Textile Museums
Written by kris & katie on October 2, 2007. Permalink
Chicago Art Institute
The holdings of the Department of Textiles contain more than 13,000 textiles, as well as 66,000 sample swatches, ranging from 300 B.C. to the present.
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance
Through October 30
Denver Museum of Art
No Boundaries: Fiber + Art brings together objects from the Museum’s textile art, Asian art, native art, and modern and contemporary collections.
Through July 17
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Quilts of Gee’s Bend
Through August 21, 2005
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Transformed: Uncommon Materials in Contemporary Design
Through October 9, 2005
Smithsonian
The Fabric of Moroccan Life
Through November 2, 2003
Gifts and Blessings: Textile Arts of Madagascar
Through September 2, 2002
The Textile Museum, Washington D.C.
The Textile Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind’s creative achievements in the textile arts.