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 ...

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 ...

A Chinese sutra cover made from rank badge, dating back to the 16th or 17th China. Courtesy the Textile Museum. Never miss a beat. Get our free daily newsletter. District Line Daily covers local ...

The Textile Museum’s vibrant collection—including centuries-old carpets, antique kimonos and sarongs, Egyptian mummy wraps, and even a black feather dress designed in the 1960s by Givenchy for ...

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 ...

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 ...

A textile museum is a museum with exhibits relating to the history and art of textiles, including: Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: Textile Museum has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; ...

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 ...

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 ...