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This list was last updated on 11 October 2024

This page lists fashion and textile-related exhibitions as well as museums and galleries.

Australian Exhibitions   |   Australian Museums and Galleries  |   International Exhibitions   |   International Museums and Galleries

AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITIONS

until 18 October 2024

Thursday – Saturday
10:00 am -5:00 pm

Kate Derum & Irene Davies International Tapestry Awards

Australian Tapestry Workshop, Park Street, South Melbourne, VIC

More info...

18 September to 20 October 2024

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wings and Friends With Lang Bergner: Group Show
Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
More info...

8 to 19 October 2024

Tuesday to Friday

    12:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Saturday

    12:00 pm to 4:00 pm


Working Memories - Contemporary Textile Art

Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC

More Info...

23 October to 24 November 2024

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

ESCAPE An Odyssey Into Stitch, Creativity and Mindfulness Cathy Jack Coupland

Timeless Textiles Gallery, Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW

More Info...


Until 17 November 2024

Daily 9:00 am to 5:00 pm


PIINPI, Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Aboriginal Cultural Centre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT

More Info...

24 September to 10 December 2024

Tuesday to Thursday

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Tais, Culture & Resilience

Burke Gallery, Trinity College, Parkville, VIC

Woven stories from Timor-Leste 

More Info...

9 to 12 October 2024

Craft and Quilt Fair
Brisbane Exhibition Centre, QLD
More info...


23 Nov 2024 to 30 March 2025
Ticketed event

Radical Textiles
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
More info...

until 24 November 2024

Lesage X Vionnet 
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Couture embroidery  from the Krystyne Campbell-Pretty fashion research collection
More info...

30 Nov 2024 to 25 January 2025

JamFactory ICON: New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design
Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
30 textile creations plus 10 pieces of commissioned furniture
More info...


15 March to 13 July 2025

Frida Kahlo, In Her Own Image

Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC

Her fashion collection, makeup, accessories and medical items

More Info...
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES that have textile/fashion exhibitions

Saturday and Sunday
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles
75 Church Street, Maitland, NSW
mgnsw.org.au/organisations/australian-museum-clothing-and-textiles/

Thursday to Saturday
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Park Street, South Melbourne, VIC
austapestry.com.au/

Daily
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Bendigo Art Gallery
View Street, Bendigo, VIC
bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery

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, Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC
craft.org.au

Monday to Friday

    9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday

    10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Closed Public Holidays

Gallery 76

Queen Street, Concord West, NSW

Dedicated Textile and Fibre Art Gallery 

More info...

Daily
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Museum of Vehicle Evolution (MOVE)
7723 Golburn Valley Hwy, Kialla, VIC
Has a costume collection covering the history of Australin everyday fasion from 1770s to 2000.
moveshepparton.com.au/


Museums Victoria
...a website for Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, Immigration Museum and Royal Exhibition Building
Online shopping
museumsvictoria.com.au

Daily
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, VIC
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Tuesday to Saturday
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
closed public holidays


Wednesday to Sunday
10:30 am to 4:30 pm

QTOPIA
Darlinghurst,  Sydney, NSW
LGBTQIA community
Costumes by Michael Gates and Tim Chappell
qtopiasydney.com.au/

Sundays

9:30 am to 3:30 pm

or by appointment (except Tuesdays)

Templin Museum - Madam Weigel, House of Fashion

Templin, QLD

templinhistoricalmuseum.com.au

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 Embroidery House, Wattletree Road, Malvern, VIC
embroiderersguildvic.org

Wednesday to Saturday

    10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday

    10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Timeless Textiles Gallery
Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW
timelesstextiles.com.au

Monday to Friday
     10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Satuday to Sunday
     10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Warrnambool Art Gallery
Liebig Street, Warrnambool, VIC

Daily
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Adults - $12, Concession - $9

Wool Museum
Geelong, VIC
The story of wool, fibre and textiles.  Has a range of contemporary exhibitions.
geelongaustralia.com.au/nwm/

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

BELGIUM

Tuesday to Sunday
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Fashion from the MoMu Collection
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
More info...

until 10 November 2024

until 6 January 2025

M/Others
Hasselt's Fashion Museum, Hasselt
More info...

until 10 November 2024

MoMu x Fashion Department
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
More info...


until 2 February 2025

Masquerade, Makeup & Ensor
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
More info...

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DENMARK

until 31 December 2025

Powerful Patterns
Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen
More info...

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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...

until 13 October 2024

Kaukola Woman's National Costume Through the Years
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla Changes in the beloved national costume design from 1921 to the present day.

until 24 November 2024

Prayer - Ecclesiastical Textiles
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
The exhibition features church textiles designed and made by textile artist and master craftswoman Helena Vaari. Over the past 35 years, she has produced nearly 400 church textiles, including six bishop's mitres and church textiles for fifteen churches. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to see church textiles from different churches and in many liturgical colours in one go.

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FRANCE

until 17 November 2024

Fashion Design, Jewellery Exhibition
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
More info...

until 5 January 2025

Fashion on the Move
Palais Galliera, Paris
This chronological exhibition, featuring some 200 works, traces the history of fashion from the 18th century to the present day through the museum’s collections, while also developing a transversal theme on the body in movement.
More info...


until 5 January 2025

Yuima Nakazato: Beyond couture
La Cite de la Dentelle et la Mode, (Museum of Fashion and Lace), Calais
More info...


6 November 2024 to 26 January 2025

Fashion in the Making: Photographs of 1920’s and 1930’s Designs
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
More info...

until 30 March 2025

Fashion, Next gen Andams 35th Anniversary
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
More info...

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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...

until 17 November 2024

Sewing For Survival – Jewish Refugees in Shanghai 1938-1949
Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg
More info...


until 29 December 2024

Artapestry 7

German Textile Museum, Krefeld

More info...


until 10 August 2025

Always with you: THE BAG

Deutsches Ledermuseum, Offenbach

More info...


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GOOGLE ARTS PROJECT

An online collaboration of 180 museums and fashion institutions

We Wear Culture
The stories behind what we wear.
Explore over 400 stories by curators from leading institutions around the world.


online virtual reality tours

Simone Handbag Museum

The world's first museum dedicated to handbags.  The museum in Korea closed in 2021 an digitised the spaces of the museum to keep them alive in online tours 

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GREECE



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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
You are able to create your own cotton label
More info...

until 14 October 2024

The Adorned Body: French Fashion and Jewellery, 1770-1910 
Hong Kong Palace Museum
More info...


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INDIA

Permanent exhibition

Indian Textile Gallery
National Crafts Museum, Delhi
Take an online 3D tour

Permanent exhibition

Textile Gallery
Indian Museum, Kolkata
More info...

Vimor Museum of Living Textiles,Bengaluru,

able to touch and feel different types of yarn. Try loom weaving and try on fabrics.

More Info...

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IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF

Permanent exhibition

The Way We Wore
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
Clothing and jewellery from 1760 to 1960
More info...

Ongoing
Free admission

Ib Jorgensen, A Fashion Retrospective
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
More info...

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ITALY

until 24 November 2024

Eva Jospin Selva
Fortuny Museum, Venice
More info...

until 8 January 2025

Fragile Stories
Museo del Merletto, Venice (Burano)
Lace museum
More info...

27 Nov 2024 to 23 March 2025

Memorable: Ipermoda
Maxxi, Rome
More info...

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JAPAN

Permanent exhibition

Tues to Sun, 9:00 am -5:00 pm


History of Silk

Yokahama Silk Museum

More info...

NETHERLANDS

until 3 November 2024

Sari/ Statement: Fashion from India

WERELD Museum, Amsterdam

More info...


until 12 January 2025

Designed to Dry - Kitty van der Mijll, Dekker X Vera Roggli
Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilbury
The history of household textiles
More info...


until 16 February 2025

Yes, I Do!
Fries Museum, Leuwarden
250 years of wedding dresses

More info...


until 2 March 2025

Moroccan Fashion Statements
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
More info...

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NEW ZEALAND




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SPAIN

until 19 January 2025

Tuesday to Sunday

11:00 am – 3:00 pm  


Balenciaga Character

Cristobal Balenciaga Museum, Getaria

More info...


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SWITZERLAND

until 4 November 2024

Good Stuff

St. Gallen Textile Museum, St. Gallen

More info...


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UNITED KINGDOM

Permanent exhibition

Flax to Fibre
Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
More info...

ongoing

Local Costumes, from the Victorian era
Country Life Museum, Dalgarven Mill
Kilwinning, Scotland
More info...

until 21 December 2024

Inspired: The Art of Making Historical Fashion
Blinkfield Museum, Halifax, England
More info...

until 31 December 2024

Fashion Tour 2024
V&A South Kensington, London, England
A guided tour of garments and fashion related objects, 1230 - 1315
Check with museum to ensure it is on for that day.
More info...

ends December 2024

Accessories
Shetland Textile Museum, Lerwick, Shetland
More info...

until 5 January 2025

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
V&A Dundee, Scotland
More info...

until 12 January 2025

Unpicking Couture
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
More info...

until 23 February 2025

Barbie
Design Museum, London, England
A major exhibition exploring the design evolution of one of the world's most famous dolls.
More info...

until 9 March 2025

Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80’s

London Fashion & Textile Museum

More info...


until 6 April 2025

Naomi: In Fashion

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

More info...


until August 2025

Tomorrow’s Wardrobe
Design Museum, London
More info...


from 20 September 2025 

Marie Antoinette Style
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
More info...


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USA

ongoing

Textile 101 Gallery, interactive
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Try your hand at weaving
More info...

ongoing

Selections from The Textile Museum Collection
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
A rotating selection of global textile art from the museum collections.
More info...

until 27 October 2024

Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
More info...

until 21 December 2024

Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
More info...

until 8 December 2024

Sensory Silhouettes, Experiencing South Asian Garments
RISD Museum, (Rhode Island School of Design) Providence, RI
More info...


until 15 December 2024

Nancy Crow: Quilts
Rockwell Hall, Kent State University Museum, Ohio
More info...

until 29 December 2024

Africa's Fashion Diaspora
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York
More info...

until 31 December 2024



Sewn In America

Daughter of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum, Washington D.C.

More info...

until 5 April 2025

Art Uncovered: Visionary Textile Scholars and Their Archives
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
More info...

19 October 2024 to 16 March 2025

Barbie: A Cultural Icon
Museum of Art and Design, New York
More info...


until 5 April 2025

Jazz Age Silks: The Stehli Silks Americana Collection 1925-1928
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
More info...

February to April 2025

Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities
FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology), New York
More info...

until 25 May 2025

The Hepburn Style: Katharine and Her Designs
Kent State University Museum, Ohio
More info...

until 30 June 2028

Fashion Timeline
Kent State University Museum, Ohio
More info...

until 28 July 2025

Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman: Dazzling Day and Night
Kent State University Museum, Ohio
More info...


until 1 September 2026

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design) Providence, RI

Drawings, costumes, textiles, paintings, sculptures,photography etc. 
More info...


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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES that have textile/fashion exhibitions

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

Wien Musem Fashion Collection, Vienna


AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Baku - closed Mondays

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BANGLADESH
Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka - closed Thursday and Friday


BELGIUM

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BOLIVIA

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BRAZIL

BUTAN


CANADA

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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

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            GEORGIA


            GERMANY

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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

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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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                                  PORTUGAL

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                                  SINGAPORE

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                                    SOUTH AFRICA

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                                      SPAIN

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                                        SWEDEN

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                                          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

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                                              USA

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