Textile Communities
Discover textile communities and collections around the world with our growing list of museums, programs, societies, guilds and more. We welcome additional suggestions for this page at [email protected].
Discover Textile Museums Worldwide
Explore the diverse collections and exhibitions of fashion and textile museums across the globe.
- Textile Collections
United States
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston)
- Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia)
- Gregg Museum of Art and Design (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- Textile Heritage Museum (Burlington, North Carolina)
- LSU Textile and Costume Museum (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis)
- Denver Art Museum (Denver)
- Visions Museum of Textile Art (San Diego)
International
- Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto)
- Museo Textil de Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Amano Textile Museum (Lima, Peru)
- Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (Santiago, Chile)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
- The Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Textiel Museum (Tilburg, Netherlands)
- Textile Museum St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
- Abegg-Stiftung (Riggisberg, Switzerland)
- Museo del Tessuto (Prato, Italy)
- Textil Museet (Borås, Sweden)
- Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs (Lyon, France)
- Carpet Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Sadberk Hanım Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum (Baku, Azerbaijan)
- Museum Tekstil Jakarta (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Calico Museum of Textiles (Ahmedabad, India)
- Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (Thimphu, Bhutan)
- Fashion Collections
- The Museum at FIT (New York)
- SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film (Atlanta)
- Kent State University Museum (Kent, Ohio)
- Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising (Fort Collins, Colorado)
- ASU FIDM Museum (Los Angeles)
- Bata Shoe Museum (Toronto)
- Fashion and Textile Museum (London)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
- Fashion Museum Bath (Bath, England)
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)
- Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (Paris)
- Museo del Traje (Madrid, Spain)
- Kyoto Costume Institute (Kyoto, Japan)
- Quilts
- Virginia Quilt Museum (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
- Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum (Carrollton, Georgia)
- The National Quilt Museum (Paducah, Kentucky)
- New England Quilt Museum (Lowell, Massachusetts)
- Texas Quilt Museum (La Grange, Texas)
- International Quilt Museum (Lincoln, Nebraska)
- Iowa Quilt Museum (Winterset, Iowa)
- Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts (Cedarburg, Wisconsin)
- San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (San Jose, California)
- Latimer Quilt and Textile Center (Tillamook, Oregon)
- Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum (La Conner, Washington)
- White Bluffs Quilt Museum (Richland, Washington)
- Craft and Design
- Renwick Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
- American Folk Art Museum (New York)
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York)
- Thousand Islands Arts Center / HandWeaving Museum (Clayton, New York)
- Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, Massachusetts)
- Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco)
- Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Textile Heritage
- Textile Heritage Museum (Burlington, North Carolina)
- Whitchurch Silk Mill (Whitchurch, Hampshire, England)
- Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
- National Wool Museum (Dre-fach Felindre, Wales)
- Framework Knitters Museum (Ruddington, England)
Deepen Your Textile Knowledge
Find a public program, browse online textile collections or visit a specialized research center or library.
- Educational Programs and Conferences
- Carpet and Textile Forum
- Costume Society of America
- Hajji Baba Club
- Handweavers Guild of America
- International Conference on Oriental Carpets
- New England Rug Society
- Selvedge
- Studio Art Quilt Associates
- Surface Design Association
- Tatter
- Textile Center
- Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc.
- Textile Society of America
- Online Collections
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York)
- The Museum at FIT (New York)
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston)
- Denver Art Museum (Denver)
- Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
- Musée du Louvre (Paris)
- The Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Research Centers
- The Antonio Ratti Textile Center and Reference Library (The Met, New York)
- The Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Reference Library (The Met, New York)
- National Art Library (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
- Winterthur Library (Wilmington, Delaware)
- Textile Research Centre Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands)
- Centre for Textile Research (University of Copenhagen)
Connect with Collectors and Enthusiasts
Join societies dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of rug and textile-making traditions.
- Armenian Rugs Society (Virtual)
- The Hajji Baba Club (New York)
- International Hajji Baba Society (Washington, D.C.)
- New England Rug Society (New England, Virtual)
- Montreal Oriental Rug Society (Montreal)
- Oriental Rug and Textile Society of Great Britain (Great Britain, Virtual)
- Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc. (Southern California)
- Costume Society of America (Regional, Virtual)
Connect with Makers
Find inspiration for your fiber projects with these communities of fellow makers.
- Fiber Arts Guilds
United States
- Crochet Guild of America
- Embroiderers Guild of America
- Handweavers Guild of America
- National Basketry Organization
- The Knitting Guild Association
- Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
To find a guild near you, we suggest exploring the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association's interactive map.
United Kingdom
- Online Textile Communities
- Sheep and Wool Festivals
Mid-Atlantic
- Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (West Friendship, Maryland)
- Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival (Berryville, Virginia)
Northeast
- New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (Rhinebeck, New York)
- Central NY Fiber Arts Festival (Bouckville, New York)
- Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival (Greenwich, New York)
- King County Fiber Festival (Brooklyn, New York)
- New England Farm and Fiber Festival (Boston)
- Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Festival (Cummington, Massachusetts)
- Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival (Tunbridge, Vermont)
South
- Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (Fletcher, North Carolina)
- Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival (Dickson, Tennessee)
- Kentucky Wool Festival (Falmouth, Kentucky)
- Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival (Kerrwille, Texas)
- Dallas/Fort Worth Fiber Fest (Dallas, Texas)
Midwest
- Great Lakes Fiber Show (Wooster, Ohio)
- Wool Gathering (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
- Northern Michigan Fiber Festival (Alpena, Michigan)
- Michigan Fiber Festival (Hastings, Michigan)
- Hoosier Hills Fiber Arts Festival (Franklin, Indiana)
- Midwest Fiber Festival (Kirkwood, Missouri)
- Stephenson County Fiber Arts Fair (Cedarville, Illinois)
- Wisconsin Alpaca and Fiber Fest (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival (Jefferson, Wisconsin)
- Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival (Lake Elmo, Minnesota)
- Minnesota Fiber Festival (Cambridge, Minnesota)
- Fiber Arts Fest (West Fargo, North Dakota)
- Mid Plains Fiber Fair (York, Nebraska)
West
- Heart of New Mexico Fiber Art Gathering (Edgewood, New Mexico)
- Mountain and Valley Wool Festival (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival (Thermopolis, Wyoming)
- Grazing Hills Fiber Arts Festival (Moscow, Idaho)
- Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival (Albany, Oregon)
- Black Sheep Gathering (Albany, Oregon)
- Prairie City Fiber Fest (Prairie City, Oregon)
- Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo (Port Angeles, Washington)
Canada
- Blue Hills Fibre Festival (Carberry, Manitoba)
- Fibres West (Surrey, British Columbia)
United Kingdom
- East Anglia Yarn Festival (Norfolk, England)
- Woolly Weekend (Norfolk, England)
- Masham Sheep Fair (Yorkshire, England)
- Woolly Good Gathering (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Shetland Wool Week (Shetland, Scotland)