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PieceWork
From intricate embroidery and colorwork knitting to folk dress and fashion, our global museum list makes it easy to find where needlework is preserved and celebrated worldwide.
Discover collections near home or wherever your travels may take you. Many museums offer digitized holdings, inviting you to explore, learn, and spark new inspiration for your own handwork. Search by museum name, city, country, or specialty. Please contact us with questions, museums to add, and updates.
37 museums found
| Museum | Location | Specialty | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allhallows Museum | Honiton, UK | lace | devonmuseums.net ↗ |
| American Museum in Britain |
| Bath, UK |
| Americana |
| americanmuseum.org ↗ |
| British Red Cross Museum and Archives | London, UK | humanitarian | redcross.org.uk ↗ |
| Bucks Museum | Aylesbury, UK | British clothing and textiles | discoverbucksmuseum.org ↗ |
| Fairlynch Museum | Devon, UK | costumes; lace | fairlynchmuseum.uk ↗ |
| Fashion Museum Bath | Bath, UK | fashion | fashionmuseum.co.uk ↗ |
| Fitzwilliam Museum | Cambridge, UK | embroidery, samplers | fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk ↗ |
| Forge Mill Needle Museum | Redditch, UK | needles | forgemill.org.uk ↗ |
| Foundling Museum | London, UK | foundlingmuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| Framework Knitters Museum | Nottingham, UK | knitting | frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| Gawthorpe Textile Collection | Brierfield, UK | comprehensive collection | gawthorpetextiles.org.uk ↗ |
| Haslemere Educational Museum | Haslemere, UK | haslemeremuseum.co.uk ↗ |
| Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum | Lisburn, UK | linen | lisburnmuseum.com ↗ |
| Knitting and Crocheting Guild | Slaithwaite, UK | knitting, crochet | kcguild.org.uk ↗ |
| Lace Guild Museum | Stourbridge, UK | lace | laceguild.org ↗ |
| Museum of English Rural Life | Reading, UK | English | merl.reading.ac.uk ↗ |
| Museum of London | London, UK | comprehensive collection | museumoflondon.org.uk ↗ |
| National Museum Scotland | Edinburgh, UK | Scottish | nms.ac.uk ↗ |
| National Museums Liverpool | Liverpool, UK | global | liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ↗ |
| National Needlework Archive | Newbury, UK | comprehensive collection | nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk ↗ |
| National Trust of Guernsey Folk and Costume Museum | Gurensey, UK | British | nationaltrust.gg ↗ |
| National Wool Museum | Dre-fach Felindre, UK | wool | museum.wales ↗ |
| Norfolk Museum Collections | Norfolk, UK | comprehensive collection | museumscollections.norfolk.gov.uk ↗ |
| Orkney Museum | Kirkwall, UK | archaelogy | orkneymuseums.co.uk ↗ |
| Paisley Thread Mill Museum | Paisley, UK | thread | paisleythreadmill.co.uk ↗ |
| Pitt Rivers Museum | Oxford, UK | ethnographic textiles | prm.ox.ac.uk ↗ |
| Quilt Museum | York, UK | quilt | quiltmuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| Royal Cornwall Museum | Truro, UK | costumes | royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| Sheringham Museum | Sheringham, UK | knitting, gansey | sheringhammuseum.co.uk ↗ |
| Shetland Museum and Archives | Lerwick, UK | Scottish | shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk ↗ |
| Shetland Textile Museum | Lerwick, UK | Shetland | shetlandtextilemuseum.com ↗ |
| Silk Museum (UK) | Macclesfield, UK | silk | thesilkmuseum.co.uk ↗ |
| The Bowes Museum | Barnard Castle, UK | fashion | thebowesmuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| The British Museum | London, UK | comprehensive collection | britishmuseum.org ↗ |
| The Wilson: Cheltenham Museum | Cheltenham, UK | cheltenhammuseum.org.uk ↗ |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | London, UK | comprehensive collection | vam.ac.uk ↗ |
| York Museum Trust | York, UK | archaeology | yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk ↗ |