A textile museum is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

with exhibits relating to the history and art of

textile Textile is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term that includes various Fiber, fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, Staple (textiles)#Filament fiber, filaments, Thread (yarn), threads, and different types of #Fabric, fabric. ...

s, including: * Textile industries and

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

, often located in former factories or buildings involved in the design and production of

yarn Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. '' Thread'' is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern ...

, cloth, and clothing * Agriculture and farming related to textile materials such as

silk Silk is a natural fiber, natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be weaving, woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is most commonly produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoon (silk), c ...

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

, and

wool Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal w ...

* Functional use of textiles such as for

clothing Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin s ...

and

bedding Bedding, also called bedclothes or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative effect. Bedding is the removable and washable portion of a human sleeping environment ...

* Textiles used in decorative arts, such as for

fashion Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, Fashion accessory, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into Clothing, outfits that depict distinct ...

carpet A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of Pile (textile), pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fiber, synthetic fibres such as polyprop ...

tapestries Tapestry is a form of textile art which was traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to han ...

embroidery Embroidery is the art of decorating Textile, fabric or other materials using a Sewing needle, needle to stitch Yarn, thread or yarn. It is one of the oldest forms of Textile arts, textile art, with origins dating back thousands of years across ...

lace Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is split into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace, although there are other types of lace, such as knitted o ...

, and

quilts A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of padding, batting or w ...

Asia

* Bhutan Textile Museum * Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum * Kurdish Textile Museum *

National Textile Museum The National Textile Museum () is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum is open daily from 9am to 6pm, with admission fees ranging from Malaysian ringgit, RM2 to RM5. It is adjacent to the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. History Designed ...

in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *

Textile Museum (Jakarta) The Textile Museum () is a museum in Palmerah, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum houses a collection of textiles from various islands in Indonesia. History The Textile Museum building was constructed in the early 19th century. Initially it w ...

* Textile Museum Sarawak

Canada

* Textile Museum of Canada

Europe

* Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź * Fashion and Textile Museum * Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (closed) * Museu dos Têxteis, Castelo Branco, Portugal * Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice *

Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio The Museum of Textiles and Industry is one of the two museums in Busto Arsizio, Italy, that specialises in spinning and weaving. It was opened in 1997 to house objects, pictures and archive material representing Busto Arsizio's industrial histor ...

* Prato textile museum *

Quarry Bank Mill Quarry Bank Mill (also known as Styal Mill) in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill ...

in Manchester, the United Kingdom * Quilt Museum and Gallery * Textile Museum and Documentation Centre * Textile Museum of Borås * Cité internationale de la tapisserie in Aubusson, France

United States

* American Textile History Museum * Brigham City Museum of Art & History * Great Lakes Quilt Center * International Quilt Museum * Marie Webster House * National Quilt Museum * New England Quilt Museum * San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles * Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, Franklin, North Carolina * Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum * Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) * Windham Textile and History Museum

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