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VISITS<br />
Washington’s Textile Museum set for major expansio<br />
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The Textile Museum in Washington has <strong>recently</strong> announced<br />
that it will open a second site early in 2008 dedicated<br />
to exhibitions and educational activities.<br />
Situated in the city’s Penn Quarter, the new venue<br />
on 7th Street NW, will allow larger and more varied temporary<br />
exhibitions and will provide a further 23,400<br />
square feet of exhibition space, almost doubling that<br />
which is presently available. It is located near the National<br />
Mall, between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian<br />
American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.<br />
Other museums are also located nearby.<br />
The Museum was founded in 1925 by George Hewitt<br />
Myers who began collecting in the 1890s and started the<br />
museum with 275 rugs and another 60 related textiles. By<br />
the time he died in 1957 the museum’s holdings had<br />
grown to encompass fabrics from all over the world. Today<br />
it is one of the world’s foremost specialised museums and<br />
receives around 30,000 visitors each year.<br />
Steppes Travel T<strong>our</strong>s 2008<br />
Gina Corrigan and Sheila Paine with Steppes Travel will lead a number of special interest t<strong>our</strong>s to China,<br />
Finland & Russia in 2008 sharing their knowledge and passion for these countries,<br />
their textiles and ethnic costumes.<br />
These t<strong>our</strong>s are designed for textile enthusiasts, photographers and those who enjoy<br />
unwrapping the layers of a bygone era.<br />
11 th - 27 th January 2008<br />
Thailand & Laos with Gina Corrigan<br />
Landscapes, Minorities, Textiles & Photography<br />
From £2,485 per person incl. international flights<br />
9 th - 25 th March 2008<br />
Guizhou, China with Gina Corrigan<br />
The Miao Embroidery & Batik Workshops<br />
From £2,685 per person incl. international flights<br />
Exterior of the new museum building<br />
May 2008<br />
Finland & Russia with Sheila Paine<br />
Textiles and Embroidery<br />
From £1,935 per person incl. international flights<br />
6 th - 19 th May 2008<br />
Guizhou, China with Gina Corrigan<br />
The Minorities of S<strong>out</strong>h West China<br />
From £2,285 per person excl. international flights<br />
For further information please contact Paul at Steppes Travel T: 01285 651010<br />
E:paul@steppestravel.co.uk W: www.steppestravel.co.uk
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