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resources for the textile arts community
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resources for the textile arts community
Threads of Time - Textile Treasures of Sudeley - March to October 2008
internationally important World Cultures collection, which includes significant textile and costume collections. Changing exhibitions and programme of events.
enables artists to work with new materials and to expand the frontiers of contemporary artistic practice. In Philadelphia, US.
at the University of Manchester, UK. Extensive textiles collection and exhibition programme. Online exhibits.
Museum of Arts & Design, New York
historical and contemporary exhibits
Museum Of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA)
one of the world's most comprehensive collections of nineteenth and twentieth century decorative arts for the home. Part of the collection is searchable online.
textile art, paintings and sculptures
Dundee University Museum Collections: Needlework Development Scheme
examples of contemporary embroidery from throughout the world collected during the 1930s-1950s for use as a national teaching resource
virtual museum of fabric art, design and history
The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Antonio Ratti Textile Center
Fifty highlighted exhibits from the textile collection
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
promotes the art, craft and history of quilts and textiles; historical and contemporary exhibits
information about the museum's work and collections, and some online exhibits
American Textile History Museum - where century old looms still weave cloth today
information about the museum and its resources
WAMRI - The Weaving Art Museum
focus on weavings produced in the eastern Mediterranean region
huge international listing from The Costumers' Manifesto
Body Art: Marks of Identity | American Museum of Natural History
'exploring the ways in which human beings around the world, past and present, decorate their bodies'
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume and Textile department
online exhibits with information
The Textile Museum, Washington DC
dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts
The Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
information and images of selected items from the collection