ARGENTINA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
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BANGLADESH
BELGIUM
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BOLIVIA
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BRAZIL
BUTAN
CANADA
- Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Ontario - Footwear and consumerism in the 1980s
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McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, Quebec
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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
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CHILE
CHINA
COLUMBIA
- Museum of Costumes (Museo de Trajes), Bogota – Costume museum with colonial, ethnic & indigenous outfits, along with clothes-making tools
CZECH REPUBLIC
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DENMARK
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ECUADOR
EGYPT
ESTONIA
FINLAND
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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
- 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
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GEORGIA
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
- Schloss Museum Jever (Jever Castle Museum), historical folk costume
- Textile Museum (Textilmuseum), Mindelheim
- Tuch+Technik Textile Museum, Newmunster
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GREECE
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GUATEMALA
HONG KONG
INDIA
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INDONESIA
IRELAND, REPBULIC OF
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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 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
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JAPAN
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KOREA
LATVIA
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
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NETHERLANDS
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NEW ZEALAND
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NORWAY
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PAKISTAN
PERU
POLAND
PORTUGAL
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ROMANIA
SERBIA
SINGAPORE
SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH AFRICA
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SPAIN
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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
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SWITZERLAND
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
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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
- Framework Knitters Museum, Nottingham
- 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
- Irish Linen Centre, Lisbum Museum, Northern Ireland
- London College of Fashion – has exhibitions and galleries
- Museum of London – textiles and design exhibitions (closed until 2026)
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Newtown Textile Museum, Newtown,Powys,Wales
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London – oldest dress on display
- Pickford House, Derby, England – Georgian life and costume
- 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 18th to 21st C.
- V&A Dundee, Scotland
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- York Museum & Trust – view costume and textiles collection online
- Whitechurch Silk Mill, Whitechurch
- Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech
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USA
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- 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 & Textile Collection, Ohio State University, Columbus
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields
- International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Kent State University Museum, Ohio – online catalogue
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
- Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, Rhode Island 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
- 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
- Textile and Clothing Museum, Iowa State University, Ames
- Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington DC
- Ukrainian Museum, New York
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