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, 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 ...

The designer donated five dresses to the museum on the same day that two commemorative plaques were unveiled at the London ...

A new exhibit in Mystic looks at the often forgotten role that velvet played in the industrial history of New England.

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 ...

Always free This exhibition includes a variety of traditional textiles curated by Paul J. Smith, director emeritus of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. In addition to the traditional ...

The two historic homes in Kalorama that housed the Textile Museum for 90 years have been sold for $19 million to a private individual, the museum and the George Washington University Museum announced ...

The unfolding of effervescent color, variegated texture and spirited dialogue transformed the Fowler Museum’s second floor on Saturday for its annual Textile Council Sale. Sumptuous fabrics from ...

It’s hard to say who’ll be more delighted at the groundbreaking for the 35,000-square-foot George Washington University museum next week — GWU officials, or those from Washington’s 87-year-old Textile ...