Textile Communities

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)
• 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

• Batik Guild
• Guild of Silk Painters
• Knitting & Crochet Guild
• The Lace Guild

Online Textile Communities

• Ravelry
• Textile Hive

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)