AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITIONS

18 May to 2 June 2024
Ticketed event

Exhibition of Award Winner & Finalists - The Embroiderers' Guild
Victoria Embroidery House, Malvern, VIC
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29 May to 7 July 2024

Women Being: Pearl Moon
Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
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31 May to 6 October 2024
Ticketed event

Africa Fashion
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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until 7 June 2024

Collapsed Ecologies
Australian Tapersty Workshop, South Melbourne, VIC
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until 14 July 2024
open Monday to Sunday

Paris: Impressions of Life 1880-1925
Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Some clothing in the exhibit

29 June to 7 October 2024
Ticketed event

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

Craft and Quilt Fair
Expertise Events
ICC Sydney Exhibition Centre, NSW
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24 to 27 July 2024

Craft and Quilt Fair
Expertise Events
Melbourne Exhibition Centre, VIC
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9 - 10 August 2024

Australian Wearable Art Festival 2024
Venue 114, Sunshine Coast, QLD
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until 25 August 2024

A Century of Quilts
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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18 September to 20 October 2024

Wings and Friends With Lang Bergner: Group Show
Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
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9 to 12 October 2024

Craft and Quilt Fair
Brisbane Exhibition Centre, QLD
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23 Nov 2024 to 30 March 2025
Ticketed event

Radical Textiles
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
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until 24 November 2024

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

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

Pepper Street Gallery
558 Magill Road, Magill, SA
https://www.burnside.sa.gov.au/Community-Recreation/Community-Venues/Pepper-Street-Arts-Centre

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

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/

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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany
Google Arts Project
Greece

Hong Kong

India

Ireland, Republic of
Italy

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 10 November 2024

Jules Francois Crahay
Fashion & Lace Museum, Brussels
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14 June 2024 to 6 January 2025

M/Others
Hasselt's Fashion Museum, Hasselt
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29 June to 10 November 2024

MoMu x Fashion Department
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
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28 September to 2 February 2025

Masquerade, Makeup & Ensor
MoMu Fashion Museum, Antwerp
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DENMARK

until 8 September 2024

AKUT #5, Care and Repair
Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen
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until 31 December 2025

Powerful Patterns
Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen
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FINLAND

Permanent exhibition

A Journey in Time - 2000 years of craft
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyvaskyla
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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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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 14 July 2024

The Paolo Roversi Exhibition
Palais Galliera, Musee de la Mode, Paris
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until 25 August 2024

Sheer: The Diaphanous Creations of Yves Saint Laurent
Musee Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
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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.
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15 June 2024 to 5 January 2025

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

Permanent exhibition

A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design
Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin
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Permanent exhibition

Man-Machine-Pattern-Fashion
Textile and Industry Museum (TIM), Augsburg
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until 6 October 2024

Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Statements
Kunsthalle Munchen Museum, Munich
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until 13 October 2024

Dresses. Stories.  The textile estate of Arno and Alice Schmidt
Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg
More info... 

until 17 November 2024

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

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GREECE

until 29 September 2024

Poor Things, The Costumes
Benaki Museum, Athens
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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
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16 March to 14 July 2024

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

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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
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Ongoing
Free admission

Ib Jorgensen, A Fashion Retrospective
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
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ITALY

until 31 July 2024

From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce & Gabbana
Palazzo Reale, Milan
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until 4 August 2024

Aldo Fallai per Giorgio Armani
Armani Silos, Milan
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until 22 September 2024

Walter Albini - the talent, the designer
Museo del Tessuto, Prato
More info...

14 June 2024 to 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
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NETHERLANDS

3 October 2024 to 2 March 2025

Moroccan Fashion Statements
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
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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
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SWEDEN

until 25 August 2024

Patterned Positions
Textilmuseet, Boras
Contemporary textile pattern designs
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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...

23 March to 30 June 2024

Icons of British Fashion
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England
More info...

until 7 July 2024

Sargent and Fashion
Tate Modern, London, England
Period costumes from Sargent paintings
More info...

until 8 September 2024

The Biba Story, 1964-1975
Fashion & Textile Museum, London, England
Exploring how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to become the world's first lifestyle label.
More info...

until 8 September 2024

Beyond Fashion - fashion photography
Saatchi Gallery, London, England
More info...

until 30 September 2024

Threads Exhibition - Society of Scottish Arts
Old Gala House, Borders Textile Towerhouse
Galashiels, 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
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until 12 January 2025

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

5 July 2024 to 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...

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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...

29 June - 27 October 2024

Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
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until 28 July 2024

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
More  info...

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
More info...

until 21 December 2024

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

18 September to 29 December 2024

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

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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES that have textile/fashion exhibitions

Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic

Denmark
Egypt

Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia

Ireland, Republic of
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway

Portugal
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
USA

AUSTRIA
Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna

AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Baku - closed Mondays

BANGLADESH
Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka - closed Thursday and Friday

BELGIUM

• 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

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CANADA

• Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto - Footwear and consumerism in the 1980s
• Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto - open Tuesday to Saturday

CHILE

• Museo De la Moda, Santiago

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CZECH REPUBLIC

• Museum of Decorative Arts, Praque

DENMARK

• Brede Works (Brede Vaerk), Lyngby, north of Copenhagen
• 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

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EGYPT

• Egyptian Textiles Museum, Cairo

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.

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FRANCE

• Atelier-Musee du Chapeau (Hat Workshop-Museum), Chazelles-sur-Lyon
• Cite Dentelle Mode (Museum for Lace and Fashion), Calais
• 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 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

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GEORGIA

• State Silk Museum, Tbiisi

GERMANY

• Augsburg Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg
• Black Forest Costume Museum, Haslach im Kinzigtal
• Fashion Museum, Festin buiding at Ludwigsburg Residential Palace
• Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), Berlin – extensive range of costumes and accessories
• Muencher Stadtmuseum (Muencher State Museum), Muenchen – has online collection and virtual tour
• Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Arts and Crafts), Hamburg
• Tuch+Technik Textile Museum, Newmunster

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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

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HONG KONG

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

INDIA

• National Crafts Museum, New Delhi
• Sanskrit Museums of India – currently closed
• Shri Partap Singh Museum, Sringar      
• 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
  

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INDONESIA

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

IRELAND, REPBULIC OF

• National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History, Dublin

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ITALY

• 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 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 – history and art of textiles
• 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
• Museo dell’Arte Della Lana (Wool Museum), Tuscany

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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
• 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

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LATVIA

• Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga

MALAYSIA

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

NETHERLANDS

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

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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.

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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), Oslo - 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 - Francisco Capelo collection
• Museu Nacional do Traje e da Moda (National Museum of Costume & Fashion), Lisbon - temporarily closed

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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

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

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SPAIN

• Museo Cristobal Balenciaga, Getaria - Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am -3pm.  This changes with different months.
• Design Museum (Museo del Disseny), Barcelona
• Museum of Costume (Museo del Traje), Madrid
• Royal Collections Gallery (Galeria de las Colecciones Reales), Madrid - tapestries
• Textile Museum & Documentation Centre, 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 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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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

• 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
• 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
• 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 18^th to 21^st 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
• 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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