WASHINGTON, DC — When you think of textiles in museums, you inevitably imagine old things: musty rooms, faded colors, grandiose tapestries or thread-bare fragments, and fussy, protective installations ...

Long before ragas, chicken tikka or Bollywood movies were exported from India, there was brisk international demand for the subcontinent’s textiles. These items didn’t simply trickle from local ...

Established in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers, The Textile Museum is an international center for the exhibition, study, collection and preservation of the textile arts. The Museum explores the role that ...

WASHINGTON — You can’t vacuum a priceless antique rug with a Hoover, and the Textile Museum will use one of its largest gifts ever to buy specialized care and preservation equipment for its collection ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington's 87-year-old Textile Museum is moving closer to having a new home. The Washington Post reports a groundbreaking is scheduled for next week for the new George Washington ...

Today, the Textile Museum announced a new affiliation with George Washington University. The announcement brought word of the museum’s move to the university’s Foggy Bottom campus and inclusion in a ...

LOWELL — The American Textile History Museum has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with Lowell developer Loft Properties LLC for a portion of the museum’s 491 Dutton St. property. The building will ...

LOWELL — G. Gordon Osborne and his wife Marjorie meant a lot to the American Textile History Museum in Lowell. Gordon, a longtime supporter of the museum, was instrumental in establishing the museum’s ...

From 20th century aprons to commodity bag dresses, the Textile and Costume Museum at LSU explores fashion and textiles through the ages. The museum's exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry” is ...