THE TEXTILE MUSEUM

The Textile Museum was designed by John Russell Pope in 1913. In 1925 George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with a collection of 275 rugs and 60 related textiles. Myers collected actively for the Museum until his death in 1957, at which time the collection had grown to encompass the textile arts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Myers' time, the Museum was open by appointment only and received several hundred visitors annually. Today, The Textile Museum is one of the world's foremost specialized art museums and receives 25,000- 35,000 visitors each year from around the world.

There are large gardens behind the buildings which are open to the general public during Museum hours.

The Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts. The Museum is a center of excellence in the scholarly research, conservation, interpretation and exhibition of textiles, with particular concern for the artistic, technical and cultural significance of its collections.

The mission is pursued through development and maintenance of collections, records and a library, as well as through scholarly research, exhibitions, publications and educational programs. In all of this, the standard of excellence established by the Museum's founder, George Hewitt Myers, will be maintained.

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Contact Information

THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
2320 S Street, NW
20008 Washington, DC

Tel. +12026670441

http://www.textilemuseum.org