Highlights Tours
Free docent-led tours of the galleries are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
All Programs by Date
April
Shop Event: National Tea Day Sale
Purchase tea sets, cups, and mugs at a 25% discount. Enjoy complimentary tea and light refreshments in the lobby.
Lecture: Sacred Spaces in the Story of D.C.'s Neighborhoods
In this talk, Elizabeth Laird, executive director of the Sacred Spaces Conservancy, will share the history and social impact of D.C.'s sacred spaces in the city's neighborhoods.
Lecture: The Way We Wore, WWII
Join textile historian Julie Geschwind for a look at how fashions, textiles, designs, and their inspirations evolved during the late 1930s to early 1940s.
Member Program: Rare Books in the Arthur D. Jenkins Library
Join fellow museum members for a discussion about two rare books in the Arthur D. Jenkins Library led by Senior Curator Sumru Belger Krody, Curator Lee Talbot, and Librarian Tracy Meserve.
Spring Fever Shop Sale
Enjoy up to 60% off select shop merchandise and designer textile brands including Carol Cassidy, Amy Nguyen, batiks from Brahma Tirta Sari, Randall Darwall, Dominique Bello, Tumar and Maruca Bags, and more.
Lecture: The Power and Limits of Textile Dye Analysis
Join renowned chemist Richard Laursen as he describes methods for analyzing dyes in rugs and other textiles. A collaboration with the International Hajji Baba Society.
Lecture/Show and Tell: Perspectives on South Persian Tribal Weavings
Using rugs and images (published and unpublished), collector James Opie will discuss how the ethnology of various tribes in South Persia affects how we determine the origins of their weaving designs.
Book Talk: "D.C. by Metro: A History & Guide"
This locally-driven presentation by author and journalist Michelle Goldchain will reveal the quirky, often unknown histories behind the D.C. area's most notable monuments, memorials, museums, statues, and murals—each within walking distance to a Metro station.
May
Consultations: Ask a Curator, Ask a Conservator
Learn more about your own textiles from museum curators and conservators.
Workshop: Korean Embroidery
In this adult workshop organized by the Korean Cultural Center, master embroiderer Kim Tae Ja will teach participants how to embroider a hand mirror with flowers, leaves, and other designs.
Member Program: Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912" Exhibition Tour
Museum members are invited to join museum curator Lee Talbot for a special tour of "Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912" at the Freer|Sackler.
Lecture: Harry Wardman’s Washington
Sally Berk will share her expertise on early twentieth-century residential developer Harry Wardman, who significantly influenced the look and feel of Washington, D.C.'s residential neighborhoods.
Workshop: Introduction to Needle Lace
Artist Sandy Hoar will teach a one-hour workshop on the Armenian method of needle lace.
Lecture/Show and Tell: Weaving Identity: Textiles in Latin America
In this lecture, Andrea Gallelli Huezo analyzes textiles as decipherable art objects and modes of exploring identity in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Latin America.
Lecture and Discussion: La Blouse Roumaine: Traditional Textiles, Art & Cultural Fashion
The official launch of the concept of the brand new La Blouse Romaine Magazine presented by Andreea Tănăsescu, the founder of the Universal Day of the Romanian Blouse social movement and President of IA Association. The launch will be followed by a moderated discussion on the importance of the folk costume as an identity marker and a source of identity and of inspiration.
Workshop: Paper Dressmaking
Create your own designer dress from recycled newspaper and other common household items inspired by your imagination and textiles on display in the galleries.
Gallery Talk: Sacred and Secular Islamic Textiles
This curator’s talk will focus on three textiles with an inscription with Arabic script—the first and the foremost form of visual expression in Islamic art.
June
End-of-Year Inventory Sale
Save up to 70% off select small accessories, home décor, and gifts.
Gallery Talk and Demonstration: Weaving Words with Simple Tools
Learn about card-woven pieces on display in The Textile Museum collections gallery, and try card weaving for yourself.
Member Program: "Beaded Prayers Project" Workshop
Curator of Education Tom Goehner leads a workshop for museum members on creating personal prayer packets inspired by the exhibition.
Film: "Century of Color: Maya Weaving and Textiles"
The documentary surveys one hundred years of continuity and change in Maya weaving and textiles of Guatemala.
Member Program: "Best Laid Plans" and "Songs of the Civil War" Curator Tour
Explore two new Washingtoniana exhibitions with Assistant Curator Jackie Streker.
Workshop: Sketching in the Galleries
Daniel Moreno, a graduate from GW's Interior Architecture program, will lead a guided sketching workshop in the galleries.
Member Program: Personal Textile Treasures from Asia
Museum members are invited to join members of Weave a Real Peace for a special show-and-tell program with curator Lee Talbot.
Lecture/Show and Tell: Natural Dyes in the Weavings of Oaxaca, Mexico
Join master dyer and weaver Porfirio Gutiérrez as he discusses the use of natural dyes, including cochineal, found in the traditional textiles in the historic Zapotec community of Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Workshop: Dyeing with Cochineal
Join master dyer and textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez to learn about the rich history of cochineal dye in its cultural context.
Lecture: Beading Beyond Belief
In this talk, artist Sonya Clark shares her inspiration for the "Beaded Prayers Project."
The George Washington University Museum
The Textile Museum
701 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-994-5200
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