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Last updated: 16 June 2026

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Australian Exhibitions

New South Wales

until 28 June 2026	Exploration of Line Tamworth Regional Gallery	More info…
until 16 August 2026 Tue to Fri 10am – 5pm Sat & Sun 10am – 12pm	The Fragility of Goodness: The Prison on the Landscape and Other Stories Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Elizabeth Day, using op-shop garments	More info…
until 16 August 2026 Wed to Fri 10am – 5pm Sat & Sun 12pm – 5pm	Jordan Gogos: Paradeisos UNSW Galleries, corner Oxford St and Greens Road, Paddington	More info…
15 to 18 July 2026	CRAFT & QUILT FAIR ICC, Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.	Morfe info…
until 21 June 2026	All Mine, Just for Now, for a Little Bit: Anne de Nooijer Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle East	More info…
24 June to 26 July 2026	Reshaping Identities Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle East	More info…
16 September to 25 October 2026	Suburban Alchemy: Nicole de Mestre Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle East	More info…
28 Oct to 29 November 2026	Timeless Textiles: Metamorphosis Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle East	More info…
24 June to 20 July 2026	There's a Forest in my Wardrobe By Jane Bodnaruk Gallery 76, Queen Street, Concord West, Sydney	More info…
29 June to 21 July 2026	From the East to Paris Gallery 76, Queen Street, Concord West, Sydney	More info…
29 August 2026	Just Married St John’s Hall, 1 Cathedral St. Maitland	More info…
5 November 2026	Chanel Resort 2027 show Sydney, venue to be announced	More info…

ACT

20 June to 18 October 2026

Arthur Boyd: Tapestries
Level 1, Gallery 12, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
20 tapestries owned by Arthur Boyd

More info…

Queensland

until 19 July 2026	Make a Scene: Fashioning Queer Identity and Club Culture in the 90’s Queensland Museum Kurilpa, Brisbane	More info…
until 5 October 2026	Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose Museum of Brisbane, 3^rd floor, City Hall	More info…
11 July 2026	Australian Wearable Art Festival (AWAF) Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort, Sunshine Coast	More info…
14 to 17 October 2026	CRAFT & QUILT FAIR Brisbane Exhibition Centre, South Bank.	More info…
16 to 25 July 2026	The Red Dress Warwick Art Gallery, 49 Albion St, Warwick	More info…
29 July to 13 September 2026	The Red Dress Fairfax Gallery, Museum of Brisbane	More info…

South Australia

until 11 October 2026	Two Islands, One Threads Textiles of Lombok and Bali Art Gallery South Australia	More info…
until 21 March 2027	Dressed up: Fashion and Photography1850-1920 Art Gallery South Australia	More info…
12 June – 26 July 2026	International Art Textile Biennale 2025 Fabrik Arts + Heritage, Old Woollen Mill, 1 Adelaide Lobethal Road, Lobethal	More info…
28 November 2025 to October 2027	Sharing the National Collection Fabrik Arts + Heritage, Old Woollen Mill, 1 Adelaide Lobethal Road, Lobethal	More info…

Tasmania

from 10 October 2026

Paper On Skin 2026
Devonport Art Gallery

More info…

Victoria

until 30 August 2026 closed Mondays	The Offbeat Sari Bunjil Place, Narre Warren Contemporary Indian fashion	More info…
until 12 July 2026	OFFSITE \| Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion National Wool Museum, Geelong	More info…
until 11 July 2026	Floras Localis: Colour + Place Australian Tapestry Workshop, Park St., South Melbourne	More info…
until 18 June 2026 Tue to Fri 10am – 5pm Sat 10am – 2pm	Wearable Canvas: Australians Wearable Arts Festival Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey St, Frankston	More info…
until 20 June 2026 Tue to Sat 12pm – 5pm	Country on Cloth Fiona and Sydney Myer gallery, Victorian College of Arts, 40 Dodds St., Southbank Screen printed textiles from Injalak Arts	More info…
until 12 July 2026 Tue to Sun 10am – 5pm	The Lady’s Realm Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, Loft 275,275 Upper Heilberg Rd., Ivanhoe	More info…
12 June to 14 October Ticketed	Cartier National Gallery of Victoria Featuring nearly 400 extraordinary jewels, gems and jewellery objects.	More info…
9 to 12 September 2026	Craft & Quilt Fair Melbourne Exhibition Centre, South Wharf.	More info…

Australian Museums and Galleries

ACT

Tuesday to Sunday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Belconnen Arts Centre
118 Emu Bank, Belconnen

Website

New South Wales

Saturday to Sunday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm	Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles 75 Church Street, Maitland	Website
Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:00pm Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Closed Public Holidays	Gallery 76 Dedicated Textile and Fibre Art Gallery, Queen St. Concord West, Sydney	Website
Wednesday to Sunday 10:30 am to 4:30 pm	QTOPIA Darlinghurst, Sydney LGBTQIA community Costumes by Michael Gates and Tim Chappell	Website
Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm	Timeless Textiles Gallery Hunter Street, Newcastle	Website
open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm except Christmas day	Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery 11 Dent St, Huskisson	Website
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm	Australian Design Centre 101 – 115 William Street, Darlinghurst	Website
Wednesday to Thursday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am to 9:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm	Liverpool Powerhouse Casula	Website

Queensland

Sundays 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Or by appointment (except Tuesdays)	Templin Museum - Madam Weigel, House of Fashion Templin	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm	Museum of Brisbane 3^rd floor, City Hall	Website

South Australia

Wednesday to Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm	Fabrik Arts + Heritage Old Woollen Mill, 1 Adelaide, Lobethal Road, Lobethal	Website
Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed public holidays	Pepper Street Gallery 558 Magill Road, Magill	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm except Christmas Day 1st Friday of every month open until 9:00 pm	Art Gallery Of South Australia North Terrace, Adelaide	Website
Monday to Friday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Closed Christmas day	Signal Point Gallery 5 Laura Ln, Goolwa	Website

Tasmania

Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 4:45 pm
Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Devonport Art Gallery

Website

Victoria

Thursday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm	Australian Tapestry Workshop Park Street, South Melbourne	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm	Bendigo Art Gallery View Street, Bendigo - currently closed for redevelopment	Website
Tuesday to Friday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Closed public holidays	Craft Victoria Watson Place, Collin Street, Melbourne	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pm	Museum of Vehicle Evolution (MOVE) 7723 Golburn Valley Hwy, Kialla Has a costume collection covering the history of Australian everyday fashion from 1770s to 2000	Website
	Museums Victoria ...a website for Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, Immigration Museum and Royal Exhibition Building Online shopping	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm	National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne	Website
Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Saturday to Sunday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Closed public holidays	The Embroiderers’ Guild Victoria Victoria Embroidery House Wattletree Road, Malvern	Website
Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday to Sunday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm	Warrnambool Art Gallery Liebig Street, Warnambool	Website
Daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm	Wool Museum Geelong The story of wool, fibre and textiles, Has a range of contemporary exhibitions.	Website

International Exhibitions

Austria

Permanent exhibition	Fashion from the MoMu Collection MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp	More info…
until 31 January 2027	Memory is Home Hasselt’s Fashion Museum, Gasthuisstraat 11, 3500 Hasselt Fashion, memory and collection	More info…
12 June 2026 to 10 January 2027	Simplicities Fashion & Lace Museum, Brussels	More info…
until 7 June 2026	Embroidery Palestine MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp	More info…
until 17 January 2027	The Antwerp Six MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp.	More info…

Belgium

Permanent exhibition	Fashion from the MoMu Collection MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp	More info…
until 31 January 2027	Memory is Home Hasselt’s Fashion Museum, Gasthuisstraat 11, 3500 Hasselt Fashion, memory and collection	More info…
12 June 2026 to 10 January 2027	Simplicities Fashion & Lace Museum, Brussels	More info…
until 17 January 2027	The Antwerp Six MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp.	More info…

Canada

14 October 2026 to 18 April 2027	Sovereign Stitches + Wild Weaves McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal	More info…
until 26 August 2026	Taking Shape: Recent Acquisitions Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Material World on the Mississippi Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almont, Ontario Wool Hall Gallery, 2^nd Floor	More info…
until 1 September 2026	Made by Many: 50 years of the Textile Museum of Canada Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto	More info…
until 3 January 2027	Always in Fashion Highlights of indigenous designers Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto	More info…
until 20 September 2026	Rough & Ready: A History of the Cowboy Boot Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto	More info…
opens 7 May 2026	Unearthing Vindolanda: Footwear from the Edge of the Roman Empire Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto	More info…
until 7 September 2026	Celine in Dior: A Dazzling Moment The dress she wore in Paris McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal	More info…
13 November 2026 to 18 April 2027	Sovereign Stitches & Wild Weaves McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal	More info…

Denmark

Permanent exhibition	Powerful Patterns Design Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen	More info…
until 27 September 2026	Nikoline Liv Andersen, The Eternal Smile Textile and clothing artist Design Museum, Copenhagen	More info…

Finland

Permanent exhibition	A Journey in Time – 2000 years of craft Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Dressed with Pride Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla The history and modernity of Finnish national dress	More info…
Permanent exhibition	The City of Colourful Cloth Forssa Museum, Forssa	More info…
Permanent exhibition	The Pattern Centre Forssa Museum, Forssa	More info…
until 6 September 2026	Juha Vehmaanperä: Craft Punk Design Museum, Helsinki	More info…
12 September to 5 December 2026	HUOPA:- Hundred Years of Finnish Craftmanship Craft Museum of Finland 100 years of Lahtisel felt heritage	More info…

France

until 23 August 2026	Married 2.0, Oliver Petigny has Carte Blanche Musee Dentelles Broderies, Caudry	More info…
until 18 October 2026	Weaving, Embroidery, Embellishing: The Crafts and Threads of Fashion Palais Galliera, Paris	More info…
13 June 2026 to 3 January 2027	Maunzio Galante & Tal Lancman: Haute Couture Design Art Cite Dentelle Mode	More info…
until 26 July 2026	What A Mess! Musee de L’Impression sur Etoffes, Mulhouse	More info…
until 5 July 2026	A Day in the Eighteenth Century Chronicle of a Parisian Townhouse The Museum of Decorative Arts Paris Clothing, fashion accessories, wallpaper, furniture, ceramics etc	More info…
until 12 July 2026	The Fashion of the 18^th Century: A Fantasized Heritage Palais Galleria, Paris	More info…
until 13 September 2026	Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell Fashion Textile Museum	More info…
until 1 November 2026	Fashion in all its Splendor, Haute Couture & Tradition at the Court of Thailand Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris	More info…
until 1 November 2026	Celebrity hats Designed by Jean Barthet Atelier-Musee Du Chapeau, Chazelles-sur-Lyon	More info…
30 September 2026 to 4 April 2027	Look, 40 years of Fashion at the Museum Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris	More info…
2 October 2026 to 11 April 2027	Ossie Clark / Celia Birtwell Fashion Textile Museum	More info…
2 October 2026 to 2 May 2027	Rafael Pavarotti photographer Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris	More info…
Permanent	Know How by a Tulliste How lace is made Musee Dentelles Broideries, Caudry	More info…
until August 2026	Married 2.0, Olivier Petigny has Carte Blanche Musee Dentelles Broideries, Caudry	More info…
until 18 October 2026	Weaving, Embroidery, Sublimating Fashion Know – How Palais Galleria, Paris	More info…

Germany

Permanent exhibition	A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Man-Machine-Pattern-Fashion Textile and Industry Museum (TIM), Augsburg	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Electoral Wardrobe Dresden State Art Museum, Dresden	More info…
Permanent Exhibition	A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Handmade: Cloth Production in Early Times and the Early Middle Ages Tuch+Technik Textile Museum, Neumuenster	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Secrets Beneath Sumptous Clothing Fashion Museum, Ludwigsburg Residential Palace	More info…
Permanent exhibition	The Perfect Accessory Fashion Museum, Ludwigsburg Residential Palace	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Designer Fashion: from Frilly Dresses to Mini Skirts Fashion Museum, Ludwigsburg Residential Palace	More info…
ongoing	From Fibre to Fashion – the tour through the TIM Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg Booked tour for either patterns, fashion or industrialisation	More info…
until 19 July 2026	Icons of Fashion, Photographs by Regina Relang Kurpfalzisches Museum, Heidelberg	More info…
until 26 July 2026	Layers and Narratives, Anniversary Exhibition of the Quilt Art Group, Max Berk Textile Collection Kurpfalzisches Museum, Heidelberg	More info…z

Hong Kong

Permanent exhibition	Welcome to the Spinning Factory! Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile (CHAT) A brief history of Hong Kong’s textile industry, vintage cotton products, archival documents and objects. Create your own cotton label	More info…
	A History of China in Silk: The Chris Hall Collection Hong Kong Palace Museum, Gallery 6	More info…

INDIA

Permanent exhibition	Indian Textile Gallery National Crafts Museum, Dehli Take an online 3D tour	More info…
Permanent exhibition	Textile Gallery Indian Museum, Kolkata	More info…

Ireland, Republic of

Permanent exhibition	The Way We Wore National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin Clothing and jewellery from 1760 1o 1960	More info…
ongoing Free admission	Ib Jorgensen, A Fashion Retrospective National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin	More info…
until 2026	GAA: People, Objects & Stones Decorative Arts and History National Museum of Ireland, Dublin	More info…
until 13 September 2026	Ashes to Fashion Ulster Museum, Ulster	More info…

Italy

20 May to 8 November 2026	Le Tarbouche: When an accessory becomes a symbol Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto a del Costume, Venice	More info…
until 12 July 2026	The Fashion of the 18th Century: A Fantasized Heritage Palais Galliera, Paris	More info…
until 18 October 2026	Weaving, Embroidery, Subliminating Fashion Know-How Palais Galliera, Paris	More info…

Japan

Permanent exhibition

History of Silk

Yokahama Silk Museum

More info…

Latvia

Malaysia

Netherlands

until 11 October 2026	Man <3 Machine – 25 years of TextielLab The Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilbury	More info…
until January 2027	Setting the Table Sustainably Textile Museum, Tilbury	More info…
31 October 2026 to 7 March 2027	Hella Jongerius- Smart Hands The Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilbury Exhibition dedicated to the textile oeuvre of Hella Jongerius, 1963 and her design process.	More info…

New Zealand

17 September to 4 October 2026	World Of Wearable Art (WOW) TSB Arena, Wellington	More info…
until 15 November 2026	Threads of Time: Travel Trade and Textiles Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland East	More info…

Portugal

Long-term exhibition

What are Things For? Pieces from the MUDE Collection 1900-2020
MUDE, 3rd Floor, Lisbon

More info…

Singapore

until 30 August 2026

Peacock Power: beauty and Symbolism Across Culture
Peranakan Museum, Singapore

More info…

Spain

permanent	Dressing the Body : Silhouettes and Fashion (1550-21015) Design Museum, Barcelona	More info…
until 27 September 2026	Helbig Archive:96-26 Museo del Traje, Madrid	More info…
until 10 January 2027	Cristobel Balenciaga: Technique, Material and Form Museo Cristobal Balenciaga, Getaria	More info…
until 22 February 2027	The Givenchiaga Family Museo Cristobal Balenciaga, Getaria	More info…

Sweden

permanent	War and Peace 1500-1800’s The Army Museum, Stockholm	More info…
permanent	Weapons & Coats The Army Museum, Stockholm	More info…
permanent exhibition	ReStart Mode Textile Museum, Boras	More info…
permanent	Clothes and Couture Textile Museum, Boras	More info…
ongoing	British Ever So Nordic (British Influences in Nordic Fashion) Nordic Museum, Stockholm	More info…
permanent	Dressed in Dalarna Dalarna Museum, Falun	More info…
permanent	Design Stories Rohsska Museum, Gothenburg	More info…
until 22 August 2026	Long Live the Tradition of Knitting! A Swedish Knitting Classic Almgren Silk Factory and Museum, Stockholm	More info…
until 23 August 2026	Soft + Ware: Rethinking Fashion and Textiles Textile Museum of Sweden, Boras	More info…
until 23 August 2026	Textile Exit 2026 Museum of Sweden, Boras	More info…
until 27 September 2026	Warps + Waves in the Fabric of Time Museum of Sweden, Boras	More info…
until September 2026	Hatt Couture Royal Armoury, Stockholm	More info…

Switzerland

3 July to 27 September 2026	Fashion Photography from the Belle Epoque to the Present Textilmuseum, St Gallen	More info…
until 28 February 2027	Of Material Value Textilmuseum, St Gallen	More info…

United Kingdom

Permanent exhibition	Flax to Fibre Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland	More info…
Permanent exhibition	David Bowie Centre Victoria and Albert, East Storehouse, London Costumes, music and sketches	More info…
ongoing	Local Costumes, from the Victorian era Country Life Museum, Dalgarven Mill, Kilwinning, Scotland	More info…
0pens 5 June 2026	Design and Disability V & A Dundee, Scotland	More info…
until 13 September 2026	Paint! Pattern! Paint! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell Fashion & Textile Museum, 89 Bermondsey St., London	More info…
until 6 September 2026	Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake Manchester Art Gallery	More info…
until 19 September 2026	1996: 30 years on, The Wildest Year of Britain’s Wildest Decade Barbican Centre, London	More info…
until 18 April 2027	Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London	More info…
until 25 July 2026	Time and Place Macclesfield Silk Museum	More info…
30 July to 2^nd August	Festival of Quilts 2026 NEC, North Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham	More info…
4 July to 5 September 2026	A Grand Tour of the Regatta The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield	More info…
until September 2026	Wedding Dresses Dalgarven Mills Museum, Kilwinning	More info…
until 26 November 2026	Power Dressing Blanford Fashion Museum, Lime Tree House, Blandford Forum	More info…
until 26 November 2026	The Textile Collection of Elisabeth Frink Blanford Fashion Museum, Lime Tree House, Blandford Forum	More info…
until 26 December 2026	Embroidery Gallery: Sew Dainty The Art of tiny Stitches Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury	More info…
until 1 December 2026	Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington Over 200 stunning pieces on display – from garments and jewellery to archive material, sculptures, and more	More info…
until 17 January 2027	Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show V & A Dundee, Scotland	More info…
26 September 2026 to July 2027	Bayeux Tapestry The British Museum, London, room 30, the Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery	More info…
from 27 March 2027	Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery V & A Dundee, Scotland	More info…
until 13 February 2028	Worn: The Life Within Clothes Manchester Art Gallery	More info…

USA

Ongoing	Textile 101 Gallery, interactive George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, DC Try your hand at weaving	More info…
ongoing	Wedding Attire: Three Cultures, One Celebration Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	More info…
ongoing online	Worth & Mainbocher, Demystifying the Haute Couture Museum of the City of New York	More info…
Ongoing	American Coverlets The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington, DC	More info…
until 20 June 2026	Adorning The Horse: Equestrian Textiles for Power and Prestige The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington, DC	More info…
until 28 June 2026	The Flower, The Labour and the Sea RISD Museum, Providence, RI Historical and contemporary textiles	More info…
until 28 June 2026	Leroy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style Kent State University, OH	More info…
until 30 June 2028	Fashion Timeline Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…
until 20 July 2026	Boro: The Hidden and The Visible in Japanese Mended Textiles International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE	More info…
1 April to 2 July 2026	Illusive Objects Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, MN Apparel, jewellery, ceramics, furniture & textiles	More info…
until 26 July 2026	Appearances Deceive: Embroideries by Policarpio Valencia Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM	More info…
18 July to 23 August 2026	Sparkle: The Style and Jewellery of Aileen Mehle Exhibition Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…
until 26 July 2026	Unbraid: Hair, Clay and Craft Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NY	More info…
until 16 August 2026	American Galleries, Spring 2026 Allentown Art Museum, NJ	More info…
until 23 August 2026	Designing Dynamics: Kuba Textiles from the DR Congo The Wesley Mariani collection Mint Museum, Atlanta, GA	More info…
until 23 August 2026	Dior: Crafting Fashion SCAD Fashion Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA	More info…
until 6 September 2026	Selections from the Photography Collection: Textiles on Film Allentown Art Museum, NJ	More info…
until 11 October 2026	Fashion & Feather A collaboration between Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…
until 18 October 2026	Body/Beyond: Fashion That Transforms Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields, IN	More info…
until 25 October 2026	A Mi Manela, My Own Way San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA	More info…
until 25 October 2026	Varied and Alive: New and Rarely Seen Treasures from the Collection Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT	More info…
until 25 October 2026	On Point: Needlework from the Garthwaite Family Collection Shelburne Museum, Shelburne,VT	More info…
until 25 October 2026	Log Cabin Quilts Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT	More info…
22 April to 16 October 2026	Fashion & Feather: A Collaboration between Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…
9 May to 25 October 2026	Varied and Alive: new and Rarely Seen Treasures Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT	More info…
9 May to 25 October 2026	On Point: Needlework from the Garthwaite Family Collection, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT	More info…
until 1 November 2026	Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA	More info…
until December 2026	Fashion and the Fold: Repetition, Returns and Reinventions Historic costume and textile collection Iowa State University, Mary Alice Gallery, Ames, IA	More info…
until 6 December 2026	Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the senses Brooklyn Museum, New York	More info…
2 July to 19 December 2026	Material Nation: 250 years of American Quilting International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE	More info…
5 June to 19 December 2026	Material nation: 250 years of Americal Quilting, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE	More info…
15 August to 19 December 2026	Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington, DC	More info…
16 May to 6 December 2026	Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses Brooklyn Museum, New York	More info…
until 11 October 2026	Keeping Alive the Remembrance: America’s Founding, 1776-1876 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT	More info…
until 7 January 2027	Truths be Told: Artists Activate Traditions Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM	More info…
until 17 January 2027	Interventions: Weaving Joy, Woven Resistance Mint Museum, Atlanta, GA	More info…
26 June to 18 April 2027	Quilts and Coverlets: Art for the American Home, Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…
until 1 December 2030	Art and Design from 1900 to Now Paper, costumes and textiles, paintings etc. RISD Museum, Providence RI	More info…
10 May 2026 to 10 January 2027	Costume Art Gallery 099, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	More info…
until 11 April 2027	Art and design from 1900 to Now RISD Museum, (Rhode Island School of Design), Providence,RI	More info…
26 June 2026 to 18 April 2027	Quilts and Coverlets: Art for the American Home, Kent State University Museum, OH	More info…

International Museums and Galleries

Argentina

Museum of the History of Costume (Museo Nactional de la Historia del Traje), Buenos Aires - opening times vary

Austria

Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna
Lengberg Castle, East Tyrol, medieval underwear
MAK Museum, Vienna
Wien Musem Fashion Collection, Vienna

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Baku - closed Mondays

Bangladesh

Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka - closed Thursday and Friday

Belgium

Fashion and Lace Museum, Brussels - focus on Brussels lace
Hasselt's Fashion Museum (Mode Museum Hasselt's) - open Tuesday to Sunday with 2 exhibits a year
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp - open Tuesday to Sunday
Museum of Costume and Lace (Musee du costume et da la Mode), Brussels

Bolivia

Museo Costumbrista Juan de Vargas, La Paz – 2 rooms of costumes
Museum of Bolivian Andean Textiles (Museo de Textiles Andinos Bolivianos), La Paz - learn about the weaving processes, styles and textiles from the varying cultures and regions within Bolivia

Brazil

Museum of Fashion (Museu de Moda), Canela

Butan

The Textile Museum, Royal Textile Academy of Butan, Thimphu

Canada

Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Ontario - Footwear and consumerism in the 1980s
McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, Quebec
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario
Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
The Costume Museum of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Chile

Museo De la Moda, Santiago

China

China Silk Museum, Hangzhou

Columbia

Museum of Costumes (Museo de Trajes), Bogota – Costume museum with colonial, ethnic & indigenous outfits, along with clothes-making tools

Czech Repbulic

Museum of Decorative Arts, Praque
Jewish Museum in Prague

Denmark

Brede Works (Brede Vaerk), Lyngby, north of Copenhagen closed until further notice
Design Museum, Copenhagen
Museum of Everyday Life in the 20th Century, Odense - 9 rooms decorated according to different decades
The National Museum, Copenhagen - open Tuesday to Sunday
Royal Danish Arsenal Museum (Tojhusmuseet), Copenhagen - collection of military uniforms

Ecuador

Mindalae Museum (Ethnohistoric & Crafts Museum), Quito

Egypt

Egyptian Textiles Museum, Cairo
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) – textile gallery

Estonia

Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn

Finland

Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
Design Museum, Helsinki
Forssa Museum, Forssa - Closed Mondays; check open times as this changes with the seasons
The National Costume Center of Finland, Jyvaskyla – operates as part of the Craft Museum

France

Atelier-Musee du Chapeau (Hat Workshop-Museum), Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Cite Dentelle Mode (Museum for Lace and Fashion), Calais
Foundation Louis Vuitton Museum, Paris
La Galerie Dior, Paris
La Musee des Arts et Metiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts), Paris
Librairie de la Mode (The Fashion Bookstore), Paris
Musee Christian Dior, Granville
Musee D'Art et D'Industrie (Museum of Art and Industry), Saint Etienne
Musee de l'Impression sur Ettofes (Museum of Printed Textiles), Mulhouse
Musee del Mode et du Textile (Fashion and Textile Museum) - development of historical and contemporary fashion from the 18th century
Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts), Paris
Musee des Dentelles et des Broderies (Lace and Embroidery Museum), Caudry
Musee des Tissues et des Arts Decoratifs (Museum of Fabric and Decorative Arts), Lyon - currently closed for renovations
Musee Pierre Cardin, Paris
Musee Yves Saint Laurent (also called Foundation Pierre Berge - Yves Saint Laurent), Paris exhibition area closed until Autumn 2027
Palais Galliera, Paris - 18th C dress dept., 19th C costume dept., fashion from the first half of the 20th C, haute couture, contemporary, accessories
Soiere Vivante (Living Silk), Lyon - 2 weaving workshops
The Museum of Lace and Fashion (Cité de la Dentelle), Calais - temporary and permanent exhibitions,
Wesserling Textile Museum, (Parc de Wesserling), Chateau de Wesserling, Husseren-Wesser

Georgia

State Silk Museum, Tbiisi

Germany

Augsburg Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg
Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum), Munich
Black Forest Costume Museum, Haslach im Kinzigtal
Dresden State Art Museum (Staaliche Kunstsammlungen), Dresden
Fashion Museum, Festin buiding at Ludwigsburg Residential Palace
German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum), Berlin
German Leather Museum (Deutsches Ledermuseum), Offenbach
German National Museum, Nuremburg
German Shoe Museum, Hauenstein – has online viewing
German Textile Museum (Deutsches Textilmuseum), Krefeld
Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg
Muencher State Museum (Muencher Stadtmuseum), Muenchen - has online collection and virtual tour
Museum of Arts and Crafts (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe), Hamburg
Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum), Berlin – extensive range of costumes and accessories
Musuem of Hamburg History (Museum fur Hamburgische Geshichte), Hamburg
Schloss Museum Jever (Jever Castle Museum), historical folk costume
Textile Museum (Textilmuseum), Mindelheim
Tuch+Technik Textile Museum, Newmunster

Greece

Benaki Museum, Athens – wide range of objects from prehistoric to the 20^th Century
Historical and Folklore Museum, Kalamata
Museum of Greek Modern Culture, Athens
Peloponnesian Folklore Museum, Nafplion
The Victoria Karelias Collection of Traditional Greek Costume, Kalamata

Guatemala

House of Antique Textiles (Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo), Sacatepéquez
Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Clothing (Museo Ixchel del Traje Indigena), Guatemala City

Honk Kong

Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textiles (CHAT)
Hong Kong Heritage Museum – a fashion display not always present so check
Hong Kong Palace Museum

India

National Crafts Museum, New Delhi
Sanskrit Museums of India – currently closed
The Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad

Vimor Museum of Living Textiles, Bengaluru - able to touch and feel different types of yarn, try loom weaving and try on fabrics

Indonesia

Museum of Textile, West Jakarta
Harry Davsono Museum, Cilandak, South Jakarta – fashion and photography

Ireland, Republic of

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History, Dublin

Italy

Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum, Rome - decorative arts, costume and fashion
Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto a del Costume (Study Centre for the History of Textiles & Costume), Mocenigo Palace, Venice
Cerratelli Foundation, San Giuliano, Tuscany – collection of theatre and film costumes; 30,000 outfits
Davanzati Palace Museum, Florence
Fortuny Museum, Venice
Museo della Moda E Del Costume (Museum of Fashion and Costume), Pitti Palace, Florence
Gucci Museum, Florence
Lisio Silk Foundation, Florence – silk art, fabric weaving, able to observe weaving
Museo dell’Arte Della Lana (Wool Museum), Tuscany
Museo del Merletto, Burano (Venice) – lace museum
Museo Della Moda Napoli (Textile and Fashion Museum), Naples
Museo della Seta di Como – the silk-making process from silkworms to heritage looms and clothing samples
Museo del Tessuto (The Textile Museum), Prato – historical and contemporary textiles production
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
Museo Rossimoda della Calzatura, Venice – footwear museum, online catalogue, tours available
Museo Salvadore Ferragamo, Florence – shoe museum
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como
Roberto Capucci Foundation Museum, Villa Bardini in Costa San Giorgioz – rotating exhibition of haute couture, illustrations and photographs
Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, Santa Croce (Venice) – historic weaving workshop
Valentino Garavani Museum – virtual museum

Japan

Costume Museum of Kyoto – dolls dress in the clothing and customs of the Heian period. Also reproduction costumes from other periods
Bunka Gukuen Costume Museum, Tokyo – Japanese western style clothing
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum – Kimonos
Kobe Fashion Museum, Kobe – English clothing from the Elizabethan period to the 1960’s
Kyoto Costume Institute, Kyoto
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Meguro City, Tokyo
Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park), Hollaido – promotes the culture of the Ainu people through traditional costumes and embroidery patterns
Yokahama Silk Museum, Yokahama

Latvia

Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Museum of Decorative Arts, Riga

Malaysia

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpur

Mexico

Franz Mayer Museum (Museo Franz Mayer), Mexico City
Frida Kahlo Museum (Museo Frida Kahlo), Mexico City
Textile Museum of Oaxaca

Netherlands

New Zealand

New Zealand Fashion Museum - an online museum only
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Collections (online collection) – search for fashion, textiles, dresses, costumes etc.

Norway

Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (Kunstindustrimuseet), Oslo - 3 exhibition spaces for fashion
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum), Oslo - folk museum with weaving and knitting; also small hand weaving looms and handicraft
Textile Industry Museum, Bergen

Pakistan

Lok Virsa Heritage Museum (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage), Islamabad

Peru

Gold Museum of Peru (Museo Oro Del Peru), Lima

Poland

Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz
Museum of Historical Costume, Cziachow

Portugal

Museu do Design e da Moda, Lisbon - Francisco Capelo collection
Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Costume & Fashion), Lisbon - temporarily closed
Museu de Lanificios (Wool Musuem of the University Beira Interior),Covilha

Romania

Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest

Serbia

Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade

Singapore

Asian Civilisation Museum - has a fashion wing
Peranakan Museum - costumes and objects of the Peranakan culture

South Korea

Simone Handbag Museum, Seoul
Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum, Seoul
World Jewellery Museum, Seoul
National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul
Seoul Museum of Craft Art (SeMoCA)

South Africa

Iziko, South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town - has flags, household linen, Indonesian ikats and batiks, carpets, samplers and embroideries

Spain

Museo Cristobal Balenciaga, Getaria - Check museum schedule as summer or winter hours may preside.
Design Museum (Museo del Disseny), Barcelona
Museum of Costume (Museo del Traje), Madrid
Museum of Leather Artistry (Museu de L’Art.de la Pell), Vic
Museum of Medieval Textiles (Museo de Telas Medievales), Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos
Royal Collections Gallery (Galeria de las Colecciones Reales), Madrid - tapestries
Textile Museum & Documentation Centre (Museu Textil I D’Indumentaria), Barcelona - Permanent and temporary collections

Sri Lanka

Colombo National Museum, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo – costume gallery
Martin WickramaSinghe Folk Museum, Matara Road, Koggala – traditional dress, tools, vehicles & more

Sweden

Almgren Silk Factory and Museum, Stockholm
Dalarnas Museum, Falun - Swedish folk art, music and costume collection of regional textiles
The Army Museum (Armemuseum), Stockholm - historical military dress
The Cathedral Museum, Uppsala – medieval costume
The Rohsska Museum, Gothenburg - garments from 1800s to today
The Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren), Stockholm - collection of garments from the 17th century
The Nordic Museum (Nordiska Museet), Stockholm - showcases clothing products worn or produced in Sweden
The Textile Museum of Sweden (Textilmuseet), Boras - textiles and fashion from 1870
Zorn Old Farm and Textile Museum (Zorn Textilkammare), Mora

Switzerland

Abegg- Stiflung Museum, Riggisberg
Swiss National Museum, (Landesmuseum), Zurich
St. Gallen Textile Museum (Textil Museum), St. Gallen

Thailand

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, Royal Grand Palace, Bangkok

Turkey

Istanbul Carpet Museum, located in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Museum of World Costumes, Buyukcekmece – folk costumes from various countries
Uluumay Osmanli Halk Kiyafetleri ve Takilari Muzesi, Bursa – private heritage museum exhibits of Ottoman folk costumes and jewellery

United Kingdom

Allhallows Museum of Lace and Local Antiquities, Honiton
Barbican Centre, London – hosts fashion exhibitions
Blanford Fashion Museum, Lime Tree House, Blandford Forum
Borders Textile Towerhouse, Hawick, Scotland
Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury, England – houses the Embroiderers’ Guild museum collection
Coldharbour Mill, Uffculm, Devon – a working wool museum.
Dalgarven Mills Museum, Kilwinning, Scotland – country life museum
Fashion Museum, Bath – temporarily closed but has online exhibitions
Fashion & Textile Museum, London – rotating exhibitions
Folk & Costume Museum, Guernsey
Framework Knitters Museum, Nottingham
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Lancashire
Glasgow Life Museums This is several museums – People’s Palace, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, The Burrell Collection
Hat Works Museum, Stockport
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Lancashire
Irish Linen Centre, Lisbum Museum, Northern Ireland
London College of Fashion – has exhibitions and galleries
Manchester Art Gallery, Gallery of English Costume
Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume, Dalgarven Mill, Kilwinning, Scotland
Museum of London – textiles and design exhibitions (closed until 2026)
Museum of Religious Life and Art, The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Newtown Textile Museum, Newtown,Powys,Wales
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton
Nottingham Industrial Museum, Nottinghamshire
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London – oldest dress on display
Pickford House, Derby, England – Georgian life and costume
Queen Street Mill, Lancashire
The British Museum, London
The Design Museum, Kensington, London – industrial, graphic design, fashion and architecture
Shetland Textile Museum, Lerwick (Shetland), Scotland, http://www.shetlandtextilemuseum.com
Silk Museum, Macclesfield
Somerset House, London
Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum, Bogan House, Totnes – contains Devonshire collection of period costumes from 18^th to 21^st C
V&A Dundee, Scotland
V&A East Museum, East Bank in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park , London – 2 free galleries called Why We Make
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
York Museum & Trust – view costume and textiles collection online
Wardown House Museum and Gallery, Luton
Whitechurch Silk Mill, Whitechurch
Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech

USA

Allentown Art Museum
American Textile History Museum
Anna Wintour Costume Centre at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Black Fashion Museum Collection at the National Museum of African American History & Culture, Harlem, New York – Historical contributions of black designers and clothing makers
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Chicago History Museum – has a collection of costumes and textiles (view images)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan, New York
de Young / Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, California – rotating fashion exhibitions
Esse Purse Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas – women’s handbags and their contents
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles, California – early Hollywood costume collection
Fashion Institute of Technology Museum (FIT), New York – rotating exhibitions of vintage garments apparel and shoes
Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota
Historic Costume Museum, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Historic Clothing and Textile Museum, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
Kent State University Museum, Ohio – online catalogue
Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California – rotating fashion exhibitions
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum of the City of New York
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
Plains Indian Museum Powwow, Cody, Wyoming
Philadelphia Museum of Art
RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design) Providence, RI
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
SCAD Fashion Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington DC
Texas Fashion Collection, University of North Texas, Denton – preservation and documentation of historically significant fashion
Historic Costume & Textile Collection, Ohio State University, Columbus
Textile and Clothing Museum, Iowa State University, Ames
The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington DC
The Ukrainian Museum, New York

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