A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including:
- Textile industries and manufacturing, often located in former factories or buildings involved in the design and production of yarn, cloth, and clothing
- Agriculture and farming related to textile materials such as silk, cotton, and wool
- Functional use of textiles such as for clothing and bedding
- Textiles used in decorative arts, such as for fashion, carpets, tapestries, embroidery, lace, and quilts
Asia
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Lebanon
Malaysia
South Korea
Taiwan
Turkmenistan
Vietnam
Central America
Europe
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
- American Museum and Gardens, England
- Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Scotland
- Bancroft Shed, England
- Bankfield Museum, West Yorkshire, England
- Borders Textile Townhouse, Scotland
- Bradford Industrial Museum, England
- Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, Devon, England
- Colne Valley Museum, West Yorkshire, England
- Dalgarven Mill â Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume, North Ayrshire, Scotland
- Derby Silk Mill, Derby, England
- Devonshire Collection of Period Costume
- Fan Museum, London
- Fashion and Textile Museum
- Fashion Museum, Bath, Somerset, England
- Friends Meeting House, Kendal, which houses the Quaker Tapestry
- Gayle Mill, North Yorkshire, England
- George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum, Fair Isle, Scotland
- Hat Works, Greater Manchester, England
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (closed), Lancashire, England
- The Lace Guild
- Lewis Textile Museum (closed), Lancashire, England
- Low Mill, West Yorkshire, England
- Museum of Carpet, Worcestershire, England
- National Wool Museum, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Scotland
- Paisley Thread Mill Museum, Scotland
- Pickford's House Museum, Derby, England
- Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, England
- Queen Street Mill, Lancashire, England
- Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, England
- Shetland Museum, Scotland
- Shetland Textile Working Museum, Scotland
- Signal Tower Museum, Angus, Scotland
- The Silk Museum, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
- Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria, England
- Thwaite Mills, West Yorkshire, England
- Verdant Works, Dundee, Scotland
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (and Weaving for Walls exhibition)
- Wardown Park Museum, Bedfordshire, England
- Warner Textile Archive, Essex, England
- Weavers' Triangle, Lancashire, England
- Wellbrook Beetling Mill, Northern Ireland
- Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire, England
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States
- American Textile History Museum, Massachusetts (closed)
- Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum, Texas
- Bates Mill, Maine
- Belknap Mill Museum, New Hampshire
- Boott Mills, Massachusetts
- Brigham City Museum of Art & History, Utah
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Massachusetts
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
- The Cotton Museum, Tennessee
- Embroidery Museum and Resource Center, Kentucky
- The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
- Falls Mill, Tennessee
- George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Great Lakes Quilt Center, Michigan
- International Quilt Museum, Nebraska
- Kansas City Garment District Museum, Missouri
- LSU Museum of Art, Louisiana
- Marie Webster House, Indiana
- Museum of Work and Culture, Rhode Island
- National Quilt Museum, Kentucky
- New England Quilt Museum, Massachusetts
- Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, Washington (state)
- Quadrangle (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Colorado
- Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida
- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, California
- Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, North Carolina
- Slater Mill, Rhode Island
- Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum, Georgia
- Stillwater Mill, Rhode Island
- Textile Heritage Museum, North Carolina
- Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site, Missouri
- Weaving Room of Crossnore School, North Carolina
- Western Reserve Historical Society, Ohio
- Willamette Heritage Center, Oregon
- Windham Textile and History Museum, Connecticut
Oceania
South America
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