Past Exhibitions

 

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Browse the museum's past exhibitions, including those held at The Textile Museum's original location in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood. Designed to present textiles as art and place them in their cultural context, Textile Museum exhibitions have primarily showcased the collection, but also featured artworks drawn from many institutions and private holdings.

 

Past Exhibitions at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

 

checkerboard carpet in greens and reds

 

Detail of a prayer carpet

 

A museum visitor examines a historical print on display
 

 

 

Colorful historical map of the Chesapeake area

 

 

A museum gallery with colorful Indian textiles on display

 

 

A row of six embellished headdresses

 

 

Golden and white fabric with diamond pattern

 

 

Black-and-white photo of students on quad

 

 

Gallery with artworks on display

 

Detail of a textile showing erotes with garlands

 

 

Exhibition in Corcoran gallery

 

 

Colorful print showing National Mall and Washington Monument

 

 

Cover of music sheet showing a general on horseback

 

 

Visitors create their own beaded prayers

 

 

Detail of Ruby Bridges painting by Rockwell

 

 

Detail of bird's-eye-view painting of historical D.C.

 

 

Faig Ahmed with one of his artworks

 

 

Two visitors walk through an exhibition gallery

 

 

Photo of an exhibition gallery

 

 

Photo of an exhibition gallery

 

 

Ikats on display in the exhibition

 

 

Detail of Miao festival jacket

 

 

An artist points to his work in the exhibition

 

 

Photo of an exhibition gallery

 

 

Textiles on display in gallery

 

Exhibition galleries
 

 

 

Two people in exhibition gallery

 

 

Detail of bingata textile

 

Bingata! Only in Okinawa

November 5, 2016-January 30, 2017
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Detail of Theodore Roosevelt campaign kerchief

 

 

Three visitors in the gallery

 

 

Detail of fish market painting

 

 

Textile detail

 

 

Students in exhibition gallery

 

 

Exhibition gallery

 

 

Red carpet detail
 

 

 

 

Past Exhibitions at The Textile Museum

 

Out of Southeast Asia: Art That Sustains
April 12-October 13, 2013
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The Sultan's Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art
September 21, 2012-March 10, 2013
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Download the Sultan's Garden catalog (PDF) or museumshopatgwu [dot] edu (contact the Artisans Gallery) to order a print copy

Sourcing the Museum
March 23-August 19, 2012
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Woven Treasures of Japan's Tawaraya Workshop
March 23-August 12, 2012
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Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep
February 3, 2012-January 6, 2013

Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa
October 15, 2011-February 12, 2012

Green: the Color and the Cause
April 16, 2011-September 11, 2011

Second Lives: The Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles
February 4, 2011-January 8, 2012

Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats
October 16, 2010-March 13, 2011
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Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain
May 15-September 12, 2010

The Art of Living: Textile Furnishings from the Permanent Collection
February 12, 2010-January 9, 2011

Contemporary Japanese Fashion: The Mary Baskett Collection
October 17, 2009-April 11, 2010

Fabrics of Feathers and Steel: The Innovation of Nuno
October 17, 2009-April 11, 2010

A Lady Found a Culture in Its Cloth: Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks
August 9-August 23, 2009

Constructed Color: Amish Quilts
April 4-September 6, 2009

Recent Acquisitions
March 6, 2009-January 3, 2010

Timbuktu to Tibet: Rugs and Textiles of the Hajji Babas
October 18, 2008-March 8, 2009

BLUE
April 4-September 18, 2008

The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands
February 15, 2008-February 1, 2009

Private Pleasures: Collecting Contemporary Textile Art
September 28, 2007-February 17, 2008

Textiles of Klimt's Vienna
August 3, 2007-January 6, 2008

Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia
March 30-August 19, 2007
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RED
February 2-July 8, 2007

Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Mandalay to Chittagong
October 13, 2006-February 25, 2007

Harpies, Mermaids and Tulips: Embroidery of the Greek Islands and Epirus Region
March 17-September 3, 2006
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Seldom Seen: Director's Choice from the Museum's Collections
February 10-July 30, 2006

Rozome Masters of Japan
October 14, 2005-February 12, 2006

Silk & Leather: Splendid Attire of 19th-century Central Asia
September 2, 2005-February 26, 2006
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Gods and Empire: Huari Ceremonial Textiles
July 1, 2005-January 15, 2006

Textiles for This World and Beyond: Treasures from Insular Southeast Asia
April 1, 2005–September 18, 2005
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Beyond the Bag: Textiles as Containers
January 28-June 5, 2005

A Garden of Shawls: The Buta and Its Seeds
October 4, 2004-March 6, 2005

Floral Perspectives in Carpet Design
August 27, 2004-February 6, 2005

Over One, Under One, and Much More...
July 2, 2004-January 2, 2005

Timeless Connections: Exploring Tapestry Weave
April 16-August 1, 2004

Draped, Wrapped and Folded: Untailored Clothing
January 30-June 6, 2004

Navajo Blankets of the 19th Century: Selections from The Textile Museum Collections
September 5, 2003-March 14, 2004

The Art of Resist Dyeing
July 5, 2003-January 3, 2004

Mamluk Rugs from Egypt: Jewels of The Textile Museum's Collection
January 31-June 8, 2003

Hold It: Textiles as Containers
January 31-June 8, 2003

The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets
September 13, 2002-February 16, 2003

Secrets of Silk
June 28, 2002-January 5, 2003

Hidden Threads of Peru: Q'ero Textiles
March 22-August 18, 2002

Technology as Catalyst: Textile Artists on the Cutting Edge
February 15-July 28, 2002
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From the Amu Darya to the Potomac: Central Asian Bags from Area Collections
September 7, 2001-February 24, 2002

Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
February 18-July 30, 2000
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