Collections

 

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Our museum is home to collections that are both global and local. Get to know each collection, and then visit our online resources to keep exploring.

COLLECTIONS WEBSITE

COLLECTION STORIES BLOG

 

The Textile Museum Collection

The Textile Museum Collection includes more than 21,000 examples of handmade textile art representing five continents and five millennia.

Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection

The Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection provides opportunities for researchers to examine nearly 4,000 textile fragments from antiquity to the present day.

Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection

The Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection comprises nearly 2,000 maps, prints, newspapers and artifacts that trace the history of Washington, D.C.