Burmese textiles), 43023 

Kent: Kent State University Museum, (costume, textiles), Rockwell Hall, 44242 

Oberlin: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, (costume, textiles, lace, tapestry, weaving, Islamic 

carpets, needlework), N. Main St. and E. Lorain St., 44074 

Oxford: Miami University Art Museum, International Folk Art Collection, (costume and textiles from eastern 

and central Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia), Miami University, 45056 

Zoar: Zoar State Memorial, (costume, coverlets, silk, textiles made and used by early 19 th century German 

communal religious sect), The Ohio Historial Society, 198 Main St., 44697 

Oklahoma 

Norman: Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, (costume, quilts; Navajo weaving, South American costume; 

archaeological textiles from Spiro Mound Site; international basket collection, Navajo weaving), University of 

Oklahoma, 1335 Asp St., 73019 

Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, (Native American textiles, costume and baskets), Tulsa, Philbrook Museum of Art, 

(Native American ethnographic textiles, baskets, contemporary fiber art), 2727 South Rockford Road, 74114- 

4104 

Tulsa: The International Linen Registry Museum and Gift Shop, (historical and contemporary textiles and 

needlework), Tulsa's Promenade Mall, upper level, 4107 South Yale Ave., Suite 247, 74135 

Oregon 

Eugene: University of Oregon Museum of Art, (costume of China, Japan and Korea, oriental rugs), 1430 

Johnson Lane, 97403-1223 

Portland: Portland Art Museum, (Oriental rugs, Native American textiles, Pre-Columbian and African 

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textiles), 1219 S.W. Park Ave., 97205 

Salem: Mission Mill Museum, (textile machinery, wool festivals, outreach program), 1313 Mill St., SE, 97301 

Tillamonk: Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, (quilts, fiber art), 2105 Wilson River Loop Rd., 97141 

Pennsylvania 

Allentown: Allentown Art Museum, (costume, textiles of Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and South 

America), 5th and Court Streets, 18101-0388 

Ambridge: Harmonie Associates, Inc., (silk, cotton and wool of the Harmonie Society from the first half of the 

19 th century), 14 th and Church St., 15003. 

Lancaster: Landis Valley Museum, (textiles, coverlets, quilts, household linens, original Conestoga wagon 

cover), 2451 Kissel Hill Rd., 17601 

Orwell: The Home Textile Tool Museum, (looms, spinning wheels, demonstrations, visitor participation 

encouraged), for information write to the museum at RR 1, Box 141A, Rome, PA 18837 

Philadelphia: Barnes Collection, (Native American baskets, Navajo rugs). 

Philadelphia: Drexel Museum Collection, Drexel University, (costume, lace, Coptic textiles, Oriental and 

Western textiles, 19 th century Hindu textiles), 32 nd and Chestnut St., 19104 

Philadelphia: Fabric Workshop and Museum, (textiles and costume), 1315 Cherry St., 5 th floor, 19107 

Philadelphia: The Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore College of Art and Design, (decorative arts, textiles), 20th 

St. and Parkway, 19104 

Philadelphia: Germantown Historical Society, (costume, textiles), 5501 Germantown Ave., 19144 

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, (textiles, costume, archaeological fragments, sutra covers), 26th St. 

& Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 19130 

Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 33 rd and Spruce St., 19104 

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, (tapestries, European textiles, quilts, lace, Chinese court robes), 4400 

Forbes Ave., 15213-4080 

Pittsburgh: Frick Art Museum, (tapestries), 7227 Reynolds St., 15213 

Reading: Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, (international textiles), 500 Museum Rd., 19611-1425 

Rhode Island 

Bristol: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, (ethnographic textiles), Mt. Hope Grant, 

300 Tower St., 02809-4050 

Pawtucket: Slater Mill Historic Site, (1793 cotton mill, quilts, household linens), Roosevelt Avenue, 02862- 

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Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, (international costume and textiles), 224 Benefit 

St., 02903 

Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, (oriental rugs, costume, quilts, flags, household linens), 110 

Benevolent St., 02906 

South Carolina 

Charleston: Charleston Museum, (18 th -19 th century quilts and coverlets, costume, textiles of Asia, South 

America), 360 Meeting St., 29403-6297 

Florence: Florence Museum of Art, Science and History, (18 th and 19 th century Chinese and antebellum 

costume, Native North and South American costume and textiles), 558 Spruce St., 29501 

South Dakota 

Brookings: Marghab Linen Collection, Marghab Gallery, South Dakota Art Museum, South 

Dakota State University (hand-embroidered linens from the island of Madiera), Medary Ave. and 

Harvey Dunn St., Box 2250, 57007-0899 

Huron: Dakotaland Museum, (Native American artifacts, beadwork, moccasins, baskets; 19 th century 

regional costume), State Fair Grounds, 57350 

Tennessee 

Knoxville: Confederate Memorial Hall-Bleak House, (costume), 3148 Kingston Pike, 37919 

Memphis: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, (textiles, lace, needlework), 1934 Poplar, Overton Park, 38112 

Memphis: Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, (Japanese textiles), 2000 N. Parkway, 38112 

Texas 

Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum, (historic costume and textiles), Elisabet Ney Museum, 

(costume of the artist), 304 East 44 th St., 78751 

Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, (Peruvian textiles), 1717 North Harwood, 75201 

Denton: DAR Museum-First Ladies of Texas Historic Costumes Collection, (inaugural gowns of the wives of 

Texas presidents and governors), Texas Women's University, 76204 

Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, (costume, Eastern textiles, European lace), 1001 Bissonet St., 77005 

Lubbock: Museum of Texas Tech University, (textiles, indigenous Mexican costume, costume 1880-1910), 

4th St. and Indiana Ave., 79409-3191 

San Angelo: Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, (textiles, costume, quilts), 630 South Oakes St., 76903 

San Antonio: The Witte Museum, (Fiesta costume), 3801 Broadway, Brackenridge Park, 78209 

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Waco: Historic Waco Foundation, (Cotton Palace gowns), 100 Mill St., 76704 

Utah 

Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, (quilts, Paisley shawls, textiles, antique textile tools), 

300 North Main St., 84103 

Salt Lake City: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, (French tapestries, archaeological textiles, lace), 101 AAC, 

University of Utah, 84112 

Vermont 

Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society Museum, (18 th -20 th century costume, quilts, coverlets, household 

linens), 109 State St., Pavilion Bldg., 05609-3638 

Shelburne: The Shelburne Museum, (coverlets, rugs, textiles, lace, needlework, costumes), US Rt. 7, 05482 

Virginia 

Hampton: Hampton University Museum, (African textiles, American folk textiles), Hampton University, 

23668 

Harrisonburg: Virginia Quilt Museum, 301 South Main St., 22801 

Richmond: Valentine Museum-Textile Center, (costume, lace, needlework, quilts, textiles), 1015 East Clay 

St., 23219 

Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, (tapestries, Fabergé jewelry), Boulevard and Grove St., 23221 

Williamsburg: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg, (textiles, costume, rugs, 

quilts), 134 N. Henry St., 23185 

Washington 

Anacortes: Samish Cultural Center, Samish Indian Tribe, (textiles, classes in weaving and basketry), 708 

Commercial Ave., 98221 

Olympia: Washington State Capital Museum, (West Coast Native American beadwork and baskets, costume), 

211 West 21 st Ave., 98501 

Redmond: Marymoore Museum of Eastside History, (regional costume, quilts, lace, needlework, West Coast 

Native American baskets and Navajo rugs), 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy., NE, 98073 

Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Costume and Textile Study Center, (textiles, Balkan 

embroidery, Italian brocade, velvet, damask, contemporary Scandinavian textiles), 98105 

Seattle: Museum of History and Industry, (Northwest Native American baskets; Balkan costume 1860 to 

present; quilts, coverlets, household linens), 2700 24 th Ave., E, 98112 

Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, (international textiles), 100 University St., 98101-2902 

Seattle: Wing Luke Asian Museum, (Asian textiles and costume), 407 7th Ave., S., 98104 

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Suquamish: Suquamish Museum, (basketry), Sandy Hook Rd., 98392 

Tacoma: Tacoma Art Museum, (Chinese textiles by appointment), 1123 Pacific Ave., 98402-4399 

Wellpinit: Spokane Tribal Museum, (basketry, beadwork, costume), Alex Sherwood Memorial Center, PO 

Box 100, 99040 

West Virginia 

Huntington: The Huntington Museum of Art, (Turkish prayer rugs), 2033 McCoy Rd., 25701 

Wisconsin 

Elkhorn: Webster House Museum, (19 th century costume and textiles), 9 E. Rockwell, 53121 

Madison: Helen Allen Textile Collection, (history of textiles), University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, 

53706 

Madison: The Ruth Ketterer Harris Costume and Textile Collection, State Historical Society of Washington, 

(costume, textiles, handicrafts), 816 State St., 53706-1488 

Madison: State Historical Museum of Wisconsin, (quilts, coverlets, needlework, household linens, costume, 

1800-1930), 30 N. Carroll St., 53703-2707 

Racine: Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, (contemporary fiber arts, baskets, quilts), 2519 

Northwestern Ave. 53404 

Sheboygen: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, (contemporary fiber art), 608 New York Avenue, 53081 

Wyoming 

Cody: The Plains Indian Museum, The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, (beadwork, quillwork, costume), 720 

Sheridan Ave., 82414 

Colter Bay Village: Colter Bay Indian Arts Museum, (weaving, beadwork, crafts of North American Native 

Americans), Colter Bay Visitors’ Center, Colter Bay Village 83012 (Grand Teton National Park) 

Fort Laramie: Fort Laramie National Historic Site, (19 th century military uniforms, costume, quilts, household 

linens), 8212 

Numerous town, county, and historical society museums maintain costume collections. Some have coverlets, 

quilts, or textile producing equipment. 

CANADA 

Calgary, Alberta: Glenbow Museum, (Chinese costume, textiles, accessories, opera costume; Japanese 

Buddhist kesa and armour), 130 9th Avenue, S.E., T2G 0P3 

Edmonton, Alberta: Museum of Ukrainian Arts and Culture, (costume, weaving, embroidery, beadwork), 

10951 107th St., 14525 82 nd Ave., T5R 3R7 

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Edmonton, Alberta: University Archives and Collection, Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, (Historic 

Costume and Textile Study Collection), T6G 2E2 

Dugald, Manitoba: Dugald Costume Museum, (costume, accessories, textiles), Box 38, R0E 0K0 

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Museum, (quilts), 1747 Summer St., B3H 3A6 

Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, (Canadian, British and French costume and headdresses, 

Chinese opera costume, Southeast Asian costume) 100 Laurier St., J8X 4H2 

La Broquerie, Manitoba: Musée St. Joachim (spinning, weaving, costume), R0A 0W0 

Montreal, Quebec: McCord Museum of Canadian History, (Canadian costume, quilts, sashes), 690 

Sherbrooke St. West, H3A 1E9 

Montreal, Quebec: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, (European, Coptic, Asian, and African textiles), 1379 

Sherbrooke St. West, H3G 1K3 

Montreal, Quebec: Museum of Neo-Byzantine Art, (textiles), 10025 Acadia Boulevard, H4N 2S1 

Ottowa, Ontario: National Museum of Natural Sciences, (worldwide ethnographic textiles), MacLeod and 

Metcalfe Sts, KIA OM8 

St. John, New Brunswick: New Brunswick Museum, (textiles, costume), 277 Douglas Ave., E2K 1E5 

Saint Lambert, Quebec: Marsil Museum, (costume, textiles, fiber art, Chinese and Japanese costume and 

textiles), 349 Riverside, Saint Lambert, Quebec J4P 1A8 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Museum of Ukrainian Culture, (costume, tapestries), 202 Avenue M. South, S7M 

2K4 

Surrey, British Columbia: Hooser Weaving Centre, (textiles, equipment, library), 6022 176 th Street, Surrey, 

British Columbia V3S 4E8 

Toronto, Ontario: Bata Shoe Museum, (history of footwear, 2000 BC to present, some costume and textiles), 

327 Bloor St. West, M5S 1W7 

Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Museum of Carpets and Textiles, (Central Asian and Canadian textiles), 585 

Bloor St West, M6G 1KT 

Toronto, Ontario: Royal Ontario Museum, (textiles and costume), 100 Queen's Park, M5S 2C6. 

Toronto, Ontario: The Museum for Textiles, (textiles and costume, Chinese textiles, robes, and children’s 

hats), 55 Centre Ave., M5G 2H5 

Toronto, Ontario: Ukrainian Museum of Canada: Eastern Canada Branch, (Ukrainian textiles, costume, 

handicrafts), 620 Spadina Ave., M5S 2H4 

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Vancouver, British Columbia: University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, (textiles and 

costume of Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Andes, Native Peoples of North America, Central America, Indonesia, 

Oceania, Europe, Cantonese opera costumes), 6393 NW Marine Dr., V6T 1Z2 

Victoria, British Columbia: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, (costume and textiles of China, Japan, and Korea), 

1040 Moss St., V8V 4P1 

Victoria, British Columbia: Royal British Columbia Museum: Historical Collections Section, (costumes, 

textiles), 675 Bellevillle St., V8V 1X4 

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Department of Clothing and Textiles, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of 

Manitoba, (study collection of costume and textiles), R3T 2NT 

Winnepeg, Manitoba: Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Center, 184 Alexander Ave. E., R3C 2K3 

Numerous local museums, historical societies and other small museums maintain textile and costume 

collections. 

CENTRAL AMERICA 

MEXICO 

Guadalajara, Jalisco: Museo del Estado de Jalisco, (costume) 

Mexico City: Museo Franz Meyer, (textiles, rugs, tapestries), Alameda Central, Av. Hidalgo 45, Mexico City 

Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Artes e Industrias Populares – Instituto Nacional Indigenista, (ethnographic 

Mexican textiles), Av. Juárez 44, 06050 

Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Historia, (costume), Castillo de Chapultepec, 11580 

Mexico City: Nacional de las Culturas, (international ethnographic textiles), Moneda 13, 06060 

Mexico City: The Ruth D. Lechuga Folk Art Museum, (textiles, costume, needlework), Condesa Buildings, 

near Chapultepec Park 

Oaxaca: Museo Regional de Oaxaca, (ethnographic Mexican textiles), Calles de Gurrión y Alcalá, 68000 

Puebla: Museo de Arte “José Bello y González,” (vestments, tapestries), Av. 3 poniente Num. 302, 72000 

San Louis Potosi: Museo Regionale Potosino, Galena 38 

Toluca: Estado de Mexico, Museo de Arte Popular, Prolongacion de Hidalgo s/n 

GUATEMALA 

Antigua: Museo Casa del Tejido, (Guatemalan costume and textiles), 1 era. Calle Poniente #51 

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Antigua: Nim Po’t: Center of Traditional Mayan Textiles, (Mayan costume, textiles and crafts; study 

center, exhibitions, retail sales), Quinta Avenida Norte 

Ciudad de Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Artes e Industria Populares, (Guatemalan folk costume), Avenida 

10 No. 10-70, Zona 1 

Guatemala City: Museo Ixchel del Traje Indigena, (costume, textiles), 4a. avada 16-27, Zona 10, 01010 

Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y Etnologia, (Guatemalan textiles), Edifico Nr. 5, “La 

Aurora,” Zona 13 

Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Artes e Industria Populares, (textiles), Avda. 10 No. 10-70, Zona 1 

Santiago Atitlan: Museo Cojolya 

SOUTH AMERICA 

BOLIVIA 

La Paz: Museo Nacional, (Bolivian costume), Calle Tihuanacu 93 

La Paz: National Museum of Floklore, (Bolivian costume), Calle Ingani 942 

BRAZIL 

Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Indio, (Brazilian Indian costume), Rua Mata Machado 127, 20000 

São Paolo: Folklore Museum, (Brazilian folk costume), Pavilhao Garcez, Parque Ibirapuera, 01000 

CHILE 

Arica: Museo Arqueológico San Miguel de Azapa, (archaeological Chilean textiles), Universidad de 

Tarapaca, 18 Septiembre 2222, POB 287 

San Pedro de Atacama: Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas R.P. Le Paige, S.J., (archaeological 

Chilean textiles), Padre Le Paige, (1/2 block east of plaza) 

Santiago: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, (archaeological Peruvian textiles, 20 th century Mapuche 

textiles), Bandera 361 

Santiago: Museo Arqueológico de Santiago, (archaeological and ethnographic Chilean textiles), Lastarria 321 

Santiago: Museo Histórico Nacional de Chile, (European style costume), Plaza de Armas 951, Casilla 9764 

Santiago: Museo de la Moda y Textil, Av. Vitacura 4562 

Santiago: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, (Inca mummy found on Cerro El Plomo, archaeological

Chilean textiles), Parque Quinta Normal 

Temuco: Museo Regional de La Araucanía, (Mapuche textiles), Avenida Alemania 084, Casilla 481 

COLUMBIA 

Bogotá: Museo Etnografico de Columbia, (Colombian costume), Calle 34, No 6-61 piso 30, Apdo. Aéreo 

10511 

ECUADOR 

Cuenca: Centro Interamericano de Artesanias y Artes Populares (CIDAP), (ethnographic Ecuadorian textiles) 

Quito: Museo del Banco Centrale, (archaeological and ethnographic Ecuadorian textiles) 

PERU 

Cuzco: Museo de la Universidad, (archaeological Peruvian textiles) 

Ica: Museo Regional de Ica, (archaeological Peruvian textiles), Ayabaca s/n 

Lambayeque: Museo Arqueológico Regional Brüning, (archaeological textiles), Av. Huamachuco s/n, 

Lima: Museo Amano, (archaeological Peruvian textiles and artifacts), Calle del Retiro 160, Miraflores 

Lima: Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera, (archaeological textiles), Av. Bolivar 1515 Pueblo Libre 

Lima: Museo de Arte de Lima, (archaeological textiles, costume, tapestries), Paseo Colon 125 

Lima: Museo de Oro del Peru y Armas del Mundo, (gold, archaeological Peruvian textiles), A. de Molina 

1110, Monterrico 

Lima: Museo di San Francesco el Grande, (embroidered vestments), Pl. San Francesco, 4038 

Lima: Museo del Virreinato, (Colonial costume), Quinta Presa 

Lima: Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia, (archaeological Peruvian textiles and artifacts), Plaza 

Bolivar s/n, Pueblo Libre 

Lima: Museo Nacionalde la Cultura Peruana, (ethnographic Peruvian textiles and artifacts), Avda. Alfonzo 

Ugarte 650, Casilla 3048 

SOUTH ASIA 

INDIA 

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Calico Museum of Textiles (17 th -20 th c. Indian textiles, costume and needlework), 

Sarabhai Foundation, Shahibag, 380 004 

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat, (textiles), Shreyas Hill, 380015 

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Museum of Science and Culture, (textiles), General Education Center, Aligarh Muslim 

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Bhavnagar, Gujarat: Arts and Crafts Museum, (textiles, costume, embroidery, beadwork), Gandhi Smriti, 

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh Tribal Research and Development Institute Museum, (textiles), 35 

Shimla Hills 

Bhubaneswar, Orssa: Orissa State Museum, (costume), 750 014 

Bhuj-Kutch, Gujarat: The Kutch Folk Art Museum, (textiles, Indian nomads’ embroidery), near Taluka 

Panchayat, Bhuj-Kutch 370001 Gujarat 

Bhuj-Kutch, Gujarat: Madansinghji Museum, (royal textiles, costume, rugs, tent walls, hangings, fans), The 

Palace, 370001 

Bombay, Maharashtra: Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, (textiles), 159-61 Mahatma Gandhi Rd., 

400023 

Calcutta: Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, (textiles), University of Calcutta, Central Building, College St., 

700073 

Calcutta: Crafts Museum: Indian Institute of Art and Industry, (textiles), 17 Park St., Calcutta 

Calcutta: Government Industrial and Commercial Museum, (textiles), 45 Ganesh Chandra Ave. 

Calcutta: Indian Museum, (textiles of India, Tibet, Burma, Central Asia, and the Middle East), 27 Jawaharlal 

Nehru Rd, 700016 

Chamba, Himachal Pradesh: Buri Singh Museum, (costume), 176 310, Chamba 

Gauhati: Assam State Museum, (textiles) 781001 

Gaya, Bihar: Gaya Museum, (costume, textiles) 

Gujarat: Bharatiya Saskruti Darshan-Kutch Folk Art Museum, (Kutch embroidery), near Taluka Panchayat, 

Bhuj-Kutch 370001 

Gujarat: Madansihji Museum-Aina Mahal, (Indian textiles, costume, rugs, embroidery), Aina Mahal 

Darbargadh, Bhuj Kutch 370001 

Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh: Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, (textiles), 1-2-214 Gagan Mahal 

Rd. 

Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh: Salar Jung Museum (Kashmiri shawls, silk saris, needlework) 500 002 

Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh: State Archaeological Museum, (costume, textiles), Public Garden, 500004 

Imphal: Manipur State Museum, (costume), Polo Ground 

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Jaipur, Rajasthan: Maharajah Sawai Man Singh II Museum (textiles and costume), City Palace 

Jammu: Dogra Art Gallery, (textiles), New Sectt. Rd., 180001 

Kohima: State Museum, Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Nagaland 

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow College of Arts & Crafts Museum, Central Design Center, 8 Cantonment 

Road 

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: State Museum, (costume), Banarasibagh, 226001 

Madras: Fort St. George Museum, (textiles), Rajaji Salai, 600 009 

Mumbai: Indian Textiles Museum, (rugs, costume, textiles), Marine Drive, South Mumbai 

New Delhi: The National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum (ikats, gold and silver brocades), Pragati 

Maidan, Bhairon Rd., 110001 

New Delhi: National Museum (Indian textiles and costume, 17 th -20 th century, silk ikat, rugs, printed and 

painted textiles), Janpath 110011 

Poona, Maharashtra: Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum (18 th c. textiles and costume, painted textiles), 1377-1378 

Shukrawar-peth, Natu Baug, Raja Kelkar Museum St., 410002. 

Ranchi: Anthropology Museum, University of Ranchi, 411 002 

Shillong, Assam: Central Museum, (costumes), Lachmmjera, Shillong 1, North-East Frontier Agency 

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh: Himachal State Museum, (Himalayan textiles), Inverarm, 171004 

Sringar, Kashmir: Sri Pratap Sing Museum, (costume, textiles, rugs), Lalmandi, Srinagar, Jammu and 

Kashmir, 190 08 

Surat, Gujarat: Sardar Vallabhai Patel Museum, (costume), Sonifalia, 395 003 

Vadodara, Gujarat: Museum and Picture Gallery, Sayaji Park, 390002 

Varanasi: Bharat Kala Bhavan, Benares Hindu University, 221 005 

BANGLADESH 

Dhaka: Bangladesh National Museum, (embroidered quilts, muslin, zamdani, traditional saris, shawls, tribal 

textiles, traditional costume, rugs), Dhaka-10-00 

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MYANMAR (BURMA) 

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Taugdwingyi: Cultural Museum, (textiles, spinning and weaving tools), U Pwint Koung, Maung Taing 

Quarter, Shwe In Taung Pagoda Road, Magwe Division 

THAILAND 

Amphoe Long: Komol Traditional Textiles Museum, Antique Fabrics Collection, (textiles of northern 

Thailand, home and workshop of Khun Komol Phanachphant), opposite Long-Widthaya School, Amphoe 

Long, Prae Province, 54150 

Bangkok: Ancient Cloth Museum, (royal textiles of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India), Vimanmek 

Mansion Grounds, Rajavithi Road, Dusit, 10300 

Bangkok: Jim Thompson Center for Textiles and the Arts, (exhibitions of textiles and culture), 6 Soi 

Kasemsan 2, Rama 1 Road, 10330 

Bangkok: National Museum, (court textiles created in India, China, and Cambodia), Na Phrathart Rd., 10200 

Bangkok: Tilleke and Gibbins Textile Collection, (textiles of ethnic groups of SE Asia), 61/1 Soi Tonson, 

Ploenchit Rd. 10330 

Chaiya, Surat Thani Province: National Museum, (textiles of Southern Thailand), Raks Narakij Rd., Wiang 

Sub-District, 84110 

Chiang Mai: Tribal Museum, (costume and ornaments of hill tribes), Ratchamangkla Park, Chotana Rd., 

Muang, 50300 

Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai National Museum, (textiles and costume), Super Highway Chiang Mai - Lampang 

Rd., Amphoe Muang, 50300 

Chiang Rai: Rai Mae Fah Luang, (textiles), (temporarily closed, will open again in 2002) 

Nakhon Si Thammarat: Nakhon Si Thammarat (National Museum), (19 th -20 th century Thai textiles), 

Ratchadamnoen Rd., Mulang District, 80000 

Chiang Mai, Chom Thong District: Pa-Da Cotton Textile Museum 

Saisatchanalai, Sukhothai: Saathon Gold Textiles Museum, (textiles and weaving of the local Thai Puan 

people), 477/2 Hartsaew, 64130 

Songkhla: Matchimawat National Museum, Songkhla National Museum (cotton and silk textiles of Southern 

Thailand), 13/1 Jana Rd., Muang District 90000 

Songkhla: Thaksin University, The Institute for Southern Thai Studies, (handwoven textiles of Southern 

Thailand), Mo 1 Tambon Ko Yo, Muang District, 90100 

VIETNAM 

Hanoi: National Museum of Fine Arts, (ethnic costume), 66, Nguyen Thai Hoc

Hanoi: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, (Vietnamese ethnic textiles), Nguyen Van Huyen St., Cau Giay, 

Hanoi 

Hanoi: Women Museum of Vietnem, (Vietnamese ethnic textile production), 36 Ly Thuong Kiet St., Hai Ba 

Trung 

Ho Chi Minh City: The Museum of Vietnamese History, (some costume and textiles), 2 Nguyen Binh Khiem 

St., District 1 

Hoa Binh Province: The Lac Village (Ban Lac), (exhibit and sale of local Tai textiles), Chieng Chau, Mai 

Chau St., Hao Binh Province 

Thai Nguyen City: Culture Museum of Nationalities, (ethnic costume), 359 Duong Minh Tu St., Thai Nguyen 

City, Bac Thai Province 

CAMBODIA 

Phnom Penh: Royal University of Fine Arts, (silk collection) 

Phnom Penh: National Museum, (traditional loom, spinning wheels, weaving tools), St. 178 Chey Chummas 

District 

FIJI 

Sufa: Fiji Museum (Fijian tapa/bark cloth), Thurston Gardens, PO Box 2023 

INDONESIA 

Ambon, Moluccas: Museum Negeri Propinsi Maluku “Siwalima” (textiles of Moluccas), Jl. Taman Makur 

(Batu Capeo) 

Banjarbaru, Kalsel: Museum Negri Propkalsel “Lambung Mangkurat” (textiles), Jl. Jendral A. Yani, KM 

35.5, 70711 

Jakarta: The National Museum (traditional textiles and costume, headgear, baskets, sandals, jewelry) Jl. 

Merdeka Barat 12 

Jakarta: Jakarta Textile Museum (Museum Tekstil), (textiles and costume, batiks), Jl. K. Satsuit Tubun No. 4, 

11421 

Medan: The North Sumatra Province State Museum (textiles, woven and embroidered, Batak weaving), 51, Jl. 

H.M. Joni, 20217 

Ubud, Bali: The Textile Treasury Seniwati Gallery of Art by Women (textiles), Jalan Sriwedari 2B, Banjar 

Taman 

Palembang, Sumatra: Municipal Museum 

PHILIPPINES 

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental: Negros Museum, (handwoven textiles, costume, wall hangings), Old 

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Provincial Capital Building, Capitol Road, 6100 

Baguio City: Baguio-Mountain Provinces Museum, (traditional costume and textiles of 

indigenous tribes of the Cordillera region, contemporary textiles), 2 nd floor, Baguio Convention 

Center, Baguio City 2606 

Cagayan de Oro City: Xavier University Museum, Museo de Oro, (traditional costume of 

Mindanao indigenous peoples), Xavier University Main Campus, Ateneo de Cagayan, 9000 

Cebu City: University of San Carlos Museum, (costume and ornaments of the tribal 

communities), P. del Rosario St., 6000 

Laguna: AERA Museum, (tribal wear, Spanish jewelry and headgear, costume), Villa Escudero, San Pablo 

City 

Manila: Casa Manila Museum, (17 th to early 20 th century textiles, pina cloth, church vestments), Plaza San 

Luis, General Luna St. corner Real St., Intramuros 

Manila: Intramuros Administration Museum, (textiles), Puerta de Isabel II, Magallanes Dr., Intramuros 

Manila: Pambansang Museo (National Museum), (20 th century Filipino textiles), P. Burgos St., Ermita 

Manila: San Agustin Museum, San Agustin Church, (17 th -18 th c. church vestments from Spain and China, 

processional banners), General Luna St., Intramuros 

Marawi City, Mindanao: Aga Khan Museum, (ethnographic material of Philippine cultural minorities), 

Mindanao State University, 9700 

Pasay City: Cultural Center of the Philippines, (Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas), (ethnic weaving and 

textiles), CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd. 

Pasay City: Philippine Museum of Ethnology, (ethnographic textiles), Nayong Pilipino Foundation, M.I.A. 

Rd. 

EAST ASIA 

BHUTAN 

Thimphu: The Textile Museum, (textiles, costume), Norzin Lam 

CHINA 

Beijing: Museum of the Cultural Palace of National Minorities, (Hill-tribe textiles, embroidery, batik and 

weaving), Changan Street, 100 000 

Giuyang, Guizhou: Guizhou Provincial Museum, (Miao, Dong and Shwe tribal textiles), Beijing Rd, 550 000 

Changsha, Hunan: Hunan Provincial Museum, (archaeological textiles and costume), 3 Dongfeng Rd., 

410000. 

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Hangzhou: Zheijiang Provincial Museum, (sericulture), 310000 

Hangzhou: China National Silk Museum, (history of sericulture in China, Han Dynasty to the present), 73-1 

Yuhuangshan Rd., 310002 

Hong Kong: Fashion and Design Library HK Trade Development Council, (fashion library, CAD/CAM 

system), 38 th Floor, Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbor Road, Wanchai 

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art, (Chinese textiles and costume) 3F, 10 Salisbury Rd., Tsim Sha 

Tsui, Kowloon 

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of History, (Chinese textiles and costume, late 19 th c.-early 20 th c.), 100 

Chatham Rd. South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon 

Hunan: Hunan Provincial Museum, (archaeological textiles and costume, embroideries), 28 Dongfeng Rd., 

Changsha, 410005 

Kashgar: Abakh Hoja Tomb, (Silk Road textiles), Kashgar, Xinjiang 

Kashgar: Kashgar Silk Road Museum, (archaeological textiles, weaving and dyeing techniques), Kashgar, 

Xinjiang 

Kunming, Yunnan: Yunnan Provincial Museum: (Hill-tribe costume), 2 May Day Rd, Dongfeng St, 

Yuantong Shan Hill, 650 000 

Lanzhou, Gansu: Gansu Provincial Museum, (silk), West Xjin Rd., 730050 

Macau: The Museum of Macau, (textiles), Praceta do Museu de Macau (Monte Fort) 

Nanjing: Nanjing Yung Brocade Research Institute, (looms, reproductions of archaeological textiles, ethnic 

minority weaving), 240 Eastern Cha Ting Rd. 

Shenyang City: Liaoning Provincial Museum, (kesi, embroidery), 26 Tenth Wei Road, Heping chu, Shenyang 

11003 

Suzhou: The Museum of Suzhou Embroidery Art, (textiles and costume, kesi and embroidery), 274 Jingde 

Rd. 

Suzhou: Suzhou Silk Museum, (textiles and costume from Han to Qing Dynasties, sericulture, demonstrations 

of weaving of kesi, brocade, and patterned velvet), 661 Renmin Rd. 

Turfan: The Turfan Museum, (archaeological textiles), Turfan, Xinjiang 

Urumqi, Xinjiang: Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region Museum, (archaeological textiles from Han through 

Yuan Dynasties), 132 Xibei Rd., Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region 

Xinjiang: Abakh Hoja Tomb, (woven textiles, weaving demonstrations), Kashgar 

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KYRGYZSTAN 

Bishkek: State Historical Museum, (textiles, yurts, embroidery, leatherwork), Ala Too Square 

Bishkek: State Museum of Fine Arts/Museum of Applied Art, (embroidery, felt, weaving), Soviet Skaya 196 

near Abdymomunov St. 

MONGOLIA 

Ulaanbator: National History Museum, (Mongolian costume) 

TIBET 

Lhasa: Tibet Museum, (embroidery, thangkas), 19 Gongyuan Road 

JAPAN 

Fukuoka: Hakata Machiya Folk Museum, (demonstrations of Hakata-ori textile weaving), 6-10 Reisen-machi, 

Hakata-ku, 812 Fukuoka City 

Haebaru: Haebaru Town Museum, (textiles of Okinawa, Japan, Mexico, Indonesia, India, Guatemala) 716 

Kanegusuku, Haebaru-cho, Okinawa 901-1111 

Hiraizumi-Machi: Hiraizumi Museum, (costume, screens, fans), 81-1, Shirayama 

Hiraizumi-Machi: Treasure House of the Chusonji Temple, (costume, jewelry), 202 Koromogaseki 

Hokkaido: Yukara Ori Folkcraft Museum, (Ainu textiles), Takadai Kamul-cho, Asahikawa-City 

Iwate Prefecture: Chusonji Temple Treasure House, (cultural and historical relics, Buddhist art), 202 Aza 

Koromonnoseki, Hiraizumi, Hiraizumi-cho, Nishi-Iwai-gun, 029-4102 

Kahoku: Benibana Shiryokan (Safflower Museum), (safflower as a dye, safflower-dyed textiles and 

costume), Yachi 1143, Kahoku-cho, Nishimurayama-gun, Yamagata Prefecture 999-35 

Kobe: Kobe Fashion Museum, (18 th -20 th costume, folk costume, Resource [study] Center), 9, 2-chome 

Koyocho-naka, Higashimada-ku, 658 

Kurashiki: Museum of Folk Craft, (textiles of the people, by the people), 4-11, 1 Chome Chuo, 710 

Kyoto: Costume Museum, (costume), Shinhana-ya-cho-kado, Horikawa-dori, Shimogyo-ku, 600-8468 

Kyoto: Kyoto National Museum, (textiles), 527 Chaya-machi, Higashiyama-Ku, 605-0931 

Kyoto: Kyoto Prefectural Museum, (textiles), Shimogamo Hangi-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606 

Kyoto: Nishijin Textile Centre, (looms, weaving demonstrations, fashion shows), Imadegawa Minami-iru 

Horikawa, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi 602-8216 

Nikko-Shi: Nokko Treasure-House, (Noh costume), 2280 Sannai 

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Okayama-ken: Hayashibara Museum of Art, (Noh costume), 2-7-15, Marunouchi, 700 

Okayama: Kurashiki Museum of Folk Craft, (folk textiles), 4-11, 1 Chome, Chuo, Kurashiki, 710-0046 

Osaka: Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan, (Asian and Oceanic textiles), 17-23 Yamadaogawa Suita-Shi 

Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, (international textiles), Senri Expo Park, Suita, 565-8511 

Osaka: Municipal Museum of Art, 1-82 Chausuyama-cho, Tennoji-ku, 543 

Osaka: Museum of Textiles, (worldwide ethnographic textiles), 5-102 Tomobuchi-Cho, 1-Chome, 

Miyakojima-Ku 

Sapporo: The Ainu Museum, (Ainu and Gilyak costumes), Hokkaido University, Botanical Garden, Nishi Bchome, 

Kita 3-Jo, Chou-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060 

Tokyo: Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum, (costume of Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia, and Western 

Asia), 3-22-1, Yoyogi 3-chome, Shibuya-ku, 151-8521 

Tokyo: Crafts Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art, (textiles), 1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku 

Tokyo: Hachioji Municipal Museum, (local textile industry), 70 Ueno-machi, Hachioji City 

Tokyo: Japan Folk Crafts Museum, (basketry, textiles), 4-3-33, Komaba, Meguro-ku, 153-0041 

Tokyo: The Museum of Fiber Science and Technology, (looms, braids, textile reference material), Faculty of 

Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. 2-24-16, Nakamachi, Koganei-Shi, 184-8588 

Tokyo: National Gallery of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, (historic textiles, crafts), 1 Kitanomaru Koen, 

Chiyoda-ku, 102-0091 

Tokyo: Suntory Museum of Art, (textiles), Suntory Bldg., 1-2-3 Moto Akasaka, Minato-ku, 107-8430 

Tokyo: Temari Museum, (temari), 1-5-12 Seta, Setagaya ku, 158 

Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, (textiles, costume), 13-9 Ueno Park, 110-8712 

Tokyo: Toyama Museum, (textiles of India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan), 675 Oaza Shironuma, Kawashima-machi, 

Hiki-gun, Saitamaken 

Yatsugatake: Yatsugatake Silk Road Museum, (Kashmir shawls), Yamanashi Prefecture 

There are several treasure houses of shrines that have textile collections. 

KOREA 

Chungbuk: Chungbuk National University Museum, (archaeological textiles and costume, 16 th and 17 th 

century costume), 48 Gaeshin-dong, Ch’ŏngju, 361-763 

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Seoul: The Chang Pudeok Memorial Gallery, (Korean ornaments, costume, embroidery), Ewha Womans 

University, 11-1 Daehyon-dong, Sodaemun-ku, 120-750 

Seoul: The Museum of Korean Embroidery, (Korean costume and textiles, classes in sewing and dyeing), 89- 

4 Nonhyon-dong, Kangnamgu, san-8, Hannam-dong, Yongsan- ku, 140-714 

Seoul: The Suk Joo-Sun Memorial Museum, Dankook University, (traditional textiles and costume, classes in 

sewing and dyeing), San-8, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-ku, 140-714 

LAOS 

Vientiane: National Museum, (Laotian weaving), Saysettha District, PO Box 67 

MADAGASCAR 

Tananarive: Museum of Folklore, (Madagascan textiles), Parc de Tsimbazaza, PO Box 434 

MALAYSIA 

Kinabalu: Sabah State Museum, (Dyak textiles), 1239 Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu 

Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Arts Museum, (Islamic costume and textiles), Jalan Lembah Perdana, 50480 

Kuala Lumpur: Muzium Seni Asia, (Museum of Asian Art), (textiles and basketry of Malaysia), University of 

Malaya, 50603 

Kuala Lumpur: Muzium Tekstil Kuala Lumpur, (textiles), No. 26, Jalan Sultan Hishamudin, 50050 

Kuala Lumpur: National Art Gallery, (fiber art, batik), No. 1 Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, 50050 

Kuala Lumpur: National Museum, Dept. of Museums and Antiquities, (18 th -late 19 th century textiles including 

ikat, costume and headgear of Malays, Indians, Chinese and all ethnic groups in Malaysia), Jalan Damansara, 

50566 

Kuala Lumpur: National Art Gallery, (fiber art, batik), No. 1 Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, 50050 

Kuching: Sarawak Museum, (textiles, beadwork, baskets, costume), Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93566 

Kuching: Tun Jugah Pua Gallery, (weaving, textiles, ethnography). 

Negeri Sembilan: State Museum Negeri Sembilan and Royal Museum Seri Menanti, (textiles, weaving 

demonstrations), Jalan Sungai Ujong, 70200 Seremban 

Penang: Penang Museum and Art Gallery, (costume and jewelry), 2 nd floor, Dewan Sri Pinang, 10200 

Sabah: Sabah Museum, (traditional costumes of Sabah), Locked Bag No. 2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 

Seremban, Negeri Sembilan State Museum, Jalan Sungai Ujong, Seremban 

Terengganu: Terengganu State Museum, (textiles, crafts), Pengarah, Bukit Losong, 20566 Kuala Terengganu 

BRUNEI 

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Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei Arts and Handicrafts Training Centre, (Malay handwoven 

textiles), Jalan Residency, 2018 Brunei Darussalam 

Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei Museum Department, ((local textiles, Borneo ethnographic 

collections), Jalan Kota Batu, BD1510 Brunei Darussalam 

Bandar Seri Begawan, (traditional Malay embroidered textiles and costume, wedding attire, Iban 

handwoven pua, Malay decorative valances), Jalan Kota Batu, BD 1510, Brunei Darusalam 

SINGAPORE 

Singapore: Asian Civilizations Museum, National Heritage Board, (SE Asian textiles, Straits Chinese costume 

and textiles), 51 Armenian St., Singapore 179939 

TAIWAN 

Taipei: Chinese Textiles and Clothing Culture Center, (Han Chinese., Taiwanese aboriginal, and Chinese 

Ethnic Minority costume and textiles. Open to students, designers, scholars.), Graduate Institute of 

Textiles and Clothing, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, 24204 

Taipei: National Museum of History, (textiles, embroideries, thangkas, costume), 49 Nanhai Rd. 

Taipei: National Palace Museum, (textiles, needlework), Wai-shuang-his, Shih-lin, 11102 

UZBEKISTAN 

Bukhara: The “Ark” Museum: (photographs of historic costume), Siyavasha St., 709001 

Bukhara: Museum of Palace “Sitora-I Mah”, (decorative and applied art), Mohi Hosa St., Bldg. 114 

Karakalpakstan: Savitsky Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, (textiles, costume, rugs, yurt 

decorations, rug-making workshop), Pr. Doslyk, 127 742000 Nukus, Karakalpakstan 

Tashkent: History Museum, (Central Asian textiles), 3, Rashidov St. 

MIDDLE EAST 

Kabul: Kabul Museum, Darul Aman 

AFGHANISTAN 

IRAN 

Mashhad: Astane Qods Museum, (Safavid brocades and rugs) 

Qom: Astaneh Museum, (Safavid rugs) 

Tehran: Carpet Museum of Iran, (Persian carpets), Kargar-e Shomali Ave., Fatemi intersection, 14154 

Tehran: Ethnological Museum of Iran, (Qajar textiles, knitting, hand printed calico, brocaded silk), Golestan 

Palace Museum, Meydane Panzdahe Khordad, 15 th Khordad Square 

Tehran: Iranian Decorative Arts Museum, (textiles, costume, rugs), Karimkhane-Zand Av. 

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Tehran: Iranian National Museum 

Tehran: Islamic Period Museum, (Islamic textiles), Iman Khomeini Ave., Si-e Tir Corner 

Tehran: Malek National Museum, (rugs), Iman Khomeini Square, Bagh-e Melli portico, next to Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs 

Tehran: Traditional Arts Museum and Workshop, (textiles, rugs, kilims), Azadi Ave., corner of Zanjain St. 

ISRAEL 

Haifa: Museum of Ancient Art, (Coptic textiles), 26 Shabbetai Levy St. 

Haifa: Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, (Japanese textiles, kimonos), 89 Hanassi Ave., 34642 

Jerusalem: Israel Museum, (costume), POB 71117, Jerusalem 91710 

Jerusalem: Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Museum, (Jewish textiles), Hechal Shlomo, Rehov Hamelekh 

George 58, 91073 

SYRIA 

Damascus: Musée des Art Populaires et Traditions, (costume, rugs, textiles), Palais Azem, Bzourich 

Damascus: Musée National de Damas, (archaeological textiles), Bd. De l’Université 

Palmyra: Musée de Palmyra, (archaeological textiles) 

TURKEY 

Ankara: Ethnographical Museum, (costume, rugs, embroidery), Prés de Bouloire de Talat Pacha, 06100 

Bursa: Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, (embroidery), Yesil Medrese 

Bursa: Uluumay Museum of National Costume and Jewelry, 2.Murat-Mah, Beşikçiler Cd. No. 2, TR- 16051. 

Elazig: Elazig Archaeological and Ethnological Museum, (archaeological textiles, costume, needlework, 

kilims, prehistoric to Byzantine), Zubeyole Hanim St. 

Istanbul: Military Museum, (military costume, tents), Harbiye 

Istanbul: Municipal Museum, (costume), Sarachanebasi, Kovacilar Sok 20 

Istanbul: Sadberk Hanim Museum, (costume, embroidery), Piyasa Cad. 25-29, Buyukdere, 80890 

Istanbul: Topkapi Sarayi Museum, (court costume and accessories, textiles, embroidery, rugs), Sultanahmet, 

34400 

Istanbul: Turk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, (rugs), Ibrahim Pasa Sarayi, Atmeydani Sultanahmet 

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Istanbul: VakiFlar Kilim & Flatwoven Rug Museum, (rugs), Sultanahmet, 34400 

Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Bankasi Nedim Tör Müzesi, Istiklal Caddesi, (embroidery), no. 285-287 Kat. 5B Blok, 

Beyoglu, 80050 

Izmir: Izmir Ethnography Museum, (costume, embroidery), Konak 

Konya: Etnografya Müzesi Hali Bölümü, (Ethnography Museum Carpet Section), Konya 

ALBANIA 

Tiranë: Albanian Institute of Popular Culture, (textiles, costume), Rr. Kont Urani Nr: 3 

ARMENIA 

Yerevan: Near East Museum, Aram Street #1, Republic Square 

EUROPE 

AUSTRIA 

Baden: Rollettmuseum, (textiles), Städtische Sammlungen/Stadtarchiv, Weikersdorfer Platz 1, 2500 

Bad Ischul: Haenel-Panacera Familien-Museum, (rugs), Villa Haenel, Concordiastrasse 3, 4820 

Linz: Stadtmuseum Linz Nordico, (costume), Bethlehemstrasse 7, 4020 

Vienna: Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, (textiles, rugs), Stubenring 5, 1010 

Vienna: Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, (costume), Gartenpalais Schönborn, Laudongasse 15-19, 

A-1080 

Vienna: Museum für Völkerkunde, Neue Hofburg, Heldenplatz, A-1014 

BELGIUM 

Antwerp: Provinciaal Textielmuseum, (lace), Vrieselhof 

Antwerp: Stedelijke Musea van Antwerpen, (textiles and costume), Rubenshuis, Wapper 9-11, B-2000 

Antwerp: Volksundemuseum, (textiles, 1100 to present), Gildekamersstrasse 2-6, 2000 

Antwerp: Ethnology Museum, (African, South Asian and South-East Asian textiles) International 

Zeemanshuis, Faconrui 2, 2000 

Brecht: Kempisch Museum, (lace), Mudeusstrasse 2, 2960 

Brugge: Gruuthusemuseum, (lace, tapestries), Dijver 17, 8000 

Brussels: Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle, (costume and lace), Rue de la Violette 4-6, 1000 

Brussels: Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, (textiles), 10 Parc du Cinquantenaire, 1000 

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Brussels: Musée du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, (theater costumes), Pl de la Monnaie, 1000 

Brussels: Maison du Roi, Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles, (Brussels tapestries, lace, jewelry), Grand- Place 1, 

1000 

Gent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, (Fine Arts Museum), (tapestries), Citadelpark, 9000 

Gent: Museum voor Industriele Archeologie en Textiel, (textiles, 1750 to present), Minnemeers 9, 9000 

Gent: Museum voor Sierkunst en Vormgeving, Jan Breydelstraat 5, 9000 

Gent: Museum voor Volkskunde, (looms, fashion), Kraanlei 63, 9000 

Gent: Oudheidkundig Museum de Bijloke, (18th century tapestries, Brussels carpets), Godshuizenlaan 2, 9000 

Izegem: Nationaal Schoeiselmuseum, (shoes and shoemaking, ancient Egypt to the present), Wijngaardstrasse 

9, 8700 

Hasselt: Stedelijk Modemuseum, (Municipal Fashion Museum), (costume, textiles), Gasthuisstraat 11, 3500 

Kortrijk: Nationaal Vlasmuseum, (flax processing), Etienne Sabbelaan 4, 8500 

Mons: Vieux Logis (Musées Chanoine Edmond Puissant), (lace, textiles), 22 Rue de Notre-Dame Debonnaire, 

7000 

Oelegem-Ranst: Vrieselhof, Vrieselhof Museum of Textiles and Costume, Schildsesteenweg 97, B-2520 

Oudenaarde: Municipal Museum of Oudenaarde, (tapestries), Stadhuis, Markt 1, 9700 

Ronse, Textielmuseum, Bruulpark, 9600 

Sint Truiden: Museum van Hedendaagse Kantwerken, (pillow lace), Naamsestraat 5, 3800 

Tervuren: Musée de l’Afrique Centrale Royal, (Congolese textiles), 13 Steenweg op Leuven, 3080 

There is the occasional town hall, regional museum, church treasury, or old castles and châteaux with textiles 

or tapestries. 

BULGARIA 

Sliven: Muzeina Textilnata Industria (The National Museum of the Textile Industry), pl. Stoil Voivroda 3/ 

P.B. 60-A, BG 880 

Sofia: National Ethnographic Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, (Bulgarian folk costume), ul 

Moskovska 6a, 1000 

Sofia: National Gallery of Decorative and Applied Arts, (tapestry), 56 Vasil Levski Blvd., 1000 

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Brno: Etnograficke muzeum Moravskeho, muzea v Brne, (traditional costume and needlework), Koblizná 1, 

659 37 

Brno: Moravska galerie v Brnĕ, Husova 14, 662 26 

Ceská Skalice: Textilní museum TIBA, Maloskalicka 123, 552 03 

Jihlava: Museum der Wandteppiche, Státni Zámek 

Jindrichuv Hradec: Sbirka Tapiserii, UMP Praha, (tapestry), Kostel Nejsv Trojice, Pravdova ul. 837/ll, 377 01 

Liberec: Severoĉeské museum (traditional textiles), Masarykova 11, 460 01 

Nový Jicín: Okresni vlastivedne muzeum, (Hat Making Museum), ul. 28 rijna 12, 741 00 

Praha: Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum v Praz, (tapestry, textiles), ul. 17, listopadu 2, 11001 

Praha: The Jewish Museum in Prague (Židovské Museum Praha), 110 000 Praha 1, Jáchymova 3 

Praha: Nàprstkoro Muzeum asijskych, africkych a americkych kultur, (Asian, African and American textiles), 

Betlemské nàm 1, 11000 

Turnov: Expozice historického nábytku a odevu 19. Stoleti, Umeleckoprumyslové Muzeum Praha, (19th 

century costume), Zámek Hrubý Rohozec, 511 01 

Vamberk: Muzeum Krajky Vamberk (Vamberk Lace Museum), Vilmkova 88, 517 54 

ESTONIA 

Narva: Costume and Municipal Museum of Narva, (textile industry) 

Tallin: Museum of Applied Art, (contemporary textiles), Lai 17, 10133 

Tartu: Estonian National Museum,(ethnographic textiles), Veski 32, 51014 

FRANCE 

Aix-En-Provence: Musée Granet, (tapestries), 13 Rue Cardinale, 13100 

Aix-En-Provence: Musée des Tapisseries, (17th-18th century tapestries), 28 Place des Martyrs-de la 

Résistance, 13100 

Alençon: Musée des Beaux- Arts et de la Dentelle, (lace), 12 Rue Charles Aveline, 61000 

Amboise: Musèe de Hôtel-de-Ville, (Aubusson tapestries), Hôtel de Ville, 37400 

Amiens: Musée Charles de L'Escalopier, (textiles), 50 Rue de la Republique, 80037

Ancy-Le-Franc: Château, (tapestries), Château d'Ancy le France, 89160 

Angers: Musée de la Tappisserie Contemporaine, (Apocalypse of Angers, 13 th century French tapestry), Logis 

Saint-Jean, 4 Blvd. Arago, 49000 

Anglards-De-Salers: Château- Musée de la Trémolière, (16th century La Marche tapestries), 15380 

Angoulême: Musée des Beaux-Arts, (textiles and costume of Morocco), 1 rue Friedland, 16000 

Arlanc: Musée de la Dentelle, (handmade lace), 53 Rte. Nationale, 63220 

Auxerre: Musée LeBlanc-Duvernoy, (18th century tapestries), 9 rue d'Egleny, 89000 

Azay-le-Rideau: Musée National de la Renaissance, (Flemish tapestries), Château, 37190 

Bayeux: Musée Baron Gérard, (needle lace), Pl. de la Liberté, 1440 

Bayeux: Diocésain d’Art Religieux, (embroidered ecclesiastical vestments), Hôtel du Doyen, 6 Rue Lambert- 

Leforestier, 14400 

Bayeux: Bayeux Lace Conservancy, ( bobbin lace being made), Hôtel du Doyen 

Bayeux: Musée de la Tapisserie, (Bayeux Tapestry), Rue de Nesmond, Centre Guillaume le 

Conquerant, 14400 

Beaune: Hotel-Dieu, (tapestries), Rue de L'hotel-Dieu, 21200 Beaune 

Beauvais: Musée Départemental de l'Oise, (15th-17th century tapestries), Ancien Palais Episcopal, 1 Rue du 

Musée, 60006 

Beauvais: Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie et de l’Art Textile, (Gobelins, Beauvais, and Savonnerie 

tapestries), Rue Saint-Pierre, 60000 

Besançon: Musée du Temps, (Bruges tapestries), 96 Grande-Rue, 25000 

Biot: Musée National Fernand Leger, (tapestries), Chemin du Val du Pome, 06410 

Blois: Musée des Beaux-Arts, (tapestries), Château, 41000 

Bourgoin-Jallieu: Musée Victor Charreton, (textiles), 17 Rue Victor-Hugo, 38300 

Chartres: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartes, (tapestries), 29 Cloître Notre-Dame, 28000 

Châteaudun: Château-Musée, (tapestries), pl. du Château, 28200 

Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Musée du Chapeau, (hats and hat making), 16 route de Saint-Galmier, F-42140 

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Clermont-Ferrand: Musée du tapis et des arts textiles de Clermont-Ferrand, (textiles), 45 rue Ballainvilliers, 

63000 

Draguignan: Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires de Moyenne Provence, (silk), Rue Joseph Roumanille 

83300 

Écouen: Musée National de la Renaissance, (tapestry), Château, 95440 

Fontainbleau: Musée National du Château de Fontainbleau, (tapestries), 77300 

Fougères: Musée de la Chaussure, (shoes), Château, Pl. Pierre-Simon, 35300 

Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: Musée des Coiffes, (costume, headdresses), Tour de l’Ancien Château, Place Bassum, 

72130 

Gaillac: Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires, (costume), Tour Pierre de Brens, 81600 

Gap: Musée des Hautes-Alpes, (lace, headdresses), 6 Avenue Marechal-Foch, 05000 

Granville: Musée du Vieux-Granville, (headdresses, costume), 2 Rue Lecarpentier, 50400 

Grignan: Musée-Château, (tapestries), Château de Faure-Cabrol, 26230 

Hesdin: Musée d’Arts et d’Histoire, l'Hôtel-de-Ville, (17th century Flemish tapestries), 62140 

Jouy-en-Josas: Musée Municipal de la Toile de Jouy, Château de l’Eglantine, 54 rue Charles-de-Gaulle 78350 

Langeais: Château-Musée de Langeais, (Flemish tapestries), 37130 

Lovagny: Musée Léon Marès, (tapestries, lace), Château de Montrottier, 74330 

Lyon: La Maison des Canuts, (looms, bobbins, pattern books, draw loom, history of silk 

manufacture), Rue D'Ivry, Croix Rousse, 10 

Lyon: Musée des Hospices Civils de Lyon, (tapestries), Hôtel Dieu, 1 Rue de l'Hôpital, 69002 

Lyon: Musée Historique des Tissus, (textiles from Europe, the Near East, East Asia, Coptic Egypt, Persian 

rugs, French costume, silk pattern books), 34 rue de la Charité, 69002 

Lyon: Musée de la Machine à Coudre (Sewing Machine Museum), (history of the sewing machine), 79 Rue 

de Bourgogne, 69000 

Macon: Musée Lamartine, (tapestries), Hotel Senece, 21 Rue de Sigorgne, 71000 

Marseille: Musée Grobet-Labadié, (French and Flemish tapestries, Oriental rugs), 140 Blvd. Longchamp, 

13001 

Maule: Musée Victor-Aubert, (costume), 24 Rue Quincampoix, 78580

Montboucher-sur-Jabron: Atelier-Musée de la Soie, (silk), Rte. de Dieulefit, 26740 

Montpellier: Musée des Arts Decoratifs Sabatier-d'Espeyran, (Aubusson and Gobelins tapestries), 6 Rue 

Montpelliéret, 34000 

Montreuil-Bellay: La Soie Vivante, (looms, spinning machines, Jacquard looms, silk worms, silk spinning), 

Petites Augustins Chapel, Loire Valley 

Moulins: Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, (tapestries), 3 Place du Colonel-Laussédat, 03000 

Mulhouse: Musée de L'Impression sur L'Etoffes, (printed textiles and textile technology), 3 Rue des Bonnes- 

Gens, 68100 

Nantes: Musée d’Art Populaire Régional, (printed textiles), Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, 1 place Marc Elder 

44000 

Nice: Musée des Arts Asiatique, (Chinese, Tibetan, Indian, and Cambodian textiles), 405 Promenade des 

Anglais, 06200 

Nice: Musée des Beaux-Arts, (Gobelins tapestries), 33 avenue des Baumettes, 06000 

Nimes: Musée du Vieux Nîmes, (silk), Pl. de la Cathédrale, 30000 

Paris: Centre pour l'etude et le documentation des Textiles de l'Asie, 60 bis avenue de Breteuil, 75007 

Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, (textiles and rugs), 40 Rue du Cherche Midi, 75006 

Paris: Musée Cluny, (tapestries, Coptic, Byzantine and European textiles), 6 Place Paul Painlevé, 75005 

Paris: Musée de l’Homme, (Southeast Asian, Chinese, Indonesian, Taiwanese costume and textiles), 17 Pl. du 

Trocadéro, 75016 

Paris: Musée de la Mode et du Costume, (costume, footwear) Palais Galliera, 10 Avenue Pierre ler-de-Serbie, 

75116 

Paris: Musée de la Mode et du Textile, Rohan Wing of the Louvre, (costume and accessories, documentation 

center) 107 rue de Rivoli, F-75001 

Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, (French textiles and rugs, pattern books, library), Palais du Louvre, 107 Rue 

de Rivoli, 75001 

Paris: Musée Marmottan, (Flemish and Burgundian tapestries), 2 Rue Louis Boilly, 75016 

Paris: Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, (Asian textiles, jewelry, decorative arts), 6 Place d’Lena, 

19, avenue de Lena, 75016 

Paris: Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, (textiles of North Africa and the Pacific Islands), 293 

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Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 

Paris: Museum National Histoire Naturelle, (textiles and costume of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and 

the Pacific Islands), 57 Rue Cuvier, 75231 

Paris: Museums of the Louvre, (tapestries, Islamic silks, French textiles; Department of Egyptian 

Antiquities: Coptic textiles), Palais du Louvre, 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 

Paris: Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires, (ethnography, costume, cottage weaving, 

needlework, lace), 6 Rue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75016 

Pézenas: Musée de Vulliod Saint-Germain, (Aubusson tapestries), 3 rue A-P Allies, 34120 

Pont-L'Abbe: Maison du Pays Bigouden, (costume, embroidery), Ferme de Kervazegan, Rte. de Loctudy, 

29120 Pont-l’Abbé, Finistère 

Rambouillet: Château-Musée de Rambouillet, (tapestries), 78120 

Romans-Sur-Isère: Musée de la Chaussure et d'Ethnographie Régionale, (4,000 years of footwear), 1 Blvd. 

Voltaire, 26100 

Roubaix: Musée d’Art et d’Industrie de Roubaix, (textile industry, fabric samples, pattern books, clothing by 

fashion designers, accessories, rugs, contemporary furniture, upholstery fabrics) , Hôtel-de-Ville, 17 Grand- 

Place, 59100 

Rouen: Musée des Antiquités, (tapestries), 198 Rue Beauvoisine, 76000 

Saint-Amarin: Musée Serret et de la Vallée, (textiles, weaving frames, textile printing), 3 Rue 

Clemenceau, 68550 

Saint Etienne: Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, (textiles, ribbon, lacemaking, tapestries by Lurçat and Corbusier), 2 

Place Louis-Compte, 42000 

Saint-Etienne-le-Molard: Château de la Bastie D'Urfé, (tapestries) 42130 

Saint-Flour: Musée Alfred Douêt, (tapestries), Maison Consulaire, Place d'Armes, 15100 

St. Germain Laval: Musée Municipal, (tapestries), Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, 42260 

St. Hippolyte-du-Fort: Musée de la Soie, (history of sericulture and silk industry in France), Pl. du 8 Mai 

1945, 30170 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, Les Cevennes 

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine: Musée des Vieux Metiers, (buttonmaker's tools, lace, embroidery), 7 Place Abbeé- 

Moreau, 49290 

Saumur: Musée d'Arts Decoratifs, (tapestries), Château, 49400 

Sceaux: Musée de l'Ile-de-France, (tapestries), Château, 92330 

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Sens: Musée et Trésor de la Cathédrale Saint-Etienne, (tapestries, Byzantine shrouds, vestments), Ancien 

Palais, 89100 

Strasbourg: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, (textiles from Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and Coptic Egypt), 

Palais des Rohan, 2 Pl. du Château, 67000 

Sully-sur-Loire, Château de Sully, (costume), 45600 

Talcy: Château de Talcy, (tapestries), 41370 

Thônes: Musée du Pays de Thônes, (firemen's uniforms), 2 Rue Blanche, 74230 

Torigini-sur-Vire: Musée d’Arts, (tapestries), Mairie, 50160 

Tournai: Musée de la Tapisserie, 9 Place Reine Astrid, B-7500 

Tournus: Musée Bourguignon Perrin-de-Puycousin, (Burgundian costumes), 8 Place de L'Abbaye, 71700 

Tours: Musee des Beaux-Arts, (French silks), 18 Place François Sicard, 37000 

Tours: Petit Musée du Costume, 54 Blvd Beranger, 37000 

Troyes: Musée Historique de Troyes et de la Champagne et Musée de la Bonneterie, (hosiery industry: looms, 

stockings, caps), Hôtel de Vauluisant, 4 Rue de Vauluisant, 10000 

Troyes: Maison de Outil et de la Pensée Ouvrière, (regional costume), Hôtel de Mauroy, 7 Rue de la Trinité, 

10000 

Vannes: Museum of Historical Costume, Chateau de Crevy 

Wesserling: Musée du Textile et des Costumes de Haut Alsace, (contemporary textiles and textile 

technology), Parc de Wesserling, F-68470 Husseren Wesserling 

GEORGIA 

Tbilisi: State Museum of Art, (ecclesiastical textiles) 

Tbilisi: State Museum of Georgia, (ethnographic textiles, rugs, needlework, bedwork, dolls), pr Rustaveli 3 

Tbilisi: Tbilisi Silk Museum 

GERMANY 

Albstadt: Maschenmuseum, (knitting industry, textile industry), Wasenstrasse 10, 72461 

Annaberg-Buchholz: Erzgebirgmuseum Department of Cultural History (lacemaking, silk weaving), Grosse 

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Kirchgasse 16, O9456 

Bad Driburg: St. Xavier Missionmuseum, (tapestries), Dringenberger Strasse 32, 3940 

Bad Homburg: Hutmuseum im Gotischen Haus, (hats), Tannenwaldweg 102, D-61350 

Bad Segeberg: Alt-Segeberger Bürgerhaus, (shoemaking), Lübecker Strasse 15, Schleswig-Holstein 

Bamberg: Diözesanmuseum Bamberg, (vestments, altar-hangings), Domplatz 5, 96049 

Bergen-Süize: Afrika-Museum, (textiles), Buhrnstrasse 9, 29303 

Berlin: Bauhaus Archive, (Bauhaus weavings shown by appointment), Klingelhoferstr 14, D-10785 

Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (rugs, textiles, textile 

history), Tiergartenstr. 6, 10785 

Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (rugs, textiles, 

tapestries), Schloss Köpenick, Schlossinsel, 12557 

Berlin: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (worldwide ethnographic 

textiles), Bodestrasse 1-3, Museumsinsel, 10178 

Berlin: Museum für Indische Kunst, (Central Asian textiles 7 th -13 th centuries), Lanstrasse 8, D14195 

Berlin: Museum für Islamische Kunst, (Islamic textiles and rugs), Lansstrasse 8, 14195 

Berlin: Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin, (textiles, 1870-present, textile technology), Trebbiner Strasse 9, 

10963 

Berlin: Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, (ethnographic 

textiles from China, Japan, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Philippines), Lanstrasse 

8, 14195 

Bocholt: Westfälisches Industriemuseum, Textilmuseum, (textile industry 1850-1950), Uhlandstrasse 50, 

46397 

Bramsche: Tuchmacher-Museum (Clothmakers’ Museum), (textile industry), Mühlenort 6, D-49565 

Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, (textiles), Museumstrasse 1, 38100 

Bremen, Bremer Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, (textiles, costume), Schwachhauser 

Heerstrasse 240, 28213 

Celle: Deutsche Stickmuster Museum, (German embroidery samplers), Palais im Prinzengarten, D-3100 

Chemnitz: Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, (textiles, rugs, tapestries, 17 th -18 th c.), Theatreplatz 1, 

09111 

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Darmstadt Hessen: Schlossmuseum, (court costumes, uniforms), Residenzschloss, 64289 

Dortmund: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, (textiles), Hansastrasse 3, 44137 

Dresden: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, (textiles, Middle Ages to present 

day; rugs), Schloss Pillnitz, 01326 

Dresden: Staatiches Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden, (Indian and South-East Asian textiles), Japanisches 

Palais, Palaisplatz, 01097 

Düsseldorf: Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, (rugs), Ehrenhof 5, 40479 

Emsdetten, Nordhein-Westfalen: August Holländer Museum, (weaving, clog-making, costumes), 

Mühlenstrasse 28, 48282 

Erlangen: Stadtmuseum und Stadtarchiv Erlangen, (stocking looms), Martin-Luther Platz 9, 91054, Erlangen, 

Bayern 

Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg: Albgau-Museum, (flax processing, spinning, weaving), Schloss, 76275 

Euskirchen: Muller Cloth Mill, (textile industry), Carl-Koenen-Strasse, D-53881 

Frankfurt am Main: Museum für Völkerkunde, (worldwide ethnographic textiles), Schaumainkai 29, 60594 

Frankfurt am Main: Museum für Kunsthandwerk, (rugs), Schaumainkal 17, 60594 

Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg: Augustinermuseum, (textiles), Am Augustinerplatz, 79098 

Friedewald, Hessen: Museum of Local Life, (textiles, dyeing, costume), Schlossplatz 2, 36289 

Geltow: Aktives Museum Handweberei “Henni Jaensch-Zeymer,” (history of handweaving, spinning, textile 

tools, classes, symposia), Am Wasser 19, 14542 Geltow, (near Potsdam) 

Glucksburg, Schleswig Holstein: Stiftung Schloss Glücksburg, (tapestries), Schloss, 24960 

Greiz: Staatliche Museen Greiz, (costumes), Sommerpalais, Burgplatz 12, 07973 

Grossschönau: Deutsches Damast- und Frottiermuseum Grossschönau, (damask 1666-1873), 

Schenaustrasse 3, 02779 

Halle: Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, (rugs), Friedmann-Bach-Platz 5, 06108 

Hamburg: Museum für Volkerkunde, (ethnographic textiles), Rothenbaumchausee 64, 20148 

Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, (textiles, rugs), Steintorplatz 1, 20099 

Hannover: Kestner-Museum, (rugs), Trammplatz 3, 30159 

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Heidelberg: Textilmuseum Max Berk, (textiles), Brahmstrasse 8, 69118 

Heinsberg, Nordrhein Westfalon: Kreismuseum (velvet ribbon weaving), Hochstrasse 21, 52525 

Helmbrechts: Oberfränkisches Textilmuseum, (regional textiles, rugs, tapestries, textiles), Münchenberger Str. 

17, 95233 

Heubach, Baden Württenberg: Heimat- und Miedermuseum, (corset-making), Haupstr. 53, 73540 

Karlsruhe: Badisches Landesmuseum, (rugs, textiles), Schloss, 76131 

Köln: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, (European textiles, rugs, tapestries, 1300-1990), An der Rechtscule, 

50667 

Köln: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde der Stadt Köln, (Asian, American and African textiles), 

Ubierring 45, 50678 

Krefeld: Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld, (textiles, ornaments, costume, patterns), Andreasmarkt 8, 47809 

Leipzig: Grassimuseum, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, (costumes, textiles, rugs), Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103 

Mainz: Bischöfliches Dom- und Diözesanmuseum, (tapestries), Domstrasse 3, 55116 

Mannheim: Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit in Mannheim, (textiles, 1750 to present), Museumstrasse 

1, 68165 

Michelau: Deutsches Korbmuseum Michelau, (baskets, wickerwork), Bismarkstr. 4, 96247 

Mindelheim: Textilmuseum, Sandtner-Stifftung, (textiles), Hermelestr. 4, 87719 

Mönchengladbach: Städtisches Museum Schloss Rheydt, (looms, weaving industry) 41239 

Munich: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, (tapestries, textiles, rugs), Prinzeregenstr. 3, 80538 

Munich: Deutsches Museum, (textiles), Museum Insel, 80538 

Munich: Historiches Nähmaschinen- und Bügeleisenmuseum, (sewing machines), Heimeranstr. 68-70, 80339 

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Munich: Deutsches Theatermuseum, (costume and design), Galeriestr. 4a und 6, 80539 

Munich: Münchner Stadtmuseum, (fashion, costume, textiles), St-Jakobs-Platz 1, 80331 

Munich: Residenzmuseum, (rugs), Max-Joseph-Platz 3, 80539 

Munich: Staatliche Museum für Volkerkunde, (rugs), Maximilianstr. 42, 80538 

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Münster: Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Domplatz 10, 48143 

Neumünster: Textilmuseum, (spinning, weaving, Bronze and Iron Age costume) Parkstr. 7, 24534 

Nordhalben: Internationale Spitzensammlung, (textiles, history of bobbin lace industry), Klöppelschule 4, 

96365 

Nürnberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, (tapestries, costumes), Kartäusergasse 1, 90402 

Pirmasens: Pirmasenser Schuhmmuseum und Bürkel-Galerie, (shoes), Scherenschnittkabinett und 

Heimatmuseum, Hauptstr. 26, 66953 

Plauen: Vogtlandmuseum, (lace), Noblestrasse 9-13, 08523 

Ratingen: Cromford Cotton Mill, Cromforder Allee 24, 40878 

Ratingen: Rheinisches Industriemuseum, (textile industry in Rhineland, 1750-1850, looms, spinning 

machines, textiles), Aussenstelle Ratigen, Cromforder Allee 24, 40878 

Regensburg, Historisches Museum, Kunst- und Kulturgeschichtliche Sammlungen, (costume, fashion), 

Dachauplatz 2-4, 93047 

Rochlitz: Heimatmuseum Schloss Rochlitz, (flax processing, textile industry), Sörnziger Weg 1, 09306 

Rodewisch: Museum Göltzsch, (spinning, knitting), Schlossstr. 2, 08228 

Schönenwerd: Bally Shoe Museum, (shoes, boots) 

Schrecksbach: Dorfmuseum Holtzburg, Pfarrhof, (shoe collection, weaving, costume), Brunnenstrasse 11, 

34637 

Schwerin: Staatliches Museum Schwerin, (textiles), Kunstammlungen, Schlösser und Gärten, Alter-Garten 3, 

19055 

Sindelfingen: Sindelfingen Weaving Museum, Corbeil-Essonnes-Platz 4, D-71063 Sindelfingen 

Stuttgart: Linden-Museum Stuttgart – Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, (Central Asian and Oceanic 

textiles), Hegelplatz 1, 70174 

Stuttgart: Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart, (textiles, rugs, tapestries, 4 th c. to present), 

Schillerplatz 6, 70173 

Trier: Städtisches Museum Simeonstift Trier, (Coptic textiles), Simeondstift, 54290 

Weesenstein: Museum Schloss Weesenstein, (tapestries), Am Schlossberg 1, 01809 

Warthausen: Knopf & Knopf International Museum der Knöpfe, (historic and modern buttons), 

Museumgässle 1, D-88447 

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Weimar: Schloss Belvedere Rococo Museum, (textiles), Burgplatz 4, 99423 

Weissenfels: Museum, Schloss Neu-Augustusburg, (shoes, handicrafts), Zeitzer Str. 4, 06667 

Wilthen: Heimatstube, (19th century weaver's room, tools for flax-processing and linen weaving), 

Bahnhofstrasse 7, 02681 

Zeulenroda: Städtisches Kunstgewerbe und Heimatmuseum, (stocking production, costume), Aumaische Str. 

30, O7937 

Many museums of local and regional life maintain collections of costumes and handicrafts, as well as 

displays of local weaving, spinning, dyeing, or other textile industries. Many of the palaces also exhibit 

tapestries. 

GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND 

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth Yesterday, (300 hats from 1923) Little Chapel, New Street, Dyfed, Wales 

Aran Islands, Galway, Ireland: Inis Meáin Knitting Co., Ltd, Factory Shop and Museum, (baskets, costume) 

Arbroath: The Signal Tower Museum, (flax production, boot and shoe manufacture), Ladyloan, Arbroath D11 

1PU 

Ashburton, Devon: Ashburton Museum, (period costume, lace), Newton-Abbot, No. 1 West St. Ashburton, 

TQ13 7DT 

Bangor: Bangor Art Gallery and Museum of Welsh Antiquities, (costume, textiles) University College of 

North Wales, Ffordd Gwynedd LL57 1DT 

Barnard Castle, County Durham: Bowes Museum (tapestry, 17th-18th century French upholstery textiles, 

lace, samplers, ecclesiastical embroideries), DL12 8NP 

Barnet, Greater London: Barnet Museum, (handbags, purses), 31 Wood Street, EN5 4BE 

Bath: The American Museum in Britain, (textiles, quilts, samplers, rugs), Claverton Manor, BA2, 7BD 

Bath: The Museum of Costume, (American costume and accessories), Bennett St., Assembly Rooms, BA1 

2QH 

Bath: Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre, (20th century printed and woven textiles), Great Pulteny 

Street, BA2 4DB 

Bath: Museum of Costume and Fashion Research Centre, (costumes), Assembly Rooms, Bennett St., BA1 

2QH 

Batley, West Yorkshire: Bagshaw Museum, (textile industry), Wilton Park, WF17 OAS 

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Bedford, Bedfordshire: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Museum, (costume and lace, late 19 th century-early 20 th 

century), Castle Close, MK40 3NY 

Belfast: Ulster Museum, (textiles and costume), Botanic Gardens, BT9 5AB 

Biggar, Strathclyde: Gladstone Court Museum, (dressmaker's shop), Moat Park, ML12 6DT 

Birkenhead, Merseyside: Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, (hand-blocked textiles), Slatey Rd., L43 4UE 

Birmingham: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, (textiles), Chamberlain Sq., B3 3DH 

Blackburn, Lancashire: Lewis Textile Museum, (mechanical spinning and weaving industries), 3 Exchange 

St., B1 7AJ 

Bolton, Lancashire: Textile Machinery Museum, (historic textile machines), Tonge Moor Rd., BL2 2LE 

Bradford, West Yorkshire: Bradford Industrial Museum, (textile design, textiles, rugs, tapestries), Moorside 

Mills, Moorside Road, BD2 3HP 

Bradford: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, (Indian and Pakistani textiles), Lister Park, Manningham, BD9 4NS 

Braintree, Essex: The Working Silk Museum, (silk weaving industry) 

Bristol: City Museum and Art Gallery, (Asian, African and North American textiles), Queens Road, BS8 1RL 

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, (textiles), Trumpington St., CB2 1RB 

Cambridge: University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, (ethnographic textiles, especially strong 

collection from Southeast Asia and Peru), Downing St., CB2 3DZ 

Crayford, Kent: World of Silk, David Evans & Co., (archives, machinery, demonstrations of silk 

printing), Bourne Rd., DA1 4BP 

Cromford, Derbyshire: Arkwright's Cromford Mill, (cotton spinning), Mill Lane, DE4 3RQ 

Dublin: National Museum of Ireland, (lace, textiles), Kildare St., 2 

Dundee, Scotland: The Scottish Tartans Society, Broughty Castle Museum, (Scottish tartans, library), 

Broughty Ferry, DD5 2BG 

Durham: Oriental Museum, University of Durham, (Far Eastern textiles and costume), Elvet Hill, DH1 3TH 

East Molesey: Embroiderers’ Guild Collection, (worldwide embroidery), Hampton Court Palace, Surrey Kt8 

9AU 

Edinburgh: Royal Museum of Scotland, (textiles, costume, accessories, Middle Eastern textiles), Chambers 

St., EH1 1JF 

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Edinburgh: Scottish Tartans Museum, (700 Tartans), The Scotch House, 39/41 Princes St. 

Exeter, Devon: Costume Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, (costume and accessories, hats), Queen 

St., EX4 3RX 

Farnham, Surrey: Farnham Museum, Wilmer House, 38 West Street, GU9 7DXT 

Finsthwaite, Cumbria: Stott Park Bobbin Mill, (wooden bobbin industry) 

Glasgow: Art Gallery and Museum, (textiles and costume from Great Britain and Europe), Kelingrove, G3 

8AG 

Glasgow: The Burrell Collection, (tapestries, rugs and needlework from Europe and the Near East), Pollok 

Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd., G43 1AT 

Glasgow: Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, University Ave., G12 8QQ 

Gloucester, Gloucestershire: City Museum and Art Gallery, (costume), Brunswick Road, GL1 1HP 

Golcar, West Yorkshire: Colne Valley Museum, (group of weavers' cottages), Cliffe Ash, HD7 4PY 

Halifax, West Yorkshire: Bankfield Museum, (textiles and machinery, costume, brocade, Balkan peasant 

costume, Burmese costume), Boothtown Rd., HX3 6HG 

Halifax, West Yorkshire: Piece Hall Pre-Industrial Museum, (textile equipment), Piece Hall, HX1 1PR 

Hampstead, Fenton House, (embroidered objects of the 17 th c.), Windmill Hill, Hampstead 

Hatfield, Hertfordshire: Mill Green Museum and Mill, (lacemaking), Mill Green, AL9 5PD 

Hawick, Borders, Scotland: Museum and Art Gallery, (knitwear & hosiery industry), Wilton Lodge Park, 

TD9 7JL 

Helmshore, Lancashire: Museum of Lancashire County Textile Industry, (complete 1789 textile mill), Higher 

Mill, Holcombe Road, BB4 4NP 

Hereford, Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, (costume, embroidery, textiles), Broad St. 

Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland: Ulster Folk Museum, (Irish textiles and costume, quilts, lace, 

embroideries), Cultra Manor, BT18 0EU 

Honiton, Devon: Allhallows Museum, (Honiton Lace), High St., EX14 8PE 

Horsted Keynes: The Forge North American Indian Museum, (Native American textiles), Horsted, West 

Sussex, RH17 7AT 

Ipswich, Suffolk: Museum of Knots and Sailors' Ropework, (examples of ropemaking and tools, 17 th century- 

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Kilbarchan, Southclyde, Scotland: Weaver's Cottage, (18th century weaver's house), The Cross, PA10 2LG 

Kingussie, Highland, Scotland: Highland Folk Museum, (tartans, textiles), Duke Street, PH21 1JG 

Leicester, Leicestershire: Leicester City Museums Service, (South Asian textiles), New Walk Museum and 

Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, LE1 7EA 

Leicester, Leicestershire: Newarke Houses Museum, (hosiery industry), The Newarke, LE2 7BY 

Leicester, Leicestershire: Wygston's House Museum of Costume, (costumes from 1769 to 1924, draper's, 

milliner's, and shoe shop from 1920), 12 Applegate 

Leominster, Herefordshire: Snowshill Costume Collection, (18 th and 19 th century men’s and women’s 

costumes, accessories), Berrington Hall, HR6 0DW 

Lewes, East Sussex: Military Heritage Museum, (military headgear), 7/9 West St., BN7 2NJ 

Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland: Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, (flax, linen), Market 

Square, BT28 1AG 

Liverpool: Liverpool Museum, (Coptic Textiles, costumes, African textiles), William Brown St., L3 8EN 

London: Bethnel Green Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, (Spitalfields silks, costumes, Chinese textiles, 

study collection of textiles), Cambridge Heath Rd., E2 9PA 

London: British Museum, (fans, jewelry, textiles), Great Russell St., WC1B 3DG 

London: Buckingham Palace, (tapestries), The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Rd. 

London: The Constance Howard Textiles Study Collection, Dept. of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, 

University of London, New Cross, SE14 6NW 

London: Court Dress Collection, Kensington Palace, W8 4PX 

London: The Fan Museum, (fans), 12 Crooms Hill, SE10 8ER 

London: Fashion and Textile Museum, (Zandra Rhodes), 83 Bermondsey St. SE1 3XF 

London: Fenton House, (17 th -18 th century needlework and textiles), Windmill Hill 

London: Gunnersbury Park Museum, (costumes, needlework, children’s clothing), Gunnersbury Park, W3 

8LQ 

London: Horniman Museum and Library, (ethnographic textiles from Asia, Africa, Europe, Near East, Pacific 

Islands), 100 London Rd., Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ 

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London: The Museum of London, (archaeological textiles excavated in London, hats, lace, ceremonial 

costume), London Wall, EC2Y 5HN 

London: Museum of Mankind, (ethnographic textiles; textiles, rugs, costume from Europe, Asia, the 

Americas, and the Pacific Islands), 6 Burlington Gardens, W1X 2EX 

London: National Museum of Childhood, Victoria and Albert Museum, (children’s clothing and accessories 

from the late 16 th century), Cambridge Heath Rd., E2 9PA 

London: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, (beads and jewelry), University College, Gower St., 

WC1E 6BT 

London: Theatre Museum, National Museum of the Performing Arts, 1e Tavistock St, WC2E 7PA 

London: Victoria and Albert Museum, (textiles and costume, jewelry, tapestries), Cromwell Road, South 

Kensington, SW7 2RL 

London: William Morris Gallery, (textiles by William Morris and his colleagues), Water House, Lloyd Park, 

Forest Rd., E17 4PP 

London: World Textile Centre, British Museum Study Centre, (textiles) 

Luton, Bedfordshire: Luton Museum and Art Gallery, (straw hat and pillow lace industries, costumes), 

Wardown Park, New Bedford Rd., LU2 7HA 

Lyme Regis, Dorset: The Philpot Museum, (old lace), Bridge Street, DT7 3WA 

Macclesfield, Cheshire: Macclesfield Silk Museum, Heritage Centre, Roe St., SK11 6XD 

Macclesfield, Cheshire: Paradise Mill Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, (restored silk mill), Old Park Lane, SK11 

6TJ 

Manchester: Gallery of English Costume, (English costume from the 17th century to the present), Platt Hall, 

Rusholme, M15 5LL, 

Manchester: Whitworth Art Gallery, (Coptic and Peruvian textiles, damasks, velvets, Near Eastern 

embroidery, contemporary fabric), University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M15 6ER 

Mitcham, Surrey: The Wandle Industrial Museum, (William Morris and Arthur Liberty exhibitions and 

archives), The Vestry Hall, London Rd., CR4 3UD (temporary location, call 0181 6480127 for details on 

present location) 

New Abbey, Dumfrieshire, Scotland: Shambellie House Museum of Costume, (costume), New Abbey 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Liang Art Gallery, (costume, Mediterranean embroideries), Higham Place, NE1 AG 

Newtown, Dyfed, Wales: Newtown Textile Museum, (textile industry, machinery, handlooms, costume), 5-7 

Commercial St., SY16 2BL

Northampton, Northamptonshire: Central Museum and Art Gallery, (history of footwear), Guildhall Road, 

NN1 1DP 

Nottingham: Lace Centre, (costume, embroidery and lace), Severns Buildings, Castle Road, NG1 6AA 

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Museum of Costumes and Textiles, (women's costumes from the 17th century 

to the present, men's and childrens' wear, embroidery, textiles, lace), 43-51 Castle Gate, NG1 6AF 

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, (lace, costume and textiles from 

Great Britain and Asia), Off Friar Lane, NG1 6EL 

Oxford, Oxfordshire: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Arhaeology, Beaumont St., OX1 2PH 

Oxford, Oxfordshire: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, (featherwork, beadwork, costume and 

accessories primarily of non-European origin), South Parks Rd., OX1 3PP 

Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland: Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, (Paisley shawls), High St., PA1 2BA 

Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland: Blair Castle, (needlework and lace exhibitions), Blair Atholl, PH18 5TL, 

Scotland 

Port Sunlight, Merseyside: Lady Lever Art Gallery, (embroidery, tapestry), L62 5EQ 

Portsmouth, Hampshire: The City Museum and Art Gallery, (textiles, needlework, wallhangings), Museum 

Rd., PO1 2LJ 

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire: The Button Museum, (buttons), 13 Kyrle St., HR9 7DB 

St. Fagan’s, Cardiff, Wales: Welsh Folk Museum, (needlework, quilts, Welsh costumes), CF5 6XB 

Sevenoaks, Kent: Knole, (rugs, tapestries), TN15 0RP 

Southsea, Hampshire: D-Day Museum, (the Overlord embroidery, a Bayeux Tapestry for World War II), 

Clarence Esplanade, PO5 3NT 

Stockport, Cheshire: Hat Works, The Museum of Hatting, (hat manufacture), Wellington Mill, Wellington 

Road South, SK3 0EU 

Street, Somerset: Shoe Museum, (shoes from 350 A.D. to the present), C. & J. Clark Ltd., High Street, BA16 

OYA 

Styal, Cheshire: Quarry Bank Mill, (preserved 18th century cotton mill town), SK9 4LA 

East Molesey, Surrey: Embroiderers’ Guild Museum Collection, (textiles, costume, needlework), Hampton 

Court Palace, Apt. 41, KT8 9AU 

Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon: Coldharbour Mill, Working Wool Museum, (textile industry), Uffculme, 

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Upper Nothsdale, Dumfries, Scotland: Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum, (knitting) 

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire: Wisbech and Fenland Museum, (woad industry; textiles & costume from 

Madagascar and the South Sea Islands), Museum Square, PE13 1ES 

Wolverhampton, West Midlands: Wightwick Manor, (William Morris textiles, wallpaper), Wightwick, WV6 

8EE 

Workington, Cumbria: Helena Thompsom Museum, (costumes), Park End Rd., CA14 4DE, Cumbria 

Worthing, West Sussex: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, (textiles and costume from 1600), Chapel Rd., 

BN11 1HP 

Numerous castles and old halls have been converted to museums that contain tapestries and costumes. 

Regional and local museums also maintain costume collections. Lastly, uniforms can be seen in regimental 

and war museums. 

GREECE 

Agios Nikolaos, Crete: Touring Club Collection, (regional textiles, embroidery), 72100 

Alexandroupolis: Philippidis Collection of Alexandroupolis, (textiles, embroidery, aprons, knitting), 37 

Proussis St., 68100 

Athens: The Benaki Museum, (vestments, embroidery, costume), 1 Od Komburi, 10674 

Athens: The Museum of the Greek Folklore Society, 12 Didotou St. 

Athens: The Museum of Islamic Art at the Benaki Museum, (Islamic textiles, costume, and animal trappings), 

Kerameikos 

Athens: Greek Popular Art Museum, (costume, textiles, lace, embroidery), 17 Kidathineon St. Plaka, 10558 

Athens: National Historical Museum, (costume, embroidery), Stadiou St.- Old Parliament Bldg., 1858 

Athens: Research Centre of Greek Folklore, (textiles, embroidery, lace), Athens Academy, 129 Leoforos 

Sygrou 

Chios: Ethnological and Folklore Museum of the Admantios Korais Library, (costume, textiles, embroidery), 

Korai St., 82100 

Dimitsana: Archaeological Collection, (textiles, looms), Library, 22007 

Iraklion, Crete: Historical Museum of Crete, (costume, textiles, lace, embroidery), A. and M. Kalokerinos 

Mansion, Lyssimachou Kalokerinou St. 7, 71202 

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Kosani: Archaeological and Folklore Collection, (costume), Village Hall, 50100 

Nauplia: Pelopónnesian Folkore Foundation Museum, (household textiles and regional costumes, production 

of natural fibers in rural Greece 1835-WW II), 1 Vas. Alexandrou, GR 211 00 

Pyrgos, Thira: Nomikos Collection, (19th century textiles, embroidery), 84701 

Thessaloniki: Folklore and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia, (costume, textiles, embroidery), 68 

Vassilissis Olgas St. 54642 

Most of the Greek museums contain small collections of vestments, embroidery, or textiles, however, only 

museums with significant collections are included here. 

CYPRUS 

Nicosia: Folk Art Museum, (Cypriot folk costume), Archbishop Kyprianos Square, PO Box 1436 

HUNGARY 

Budapest: Budapesti Történeti Múzeum (Budapest Historical Museum), Szent György tér 2, Budaván Palota, 

H-1250 

Budapest: Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Azsiai Müvészeti Múzeum, (Museum of Oriental Art), (Chinese silk tapestries, 

embroidered book covers, Vietnamese embroidered textiles), Nepköztárraság útca 103, 1062 

Budapest: Iparmüvészeti Múzeum, (Museum of Applied Arts), (costume, rugs, lace, tapestries), Üllöi út 33- 

37, 1091 

Budapest: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum (Hungarian National Museum), (costume), Múzeum Körút 14-16, 

H1370 

Budapest: Nagytétény Kastélmúzeum, (oriental rugs), Csókási Pál u. 9-11, H-1225 

Budapest: Néprajzi Muzeum (Museum of Ethnography), Kossuth Lajos té 12, 1055 

Budapest: Textile Museum Óbuda, (textile industry), Lajos utca 136-138, H-1038 

Debrecen: Déri Museum (costume of ethnic minorities) 

Esztergom: Keresztény Múzeum (Museum of Christianity), (tapestries), Mindszenty-tér 2 2501 

Gödöllö: City Museum (textile industry) 

Gödöllö: The Art Colony, (textile industry) 

Pápa: The Blue Print Factory Museum 

Szeged: Ferenc Móra Muzeum, (embroidery, weaving), Roosevelt tér 1-3, Pf. 474, 6720 

Szombathely: Savaria Múzeum, Kisfaludy Sándor u. 9, Postfach 14, 9701 

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Szombathely: Szombathely Képtár, (contemporary rugs, tapestries, textiles), Rákóczi Ferenc u. 12, 9700 

Vásárosnamény: City Museum (costume of ethnic minorities) 

Veszprém: Laczkó Dezsö Museum, (costume of ethnic minorities) 

ITALY 

Alesandria: Ghalibaf Gallery, weavers’ museum and library (Taher Sabahi) 

Alessandria: Museo del Cappello Borsalino, (hats), Via Cavour 84, I-15100 

Anangni e Osteria della Fontana, Frosinone: Tesoro della Cattedrale, (vestments, Boniface VIII's cope), Via 

Leone XIII, 03012 

Arezzo: Lanificio di Soci 

Arezzo: Lanificio di Stia 

Bologna: Museo di San Domenico, (vestments), Piazza San Domenico 13, 40124 

Bologna: Museo di San Petronio, (vestments), presso Basilica San Petronio, Piazza San Maggiore, 40124 

Bologna: Museo Storico-Didattico della Tappezzeria, (brocades, velvets, tapestries) Palazzo Salina, Via 

Barberia 13, 40124 

Camaiore, Luca: Museo d'Arte Sacra, (tapestries) Via IV Novembre, 55041 

Castel Sant'Elia, Viterbo: Museo degli Oggetti Sacri, (vestments, mitres), Santuario Pontifico di Saint Maria 

delle Rupi, 01030 

Chieri, Piedmont: Museo del Tessile, Via G. Demaria 10, I-10023 

Como: Antonio Ratti Foundation and Textile Museum, Lungo Lario Trento 9, I-22100 

Como: Silk Museum, (European and Oriental silk) Via Valleggio 3, I-22100 

Florence: Galleria degli Uffizi, (tapestries), Piazza degli Uffizi, 50122 

Florence: Galleria del Costume, (costume), Piazza Pitti 1, I-50125 

Florence: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, (Medieval and Renaissance textiles of Europe and Asia), Via Del 

Proconsolo 4, 50122 

Florence: Museo Bardini, (Persian rugs), Piazza dei Mozzi 1, 50125 

Florence: Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Piazza Pitti 1, 50125 

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Florence: Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Palazzo Spini Feroni, Via dei Tornabuoni 2 

Florence: Palazzo Vecchio, (Florentine tapestries), Palazzo della Signoria, 50122 

Forli: Museo Etnografico ‘Pergoli’, (costume), Istituti Culturali ed Artistici, Corso della Repubblica 72, 47100 

Gandino, Bergamo: Museo della Basilica, (ancient textiles), Palazetto a fianco della Chiesa, Via Loverini, 

24024 

Genoa: Galleria di Palazzo Reale, (Brussels tapestries), Via Balbi 10, 16100 

Ghiffa: Museo dell’Arte del Cappello, (hats), Corso Belvedere 279, I28823 

Gignese, Novara: Museo dell'Ombrello e del Parasole, (umbrellas and parasols), Viale Golf Panorama, 28040 

Guben: Technisches Museum der Hutindustrie, (hats), Gasstrasse 4-7, D03172 

Lindenberg/Allgäu: Hutmuseum, (straw hats and classes), c/o Städtisches Verkehrsamt (Tourist Office), 

Stadtplatz 1, D-88161 

Lucca: Filatura Cucirini 

Lucca: Palazzo Mansi 

Milan: Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, (decorative arts, 16 th century Flemish tapestries) 

Milan: Museo Poldi Pezzoli, (oriental rugs, Coptic textiles, European tapestries), Via Manzoni 12, 20121 

Milan: Museo di Arte Estremo Orientale e di Etnografia, (Chinese textiles), Via Mose Bianchi 94, 20149 

Milan: Zucchi Museum Collection, (textile printing blocks), Via Ugo Foscolo 4 

Nuoro: Museo della Vita e delle Tradizioni Popolari Sarde, (Sardinian costume), Via Mereu 56, 8100 

Orvieto, Terni: Museo dell'Opera dell Duomo, Palazzo Soliano, Piazza Duomo, 05018 

Perugia: Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Palazzo dei Priori, Corso Vannucci 06100 

Piacenza: Alberoni Galleria, (Flemish and Italian tapestries), Via Emilio Parmense 77, 29100 

Prato: Museo del Tessuto, (historical and contemporary textiles), Piazza del Comune 9, I-59100 

Ravenna: Museo Nazionale, (Oriental textiles), via Benedetto Fiandrini, 48100 

Rome: Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizoni Populare, (costume), Piazza Marconi 8, 00144 

Rome: Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, (worldwide ethnographic textiles), Viale 

Lincoln 3, 00144 

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Rome: Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum (tapestries after cartoons by Raphaël), Viald del Vaticano, 

Savona: Museo del Santuario di Nostra Signora Misericordia, (vestments), Piazza Santuario 6, 

17100 

Spoleto: Museo del Teatro, (costume), Via Filitteria 1, 06049 

Turin: Museo Civico d’Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama, (leatherwork, textiles), Piazza Castello, 10122 

Venice: Galleria Accadémia, Campo della Caritá, 30121 

Venice: Galleria Giorgio Franchetti, alla Ca' d'Oro, Calle Ca’ d’Oro 3933, 30100 

Venice: Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto e del Costume, Ca'Mocenigo, S. Croce 1992, 30100 

Venice: Museo Correr (leatherwork, lace, Persian textiles), Piazza San Marco 52, 30124 

Venice: Museo d'Arte Orientale Marco Polo, Palazzo Pesaro, S. Stae, Santa Croce 2078, 30125 

Venice: Museo del Settecento Veneziano di Ca’Rezzonico (tapestries, costumes), Dorsoduro 3136, 30124 

Vigevano, Pavia: Museo della Calzatura, (shoes), Corso Cavour 82, 27029 

Most of the Cathedral Museums and Cathedral Treasuries contain vestments. 

Riga: Latvian Museum of History 

Riga: Museum of Applied Arts 

LATVIA 

Riga: Rundale Palace: (historical and contemporary tapestries; a textile conservation and restoration center) 

LITHUANIA 

Kretinga: Kretinga Museum, (folk art and weaving), Vilniaus g. 20, 5700 

Vilnius: Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitia Gallery, (tapestries and costume), Domininkonų g. 15/1 

NETHERLANDS 

Amersfoort, Utrecht: Museum Flehite, (lace), Westsingel 50, 3811 DA 

Amstelveen: Tassenmuseum Hendrikje, (handbags), Zonnestein 1, 1181 LR 

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Amsterdam: Amsterdams Historisches Museum, (textiles, rugs, 18 th c. to present), Nieuwezjids Voorburgwal 

359, 1012 RM 

Amsterdam: Tropen Museum (Museum of the Royal Tropical Institute), (Indian, Indonesian, Thai textiles), 

Linnaeusstraat 2, P.O. Box 95001, 1090HA 

Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, (costume, tapestries, lace, rugs, textiles), Stadhouderskade 42, POB 74888, DN 

Amsterdam: Stedlijk Museum, 1071 CX 

Arnhem, Gelderland: Het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, (textiles, costume, rugs, tapestries), Schelmseweg 

89, 6816 SJ 

Assen, Drenthe: Provincial Museum van Drenthe, (textiles), Brink 1, 9401 HS 

Borculo, Gelderland: Tolboerderij De Lebbenbrugge, (weaver's room), Lebbenbruggedijk 25, 7271 SB 

Delft: Museum Paul Tétar van Elven, (18th century costume), Koornmarkt 67, 2611 CG 

Delft: Museum Nusantara, (Indonesian textiles), St. Agathaplein 485, 2611 HR 

Delft: Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Museum voor het Indonesisch Cultuurgebied, (textiles), Sint- 

Agathaplein 1, 2611 HR 

Denekamp, Overijssel: Singraven, (tapestries), Molendijk 37, 7591 PT 

Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland: Museum Mr. Simon van Gijn, (Brussels tapestries, costume), Nieuwe Haven 29, 

3300 AS 

Eindhoven: Museum Kempenland, (costume, weaving, clog-making), Steentjeskerk, Sint-Antoniusstr. 5-7, 

5616 RT 

Geldrop: Weverijmuseum, (textile industry, 726-1950), H Geeststraat 4a, 5564 AV 

Grijpskerke: Stichting Zijde, (silk), Kerkstraat 1, 4364 AJ 

Den Haag: Haags Gemeentemuseum, (textiles), Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517 HV 

Den Haag: Museon, Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517 HV 

Haarzuilens: Collectie Th. Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar, (tapestries, rugs) Kasteel de Haar, 

3455 RR 

Helmond: Gemeentemuseum Helmond, (textiles, local textile industry 1800 to present), Kasteelplein 1, 5701 

PP 

Hindeloopen, Gemeentemuseum de Hidde Nijland Stichting, (European and Indian textiles), Dijweg 1, 8713 

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Leiden: The Textile Research Center, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, (textiles), Steenstraat 1, 2300 AE 

Leeuwarden: Fries Museum, (European and Indian textiles), Turfmarkt 11, 8911 KS 

Muiden: Rijksmuseum Muiderslot, (rugs), Herengracht 1, 1398 AA 

Rotterdam: Historisch Museum, (costume), Korte Hoogstraat 31, 3011 GK 

Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, (textiles, lace), Museumpark 18-20, 3015 CK 

Rotterdam: Museum voor Volkenkunde, Willemskade 25, 3016 DM 

Rotterdam: WereldMuseum, Museum of Ethnology, (international textiles), Willemskade 25, 3016 DM 

Tilburg: Nederlands Textielmuseum, (Persian, Peruvian, and Oriental textiles, damasks, brocades, textile 

industry, costume), Goirkestr., 96, 5046 GN 

Utrecht: Centraal Museum Utrecht, (18th-20th century costume and accessories), Agnietenstraat 1, 3512 XA 

Utrecht: Museum Catharijneconvent, (church vestments), Nieuwegracht 63, POB 8518, 3503 RM 

Waalwijk: Nederlands Leder- en Schoenenmuseum, (footwear, tools), Elzenweg 25, 5144 MB 

Museums of local and regional life and folklore museums usually maintain a costume collection and 

occasionally tapestries. 

Bialystok: Podlaski Museum, (folk textiles) 

Bielsko-Biala: Museum of Textile Technology 

POLAND 

Bytom: Muzeum Górnoslaskie, (Polish textiles, costume), pl Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41-902 

Czestochowa: Muzeum 600-lecia Jasnej Góry, (textiles), ul. Kordeckiego 2, 42-200 

Krakow: Galeria Rzemiosla Artystycznego, Muzem Narodowego w Krakowie, (textiles, embroidery, 

costume, fashion accessories, church vestments, rugs), Aleja 3 Maja 1 

Krakow: Panstwowe Zbiory Sztuki na Wawelu (Wawel State Art Collections), (Flemish tapestries, Polish 

rugs, banners, Persian and Turkish tents), Krakow 30-001, Wawel 5 

Kwidzyn: Museum w Kwidzynie, (textile printing, handicrafts), ul. Parkowa 1, 82-500 

Lódz: Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne, (costume, folk art), pl. Wolnosci 14, 91-415 

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Lódz: Centralne Muzeum Wlókienniectwa, (history and techniques of textile industry, pattern books), ul. 

Piotrkowska 282, 93-034 

Poznan: Muzeum Archidiecezjalne, (textiles), ul. X. Posadzego 2, 61-108 

Poznan: Muzeum Narodowe-Oddzial: Muzeum Sztuk Uzytkowycz, Muzeum Narodowe w Pozaniu, 

(tapestries), Góra Przemyslawa 1, 61-768 

Poznan: Museum of Applied Art 

Torun: Muzeum Okregowe w Toruniu, Oddzial Sztuki Dalekiego Wschodu, (textiles), Rynek Staromiejski 

35, 87-100 

Torun: Muzeum Etnograficzne, (folk art, costume), ul. Waly Gen. Sikorskiego 19, 87-100 

Turek: Museum of Weaving 

Warszawa: Panstwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne, (costume, ethnography), ul. Kredytowa 1, 00-056 

Warszawa: Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku, (Asia and Pacific Museum), (Asian textiles), ul. Solec 24, 00-403 

Warszawa: Muzeum Narodowe W Warszawie, al. Jerozolimskie 3, 00-495 

Warszawa: Muzeum Teatralne, (theater costume design), Teatr Wielki, ul. Moliera 5, 00-950 

Wroclaw: Muzeum Etnograficzne, (costume), Oddzial Muzeum Narodowego we Wroclawiu, ul. 

Kazimierza Wielkiego 33, 50-077 

Again, there are municipal, regional, and local museums that have costume or other textiles, and occasionally 

production equipment. 

PORTUGAL 

Alpiarça: Casa-Museu dos Patudos, (17th-19th century rugs and tapestries, Indo-Portugese silk rugs), 2090 

Aveiro: Museu de Aveiro, (textiles, rugs, tapestries), Rua de Santa Joana Princesa, 3800 

Bragança: Museu Regional Abade de Baçal, (18 th c. textiles), Rue Abilio Beca 27, 

Castelo Branco: Museu de Francisco Tavares Proença Junior, (textiles, 16 th to 19 th century), Larga da 

Misericordia, 6000 Castelo Branco, Beira Baixa 

Coimbra: Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, (textiles, jewelry), Largo Dr. José Rodrigues, 3000 

Evora: Museu de Evora, (17 th and 18 th century church vestments), Largo Conde de Vila Fdlor, 7000 Evora, 

Alto Alentejo 

Guimarães: Paco dos Duques de Bracanga, (Flanders, Gobelins, and Aubusson tapestries), Guimarães, Minho

Lamego: Museu de Lamego, (tapestries, vestments), Largo de Camöes, 5100 

Lisbon: Museu de Arte Popular, (blankets, costume, linens, lace, embroidery, sewing implements), Avenida 

Brasilia, 1400 

Lisbon: Museu Ethnográfico, (Indian textiles), Rua das Portas de Santo Antao, 100, 1100 

Lisbon: Museu-Escola de Artes Decorativas da Fundação Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva, (rugs), Largo das 

Portas do Sol 2, 1100 

Lisbon: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, (European and Oriental textiles, jewelry), Av. de Berna 45A, 1093 

Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Arte Antigua, (rugs; tapestries, 14 th to 18 th century), Rua das Janelas Verdes, 1293 

Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Instituto Portugues de Museus, (textiles, 19 th- 20 century), Ave Ilha da 

Madiera, 1400 

Lisbon: Museu Nacional do Traje, (National Museum of Costume), Largo Júlio de Castilho, P-1600 

Lisbon: Museu Nacional dos Coches, (textiles, rugs, tapestries, uniforms, 1700-1900), Praça Afonso de 

Albuquerque Belém, 1300 

Municipal museums, regional museums and church treasuries usually have textiles. 

ROMANIA 

Bucharest: Muzeul National de Arta al României, (gold and silver embroidery, rugs, carpets), Calea Victoriei 

49-53, 70101 

Bucharest: Muzeul Teatrului National, (theater costumes), Bd. N. Balcescu nr. 1, 70111 

Bucharest: Muzeul de Arta Feudala D. Minovici, (Medieval tapestries & Oriental rugs), Str. Dr. Nicolae 

Minovici 3, 71557 

Bucharest: Muzeul satului, (textiles), Sos. Kiseleff nr 28-30, 71321 

Bucharest: The Romanian Peasants’ Museum, (costume from 19 th century to today), 3 Kisseleff Road, 71268 

Cluj-Napoca: Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, (rugs), Piata Libertatii nr. 30, 3400 

Cluj-Napoca: Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei, (Transylvanian costumes and textiles), Str. Memorandului 

21, 3400 

Iasi: Complexul National Muzeal “Moldova” Iasi, (costume), Plata Stefan cel Mare si Sfint 1, 6600 

Lupsa: Muzeul Etnografic Lupsa, (weaving, costume), 3380 

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Sibiu: Muzeul Brukenthal, (costumes, textiles), Piata Republicii 3-5, 2400 

RUSSIA 

Moscow: State Armoury, Kremlin, (costume, textiles, costume of Russian royalty), 103073 

St. Petersburg: State Russian Ethnographic Museum, (Turkmen textiles and rugs, Caucasian rugs, Russian 

embroideries, felts, animal trappings, early textiles of North American Indians of the Northwest Coast, 

excellent collection of “Raven Tail Blankets”), Michajlovskij Palace, Inzenernaja ui 4, 191011 

St. Petersburg: The State Hermitage Museum, (Asian archaeological textiles, Coptic and Islamic textiles), 

Dworzowaja Nabereshnaja 34-36, 191065 

St. Petersburg: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russia Academy of Science, 

(Asian textiles, ikat), Universiteskaya Nab., 3, 199034 

SERBIA 

Novi Sad: Museum of Vojvodina, (ethnographic costume and textiles) 

Strojkovac: Textile Museum, a department of National Museum in Leskovac, (textile industry) 

SLOVAKIA 

Bardejov: Museum of Saris, (saris), Radničné náb 13, 08501 

Bratislava: National Museum of Slovakia, (costume, tapestries, interior textiles), Bratislava 

CastleVajannského náb 2 81436 

Martin: Museum of Ethnography, (folk costume), Malá Hora 2, 03680 

Ruzomberok: L’udovit Fulla Gallery, (tapestries and designs of L’udovit Fulla), 

SPAIN 

Aranjuez: Palacio Real (Spanish and French textiles), Casa de Marinos y Jardines, 28300 

Barcelona: Colección Cambo Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, (tapestries, textiles), Palau Nacional, Parc 

de Montjuïc, 08004 

Barcelona: Museu d’ Arts Decoratives, (18th-20th century fans), Av Diagonal 686, 08034 

Barcelona: Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentaria, (textile industry, 14 th -20 th century textiles, 16 th -20 th century 

costume ) Montcada 12, E-08003 

Barcelona: Museum of Textile and Costume, Palace of the Marquess of Leon (large collection of modern day 

fashion, lace. Library includes fashion magazines dating from the late 19th century) 

Burgos: Real Monasterio de las Huelgas, (Medieval costume, textiles, jewelry from Royal tombs, Islamic 

textiles), Prolongación de la Castellona, 09001 

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Castellón: Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón, (textiles), Calle Caballeros 25, 12001 

Córdoba: Museo-Tesoro Catedralicio, (tapestries, vestments), Catedral El Escorial, Monasterio de San 

Lorenzo, 28004 El Escorial 

Girona: Tresor de la Catedral (tapestries, textiles), Plaza de la Catedral s/n, 17004 Granada, Casa de los Tiros, 

(costume), Calle Pavaneras 19, 18009 

Granada: Museo Catedralicio, (vestments, 16th century tapestries), Plaza de Alonso Cano, 18001 Igualada, 

Museo de la Piel, Museo de la Ciudad y Comarca (leather preparation and uses), Carretera de Manresa, 08700 

León: Real Colegiata de San Isidoro, Panteón, Biblioteca, Tesoro, (11th-12th century Persian and Arabian 

textiles), Plaza de San Isidoro, 24080 

Madrid: Colección del Banco de Espana, (tapestries), Alcalá 50, 28014 

Madrid: Gabinete de Antiqüedades, (textiles), Real Academia de la Historia, Calle del Leon 21, 28014 

Madrid: Institutio de Valencia de Don Juan, (15 th -19 th century textiles, 15 th –20 th century rugs), Calle Fortuny 

43, 28010 

Madrid: Museo de América de Madrid (Madrid Museum of Latin America), (Pre-Columbian Andean textiles, 

Paracas mummy, Chancay and Inca textiles), Ciudad Universitaria, Avenida Reyes Católicos 6, E-28040 

Madrid: Museo Lazaro Galdiano, (textiles), Serrano 122, 28006 

Madrid: Museo Nacional de Anthropologia, (textiles of the Philippines), Alfonso x11, no. 66, 28014 

Madrid: Patrimonio Nacional (National Heritage Collection), (textiles and costume of the medieval Castilian 

court, tapestries of the Hapsburg kings, ecclesiastical objects), The Royal Palace, 28071 

Madrid: Real Fábrica de Tapices, (18th century tapestries, rugs), Calle Fuenterrabia 2, 28014 

Oncala: Museo del Tapices, (17th century Flemish tapestries, 18th century vestments), Iglesia de San Millán, 

42172 

Plascencia: Museo Etnográfico Textil “Perez Enciso,” (textile industry, costume, accessories, needlework, 

household linens made in the region), Plaza Marqués de la Puebla s/n., E-10600 

Terrassa: Centre de Documentacio I Museu Textil, (Spanish textiles, lace, costumes), Salmeron, 25, 08222 

Terrassa: Museu de la Ciència I de la Tècnica de Catalunya, (textile industry), Rambla d’Egara 270, E-08221 

Toledo: Museo Santa Cruz, (textiles), Cervantes 3, 45001 

Valencia: Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Santuarias, (Valencia silks, 18th century fans), Poeta 

Querol 2, 46002 

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Valencia: Museo del Tejido Sedero Valenciano, (local silk industry), Calle Hospital 7, 46001 

Zaragoza: Sección de Etnologia del Museo de Zaragoza, (costumes), Parque Primo de Rivera, 50009 

Spain has a wealth of Parochial museums and Cathedral treasuries that have vestments, tapestries, or other 

sacred textiles. There are also a few small local museums that have costumes. 

SWITZERLAND 

Bankweg: Frelämter Strohmuseum, (straw), Bankweg 2, CH-5610 

Basel: Museum für Gestaltung Basel, (textiles, including Coptic and Peruvian pieces), Spalenvorstadt 2, 4003 

Basel: Museum der Kulturen (Museum of Ethnology), (textiles of Peru, Far East, Islamic Egypt), 

Augustinergasse 2, 4001 

Bern: Bernisches Historisches Museum, (textiles, costume), Helvetiaplatz 5, 3000 

Fribourg: Musée d'art et d'histoire, (tapestry), 12 rue de Morat, 1700 

Geneva: Musée Ariana, (17th century Flemish tapestries), 10 Ave. de la Paix, 1202 

Lausanne: Centre Internationale de la Tapisserie Ancienne et Moderne, (European tapestries), 4 Ave. 

Villamont, 1005 

Lugano: Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza, (Safavid Persian and Caucasian rugs, Chinese textiles), Villa 

Favorita 

Lugano: Museo Civico di Belle Arti, (costume), Villa Ciani, 6900 

Luzern: Historisches Museum, (textiles, costume), Pfistergasse 24, 6000 

Näfels: Museum des Landes Glarus, (printed textiles, textile industry 18 th century to present), Freulerpalast 

Olten: Historisches Museum, (costume), Konradstrasse 7, 4600 

Riggisberg, Kanton Bern: Abegg-Stiftung, (early Central Asian textiles, Europe and East Asia), Werner- 

Abegg Str. 67, CH-3132 

Rorschach: Museum im Kornhaus, (embroidery since 1830), Hafenplatz, 9401, Rorschach, St. Gallen 

St. Gallen: Historisches Museum, (linen-weaving, costume, textiles), Museumstr. 50, 9000 

St. Gallen: Textilmuseum St. Gallen, (Swiss and European lace and embroidery), Vadianstr. 2, 9000 

Schönenwerd: Bally Schuhmuseum, (shoe history and production), Haus zum Felsgarten, 5012 

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Solothurn: Historisches Museum Blumenstein, (textiles), Blumensteinweg 12, 4500 

Steckborn: Nähmaschinen-Museum, (sewing machine history), Werkmuseum der Firma Fritz Gegauf AG, 

Bernina-Nähmaschinenfabrik Seestr., 8266 

Winterthur, Zurich: Gewerbemuseum, (textiles), Kirchplatz 14, 8400 

Zürich: Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, (textiles, costume, flags, uniforms), Museumstr. 2, 8001 

There are many small local and cantonal museums with costumes, and some have processing equipment. 

SCANDINAVIA 

DENMARK 

Aalborg: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, (contemporary textiles), Kong Christians Allé 50, 9000 

Copenhagen: Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, (Museum of Decorative Arts; rugs, tapestries, textiles, 

jewelry, Asian folk textiles; Chinese, Indian, Indonesian collections), Bredgade 68, 1260 

Copenhagen: The National Museum of Denmark, Ethnographic Collection, (textiles from China, Mongolia, 

the Philippines, and Indonesia), Frederiksholms Kanal 12, DK-1220 

Copenhagen: Rosenborg Castle, (Oriental rugs and textiles) 

Esbjerg: Esbjerg Museum, (costume, embroidery), Torvegade 45, 6700 

Gudhjem, Bornholm: Bornholms Kunstmuseum, (regional textiles), Helligdomen, Rø, 3760 

Herning: Herning Museum, (knitting), Museumsgade 32, 7400 

Herning: Textile Forum Museum, (textile industry, costume, textiles), Vestergade 20, DK-7400 

Højby: Stenstrup Museum, (costume), Stenstrupvej 66, 4573 

Nordby Fanø: Fanikkerdagens Dragtudstilling, (costume from the Fanø region), Hovedgaden, 6720 

Odense: Montergården, (Odense City Museum), (costume), Overgade 48, 5000 

Vordingborg: Sydsjaellands Museum, (damask textiles), Ruinterraenet, 4760 

Small local museums have textiles and costume. 

FINLAND 

Asikkala: Urajärven Kartanmuseo, (textiles), Urajärvi, 17320 

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Espoo: Espoo City Museum (costume, textiles), Thurmaninpuistotie 10, 02700 

Forssa: Lounais-Hämeen Museo, (costumes, textiles), Wahreninkatu 12, 30100 

Helsinki: Helsinki City Museum, (textiles), Dagmarinkatu 6, 00100 

HelsinkI: Suomen kansallismuseo, (National Museum of Finland), (costume, textiles), Mannerheimintie 34, 

00101 

Helsinki: Teatterimuseo, (Theatre Museum), (costume and design), Aleksanterinkatu 12 A, Office/Archiv 

Snellmaninkatu 17A6, 00170 

Helsinki: Tuomarinkylän museo, (textiles, handicrafts), Tuomarinkylän kartano, 00670 

Jyväskylä: Crafts Museum of Finland, (wide-range of crafts, traditional Finnish costume), Seminaarinkatu 32, 

FIN-40100 

Kotka: Kymenlaakson maakuntamuseo, (textiles), Kotkankatu 13, 48100 

Tampere: Hämeen museo, (handwoven rugs, tapestries), Näsipuisto, 33211 

Turku: Luostarimäen Käsityöläismuseo, (Handicrafts Museum), (glove-maker, wigmaker workshops), 

Luostarinkatu, 20100 

Turku: Museet Ett Hem, (rugs), Biskopsgatan 14, 20500 

Uusikaupunki: Uudenkaupungin Kultuurihistoriallinen Museo, (textiles), Ylinenkatu 11, 23500 

Vaasa/Vasa: Museum Bragegarden, (textiles), 65350 

District, regional, and town museums usually contain costumes and textiles 

NORWAY 

Bergen: Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, (West Norwegian Museum of Applied Art), (Renaissance - 

present day textiles), Nordahl Brunsgate 9, 5014 

Fagernes: Valdres Folk Museum, (textiles, Medieval tapestries), Tyinvegan 19, 2900 

Nesbyen: Hallingdal Folkemuseum, (costume, household linens, tapestries), 3540 

Oslo: Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo, St. Olavg. 1, 0165 

Oslo: Norsk Folkemuseum-Bygdøy, (weaving exhibit), Museumsveien 10, 0287 

Oslo: Universitetets Etnografiske Museum, (costume), Frederiksgaten 2, 0164 

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Råde: Råde Bygdetun, (linen textiles), E6 Highway, 1640 

Salhus: Norsk Trikotasjemuseum, (Knitting Industry Museum), Salhusvegen 211, Salhus 5107 

Trondheim: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, (National Museum of Decorative Arts), (textiles), 

Munkegaten 5, 7013 

There are numerous folk museums and local museums that have costume 

SWEDEN 

Borås: Borås Konstmuseum, (local textile industry), Ramnaparken, 504 02 

Borås: Textilmuseet, (Swedish Museum of Textile History), Druveforsvägen 8, S-50344 

Göteborg: Historiska Museum, (costume), N. Hamngatan 12, 41114 

Göteborg: Etnografiska Museet, (archaeological and ethnographic textiles), Avägen 24, 402 27 

Göteborg: Röhasska Museet, (Museum of Arts and Crafts), (textiles, rugs, tapestries), 400 15 

Göteborg: Textilia, (contemporary textiles, fiber art), Karingbergsgaten 2B, S-426 76 Vastra Frolunda 

Härnösand: Länsmuseet Västernorrland museum, (liturgical textiles), 871 02 

Karlskrona: Belkinge Museum, (local textiles), Grevagården, Fisktorget 2, 371 22 

Kalmar: Kalmar Konstmuseum, (textiles), Slottsvägen 1d, 392 33 

Luleå: Norbotten Museum, (costume), Storgatan 2, 97108 

Lund: Kulturen, (textiles), Tegnersplatsen, 22104 

Mariefred: Gripsholms Slott, (tapestries), 64700 

Mora: Zornmuseet, (textiles, rugs, tapestries, 1400-1900), Vasagatan, 79221 

Örnsköldsvik: Örnsköldsvik Museum, (shoemaker's tools, weaving and flax processing tools), Läroverksgatan 

1, 89133 

Sandviken: Textilmuseet Högbo, (Swedish textiles), Hans Hiertas väg 18, 811 92 Sandviken 

Skara: Skaraborgs Länsmuseum, (Medieval textiles), Stadsträdgården, 53223 

Skokloster: Skokloster Slott, (tapestries), 74696 

Stockholm: Hallwylska Museet, (Oriental rugs), Hamngatan 4, 11147 

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Stockholm: Livrustkammaren, (The Royal Armoury), (textiles), Kungl. Slottet, 11130 

Stockholm: National Museum of Ethnography, (textiles, rugs, tapestries), Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34, 10252 

Stockholm: Ostasiatiska Museet, (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities), (Chinese and Japanese textiles), S-103 

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Stockholm: Nordiska Museet, (costume), Djurgårdsvägen 6-16, 11593 

Stockholm: Kungl. Husgerådskammaren med Skattkammaren och Bernadotte-bibliotheket, (The Royal 

Collections), (textiles, tapestries), Kungl. Slottet 11130 

Uppsala: Upplandsmuseet, (rya rugs), St. Eriks gränd 6, 753 10 

AFRICA 

CAMEROON 

Yaounde: National Museum, Direction des Affaires Culturelles (Cameroon folk textiles) 

THE CONGO (formerly ZAIRE) 

Kinshasa: Museum of Ethnology and Archaeology, (Congolese textiles), Université National du Congo, B.P. 

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GHANA 

Accra: Ghana National Museum, (Ghanaian kente cloth), Barnes Rd, PO Box 3343 

EGYPT 

Cairo: Al-Gawhara Palace Museum, (Ottoman palace, 19 th century costume), The Citadel 

Cairo: Arabic Museum, (Islamic costume), Midal Babel-Hkalk 

Cairo: Cotton Museum, (cotton growing, spinning and weaving), Egyptian Agricultural Society, Khediv 

Ismael St, PO Box 63 

Cairo: Coptic Museum, (textiles), Masr Ateeka 

Cairo: The Egyptian Museum, (Tutankhamun’s mask, jewelry), Miden-el-Tahir, Kasr-el-Nil, Str. Selim 

Hassan, 11556 

Cairo: Museum of Egyptian Civilization, (textiles, crafts), 18 Ismail Abu El Fetouh St. 

KENYA 

Nairobi: National Museums of Kenya, (costume, beadwork, leather clothing, jewelry, baskets, textiles, 

spinning tools), POB 40658 

MADAGASCAR 

Antananarivo: Musée d’Art et d’Archaeologie, (Malagasy textiles), 18 Rue de Dr. Villette, Isoraka 

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MOROCCO 

Marrakesh: Musée de Dar Si Said, (costume, jewelry), rue de la Bahia, Riad Zitoun Jdide 

Meknès: Musée de Dar Jamai, (costume, embroidery, jewelry, rugs), Pl. Hedim 

Rabat: Musée des Oudaia, (rugs, embroidery, furnishings, costume, jewelry), Casbah des Oudaia 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Cape Town” South African Cultural History Museum, (textiles, costume), 49 Adderley Street, 8001 

Sukuma Museum (dance costumes) 

TANZANIA 

AUSTRALIA 

Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, (Indian, Southeast Asian, Indonesian, Chinese, William Morris 

textiles), North Terrace, 5000 

Adelaide: National Textile Museum of Australia, University of Adelaide, (Australian textiles), Urrbrae House, 

Waite Campus, Fullarton Rd., Urrbrae South, SA5064 

Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, (Southeast Asian textiles), Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT 2601 

Ernabella, South Australia: Ernabella Art Studio, (working Aboriginal Australian craft workshop, emphasis on 

silk batik) 

Katoomba, New South Wales: Purse Museum, “Shepton,” 277 Katoomba Street 

Melbourne: Victorian Tapestry Workshop, (working studio with tours and gallery), 262-266 Park Street, 3205 

Sydney, NSW: Powerhouse Museum, (Asian costume and textiles), 500 Harris St., Ultimo, 2000 

BRUNEI 

Darussalam: Brunei Arts and Handicrafts Training Centre, (Jongsarat textiles, basketmaking classes), Jalan 

Residency BS 8110, Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei 

Darussalam: Brunei Museum Department, (local textiles and Borneo collections in ethnography section), Kota 

Batu, Bandar Seri Bagawan, BD 1510 

Darusallam: The Brunei Museums, (traditional Malay costume and textiles, Iban weaving), Kota Bantu, 

Bandar Seri Begawan, BD 1510 

NEW ZEALAND 

Auckland: Auckland Museum, (barkcloth), Auckland Domain 

Christchurch: Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Botanic Gardens, Christchurch 

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Hamilton: Waikato Museum of Art and History, (textiles and embroidery), Grantham St. 

Invercargill: Southland Museum, (textiles and embroidery), Victoria Ave. 

New Plymouth: Taranaki Museum, (textiles and embroidery) 

Wellington: Craft Council Gallery, (New Zealand contemporary crafts), The Terrace 

Wellington: National Museum, (textiles and embroidery), Buckell St. 

Wellington: Wool House, (rugs and wall hangings), Brandon St.n 

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