AUSTRALIA

Daily

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

$14.50 | concession - $11.50

Timed entry

Australians & Hollywood

National Film and Sound Archives

A Canberra-exclusive exhibition celebrating iconic moments in contemporary Australian film and the people and stories that brought them to life, including costumes.

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

Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles
75 Church Street, Maitland, NSW
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Daily
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Museum entry - $16 to $20

Loel Thomson Costume Collection
Museum of Vehicle Evolution, Kialla VIC
The collection covers the history of Australian everyday fashion, from 1770s to 2000.  It joins collections of cars, trucks, bicycles, radios and other objects.  
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Sundays

9:30 am to 3:30 pm

or by appointment (except Tuesdays)

Madam Weigel, House of Fashion

Templin Museum, Templin, Queensland

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

QTOPIA
Museum in Darlinghurst (Sydney, NSW), LGBTQIA community
Costumes by Michael Gates and Tim Chappell

Daily
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Free

Textiles Centre
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW
The Powerhouse is home to one of Australia's most comprehensive textile and garment collections, including a diverse range of historical and contemporary pieces
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Daily
Free

The Story of the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne
Several costumes on display

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.

11 to 14 April 2024

Oh My Stars, Australian Quilt Convention
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Carlton)

until 28 April 2024
Ticketed and timed event

Fairy Tales 
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (QLD)
This exhibition features sumptuous gowns.
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15 February - 18 May 2024

The Fabric of War 1760-1900: The Annette Gero Collection  
David Roche Museum, Adelaide (SA)
Quilts from the period of the eighteenth and nineteenth century battlefields.

2 March - 26 May 2024

Annemieke Mein, A Life's Work Gippsland Art Gallery (VIC)

29 June - 7 October 2024
Adults - $29, Concession - $25

Iris Van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
Gallery of Modern Art (QLD), Brisbane
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3 to 6 July 2024

Craft and Quilt Show
ICC Sydney Exhibition Centre

24 to 27 July 2024

Craft and Quilt Show
Melbourne Exhibition Centre

9 - 10 August 2024

Australian Wearable Art Festival 2024
Venue 114, Sunshine Coast (QLD)
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9 to 12 October 2024

Craft and Quilt Show
Brisbane Exhibition Centre

23 November 2024 - 30 March 2025
Ticketed

Radical Textiles
Art Gallery of South Australia
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INTERNATIONAL

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Ireland

Netherlands

New Zealand

Sweden

United Kingdom

USA

BELGIUM

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

Fashion from the MoMu Collection
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
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until 16 June 2024

Baloji Augurism
MoMe Fashion Museum, Antwerp
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until 10 November 2024

Jules Francois Crahay
Fashion & Lace Museum, Brussels
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14 June to 6 January 2025

M/Others
Hasselt's Fashion Museum, Hasselt
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28 September to 2 February 2025

Masquerade, Makeup & Ensor
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
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DENMARK

until 26 May 2024

Proud, A Modern Narrative of Folk Costume
Designer Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
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until 31 December 2025

Pattern Power
Design Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
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FINLAND

Permanent exhibition

A Journey in Time - 2000 years of craft
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
Travel through 2,000 years of craft
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Permanent exhibition

Dressed with Pride
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
The history and modernity of Finnish national dress.
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until 2 June 2024

Woven Baskets from Near and Far
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
Woven baskets, both traditional and modern
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20 April to  2 June 2024

Stitched Graphic Novels by Hannerline Moisseinen
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
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15 to 18 August 2024

Forssa Textile Week - Patterns, Design and Sustainable Textiles
Forssa Museum
The role of responsible design and textiles in our society.
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15 June to 1 September 2024

The Way of Dreams
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
Since his youth, fashion artist and icon Jukka Rintala has created rich and colourful clothes and brought a touch of glamour to everyday life. He is a versatile artist and one of the brightest stars of the Finnish fashion world. The exhibition features his unique clothes, industrial production and paintings from his long career.

5 April to 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.

14 September to 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 28 April 2024

Iris Van Herpen
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
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until 25 August 2024

Yves Saint Laurent: Transparencies
Musee Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
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until 7 September 2025

Fashion on the Move
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.
Palais Galliera, Paris
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GERMANY

until 13 October 2024

Dresses. Stories.  The textile estate of Arno and Alice Schmidt
Textile and Industry Museum, Ausburg
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Permanent exhibition

A House for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design
Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin
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until 26 May 2024

Past Intelligence
Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin
20 textile designs created by students using Givenchy patterns
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HONG KONG

Permanent exhibition

Welcome to the Spinning Factory!
Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile (CHAT), Hong Kong
A brief history of Hong Kong's textile industry, vintage cotton products, archival documents and objects
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16 March - 14 July 2024

Artifacts of Labour
Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile (CHAT), Hong Kong
Garments from female daily work outfits, late 1950s to 1970s
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IRELAND

Permanent exhibition

The Way We Wore
Decorative Arts & History Museum, Dublin, Ireland
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Ongoing
Free admission

Ib Jorgensen, A Fashion Retrospective
National Museum of Ireland
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NETHERLANDS

until 26 May 2024

The secrets if making #3 - for the whole family
Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilbury
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until 12 January 2025

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

25 September to 13 October 2024

World of Wearable Art / WOW
TSB Arena, Wellington, NZ
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SWEDEN

until 25 August 2024

Patterned Positions
Contemporary textile pattern designs
Textilmuseet, Boras, Sweden
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UNITED KINGDOM

Permanent exhibition

Flax to Fibre
Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
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until 14 April 2024

Fashion City
Museum of London, Docklands
Step into an East End tailor's and a Carnaby Street boutique at the height of the Swinging Sixties, where every stitch tells a unique story.
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opens 4 May 2024

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
V&A, Dundee, Scotland
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until 18 May 2024

Andy Warhol: The Textiles
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
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until 26 May 2024

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Barbican Art Gallery, London
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/unravel-the-power-and-politics-of-textiles-in-artMore info...

until 22 June 2024

Naomi
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The first exhibition of its kind exploring the extraordinary career of fashion model Naomi Campbell.
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23 March to 30 June 2024

Icons of British Fashion
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock UK
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until 7 July 2024

Sargent and Fashion
Tate Modern, London
Period costumes from Sargent paintings
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22 March - 8 September 2024

The Biba Story, 1964-1975
Fashion & Textile Museum, London
Exploring how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to become the world's first lifestyle label.
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until 21 December 2024

Inspired: The Art of Making Historical Fashion
Blinkfield Museum, Halifax, England
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until 12 January 2025

Unpicking Couture
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
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5 July 2024 to 23 February 2025

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

until 16 June 2024

Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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until 28 July 2024

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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10 May to 2 September 2024

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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until 25 August 2024

Statement Sleeves
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
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GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS that have textile exhibitions

Belgium
Canada

Denmark
Finland
France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong
India
Italy
Japan
Malaysia

Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore

South Africa
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA

BELGIUM

• Hasselt's Fashion Museum (Mode Museum Hasselt's)
• MoMe Fashion Museum, Antwerp
• Museum of Costume and Lace (Musee du costume et da la Mode), Brussels

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CANADA

• Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto - Footwear and consumerism in the 1980s

DENMARK

• Brede Works (Brede Vaerk), Lyngby, north of Copenhagen
• Design Museum, Kobenhaun
• Museum of Everyday Life in the 20th Century, Odense - 9 rooms decorated according to different decades
• The National Museum, Copenhagen
• Royal Danish Aresenal Museum (Tojhusmuseet), Kobenhavn - collection of military uniforms

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FINLAND

• Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
• Design Museum, Helsinki
• Forssa Museum, Forssa - Closed Mondays; check open times as this changes with the seasons.

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FRANCE

• La Galerie Dior, Paris
• Librairie de la Mode, Paris
• Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
• Musee Galliera, Paris
• Musee Pierre Cardin, Paris
• Musee 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

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GERMANY

• Augsburg Textile and Industry Museum
• Black Forest Costume Museum, Haslach im Kinzigtal
• Fashion Museum, Festin buiding at Ludwigsburg Resedential Palace
• Hamburg Museum
• Muencher Stadtmuseum (has online collection and virtual tour)
• Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum), Berlin - extensive range of costumes and accessories
• Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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GREECE

• Beriake Museum, Athens, wide range of objects from prehistoric to the 20^th Century
  
• Kalamata’s New Museum of Traditional Greek Costume, Kalamata
  
• Peloponnesian Folklore Museum, Niafplion
  

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HONG KONG

• Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textiles (CHAT)

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INDIA

• Sanskrit Museum of India, Delhi
• The Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad

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ITALY

• Centro Studi di Storia del Tessuto a del Costume (centre for the History of Textiles & Costume), Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice
• Cerratelli Foundation, San Giulisn, Tuscany - collection of theatre and film costumes; 30,000 outfits
• Davanzati Museum, Florence
• Ferragamo Museum, Florence
• Fortuny Museum, Venice
• Galleria del Costume, Pitti Palace, Florence
• Gucci Museum, Florence
• Lisio Silk Foundation, Florence - silk art, fabric weaving, able to observe weaving
• Museo del Merletto, Burano - lace museum
• Musee della Seta di Como - The silk-making process from silkworms to heritage looms and clothing samples
• Museo del Tessuto (The Textile Museum), Prato
• Museum of Fashion and Costume, Piazza de'Pitti, Florence
• Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice - study centre of the history of textiles, costumes and perfume
• 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
• Wool Museum (Museo dell'Arte Della Lana), Tuscany

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JAPAN

• Costume Museum of Kyoto - Dolls dressed in the clothing and customs of the Heian period.  Also reproduction costumes from other periods.
• Bunka Gukuen Costume Museum, Tokyo - Japanese western style clothing
• Kobe Fashion Museum
• The Kyoto Costume Institute - Small exhibits held periodically.  Conserves and researches western style clothing
• Upopoy (National Amu Museum and Park), Hollaido - Promotes the culture of the Ainu people through traditional costumes and embroidery patterns

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MALAYSIA

• National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpa

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NETHERLANDS

• Fashion for Good Museum, Amsterdam - 3 floors of interactive displays; features sustainability
• The Netherlands Textile Museum, Tilbury

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NEW ZEALAND

• New Zeland Fashion Museum - an online museum only
• Te Papa Collections, The Textiles and Dress Collection

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NORWAY

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

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PORTUGAL

• Museu do Design e Da Moda, Lisbon
• Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Costume & Fashion), Lisbon

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SINGAPORE

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

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SOUTH AFRICA

• Iaiko, South Africa national Gallery, Cape Town, has flags, household linen, Indonesian ikats and batiks, carpets, samples and embroideries
  

SPAIN

• Museo Cristobal Balenciaga, Getaria. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am -3pm.  This changes with different months.
• Museo del Disseng (Design Museum), Barcelona
• Museo de las Alhapas en la Via de la Plate (Museum of Jewelry in the Silver Way), traditional costumes
• Museo del Traje (Museum of Costume), Madrid
• Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid - tapestries
• Textile Museum & Documentation, Barcelona. Permanent and temporary collections

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SWEDEN

• The Army Museum (Armemuseum, Stockholm - historical military dress
• Dalarnas Museum, Falun - Swedish folk art, music and costume collection of regional textiles
• 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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UNITED KINGDOM

• Art Design and Fashion Galleries, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
• Barbican Centre, London - hosts fashion exhibitions
• Blanford Fashion Museum, Lime Tree House, Blandford Forum
• Coldharbour Mill, Uffculm, Devon - a working wool museum
• Fashion Museum, Bath - has online videos (Temporarily closed for several years)
• Fashion Space Gallery, Londong College of Fashion
• 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 Burrecll Collection
• Irish Linen Centre, Lisbum Museum, Northern Ireland
• Museum of London - textiles and design exhibitions
• National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
• The Design Museum, London - industrial, graphic design, fashion and architecture
• Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Somerset House, London
• Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum, Bogan House, Totnes - contains Devonshire collection of period costumes from 18th to 21st C
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• York Museum & Trust
• Whitechurch Silk Mill, White

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USA

• Anna Wintour Costume Centre, Metropolitan Museum, NY
• Black Fashion Museum, Harlem, NY - Historical contributions of black designers and clothing makers
• Brooklyn Museum, NY
• Esse Purse Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas - Women's handbags and their contents
• FIDM Museum, Los Angeles, California - Early Hollywood costume collection
• Fashion Institute of Technology, NY - Rotating exhibition of vintage garments, apparel and shoes
• Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota
• Indianapolis Museum of Art
• Kent State University Museum, Ohio
• Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California - rotating fashion exhibitions
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
• Texas Fashion Collection, University of North Texas - preservation and documentation of historically significant fashion
• The Textile Museum, George Washington University, Washington

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