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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.
138 museums found
| Museum | Location | Specialty | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake | Blue Mountain Lake, New York, United States | theadkx.org ↗ | |
| African Textile Museum |
| Stone Crest, Georgia, United States |
| African |
| africantextilemuseum.org ↗ |
| Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum | Clewiston, Florida, United States | Seminole patchwork | ahtahthiki.com ↗ |
| Albuquerque Museum of Art and History | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | albuquerquemuseum.org ↗ |
| Allentown Art Museum | Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States | allentownartmuseum.org ↗ |
| Alling Coverlet Museum | Palmyra, New York, United States | coverlet | historicpalmyrany.com ↗ |
| American Folk Art Museum | New York, New York, United States | folk | folkartmuseum.org ↗ |
| American Swedish Historical Museum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Swedish | americanswedish.org ↗ |
| American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Swedish | asimn.org ↗ |
| Anchorage Museum of History and Art | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Indigenous North American | anchoragemuseum.org ↗ |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois, United States | comprehensive collection | artic.edu ↗ |
| Asian Art Museum | San Francisco, California, United States | Asian | asianart.org ↗ |
| Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | comprehensive collection | chhs.colostate.edu ↗ |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | artbma.org ↗ |
| Bennington Museum | Bennington, Vermont, United States | Vermont history | benningtonmuseum.org ↗ |
| Bowers Museum | Santa Ana, California, United States | comprehensive collection | bowers.org ↗ |
| Brick Store Museum | Kennebunk, Maine, United States | Maine history | brickstoremuseum.org ↗ |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, New York, United States | brooklynmuseum.org ↗ |
| Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture | Seattle, Washington, United States | ethnographic textiles | burkemuseum.org ↗ |
| Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Respository | Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States | knit, crochet, lace | centerforknitandcrochet.org ↗ |
| Charleston Museum | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | historic costumes | charlestonmuseum.org ↗ |
| Chicago History Museum | Chicago, Illinois, United States | comprehensive collection | chicagohistory.org ↗ |
| Cincinnati Art Museum | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | cincinnatiartmuseum.org ↗ |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | clevelandart.org ↗ |
| Colonial Williamsburg | Williamsburg, Virginia, United States | living history, pre-colonial, colonial | colonialwilliamsburg.org ↗ |
| Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | pioneer | cspm.org ↗ |
| Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian National Design Museum | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | cooperhewitt.org ↗ |
| Croatian Heritage Museum | Eastlake, Ohio, United States | Croatian heritage | croatianmuseum.com ↗ |
| Daughters of the American Revolution Museum | Washington, D.C., United States | United States pre-1840 | dar.org ↗ |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, Colorado, United States | comprehensive collection | denverartmuseum.org ↗ |
| De Young Fine Art Museum | San Francisco, California, United States | comprehensive collection | famsf.org ↗ |
| Eiteljorg Museum | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | Native American | eiteljorg.org ↗ |
| El Rancho de las Golondrinas | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | living history | golondrinas.org ↗ |
| Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States | fashion | ship.edu ↗ |
| Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum | Los Angeles, California, United States | fashion | fidmmuseum.org ↗ |
| Fenimore Museum | Cooperstown, New York, United States | Native American; folk | fenimoreartmuseum.org ↗ |
| Field Museum | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ethnographic textiles | fieldmuseum.org ↗ |
| Folk Art Center | Asheville, North Carolina, United States | folk | southernhighlandguild.org ↗ |
| Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | 1920s luxury clothing | fountainheadmuseum.com ↗ |
| Frist Art Museum | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | fristartmuseum.org ↗ |
| Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton, Massachusetts, United States | craft | fullercraft.org ↗ |
| Goldstein Museum of Design | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | ethnographic textiles | goldstein.design.umn.edu ↗ |
| Gregg Museum of Art & Design | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | comprehensive collection | gregg.arts.ncsu.edu ↗ |
| Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | ethnographic textiles | hma.brown.edu ↗ |
| Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu, Hawaii | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | quilt | missionhouses.org ↗ |
| Heard Museum | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Native American | heard.org ↗ |
| Henry Ford Museum | Dearborn, Michigan, United States | Americana | thehenryford.org ↗ |
| Hermitage Museum and Gardens | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | thehermitagemuseum.org ↗ |
| Historic Deerfield | Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States | historical society | historic-deerfield.org ↗ |
| Historic New England | Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States | Americana | historicnewengland.org ↗ |
| Huntington Museum | Los Angeles, California, United States | huntington.org ↗ |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | imamuseum.org ↗ |
| Indiana State Museum | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | indianamuseum.org ↗ |
| International Quilt Study Center & Museum | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | quilt | quiltstudy.org ↗ |
| Iowa Quilt Museum | Winterset, Iowa, United States | quilt | iowaquiltmuseum.org ↗ |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | New England, | gardnermuseum.org ↗ |
| James A. Michener Art Museum | Doystown, Pennsylvania, United States | michenerartmuseum.org ↗ |
| Kent State University Museum | Kent, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | kent.edu ↗ |
| Kristin S. Conrad Lace Center and Raleigh Lace Museum | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | lace | ksclcfoundation.org ↗ |
| Lace Museum | Fremont, California, United States | lace | thelacemuseum.org ↗ |
| Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles | Berkeley, California, United States | lace | lacismuseum.org ↗ |
| Latimer Quilt and Textile Center | Tillamook, Oregon, United States | quilt | latimerquiltandtextile.com ↗ |
| Litchfield Historical Society | Litchfield, Connecticut, United States | litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org ↗ |
| Logan Museum of Anthropology & Wright Museum of Art | Beloit, Wisconsin, United States | Indigenous North American | beloit.edu ↗ |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, California, United States | fashion | lacma.org ↗ |
| Louisiana State Museum | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States | lsumoa.org ↗ |
| Loveland Museum and Gallery | Loveland, Colorado, United States | Americana | lovelandmuseumgallery.org ↗ |
| Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami | Miami, Florida, United States | comprehensive collection | lowe.miami.edu ↗ |
| Maryland Center for History and Culture | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | mdhistory.org ↗ |
| McMinn County Living Heritage Museum | Athens, Tennessee, United States | quilt, living history | livingheritagemuseum.org ↗ |
| Memorial Hall Museum | Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States | New England, embroidery | deerfield-ma.org ↗ |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | brooksmuseum.org ↗ |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | metmuseum.org ↗ |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | mam.org ↗ |
| Mingei International Museum | San Diego, California, United States | folk art | mingei.org ↗ |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | comprehensive collection | new.artsmia.org ↗ |
| Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection | Columbia, Missouri, United States | mhctc.missouri.edu ↗ |
| Missouri History Museum Library & Research Center | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Americana | mohistory.org ↗ |
| Monmouth County Historical Association | Freehold, New Jersey, United States | Americana, sampler, quilt, costume | monmouthhistory.org ↗ |
| Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology | New York, New York, United States | fashion | fitnyc.edu ↗ |
| Museum of Art and Design | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | madmuseum.org ↗ |
| Museum of Craft and Design | San Francisco, California, United States | comprehensive collection | sfmcd.org ↗ |
| Museum of Danish America | Elk Horn, Iowa, United States | Danish-American | danishmuseum.org ↗ |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, Texas, United States | comprehensive collection | mfah.org ↗ |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | comprehensive collection | mfa.org ↗ |
| Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Native American | miaclab.org ↗ |
| Museum of International Folk Art | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | folk | moifa.org ↗ |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | mcny.org ↗ |
| Museum of the Historical Society of Bloomfield | Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States | hsob.org ↗ |
| National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | Czechoslavakian | ncsml.org ↗ |
| National Museum of the American Coverlet | Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States | coverlet | coverletmuseum.org ↗ |
| National Nordic Museum | Seattle, Washington, United States | Nordic heritage | nordicmuseum.org ↗ |
| National Quilt Museum | Paducah, Kentucky, United States | quilt | quiltmuseum.org ↗ |
| National Ukrainian Museum of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Ukrainian | ukrainiannationalmuseum.org ↗ |
| New England Quilt Museum | Lowell, Massachusetts, United States | quilt | nequiltmuseum.org ↗ |
| Old Sturbridge Village | Sturbridge, Massachusetts, United States | living history | osv.org ↗ |
| Oneida Nation Museum | Oneida, Wisconsin, United States | Native American | oneida-nsn.gov ↗ |
| Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum | La Conner, Washington, United States | quilt, fiber arts | qfamuseum.org ↗ |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, Massachusetts, United States | comprehensive collection | pem.org ↗ |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | comprehensive collection | visitpham.org ↗ |
| Plains Indian Museum | Cody, Wyoming, United States | beadwork, quill work | centerofthewest.org ↗ |
| Plimoth-Pawtuxet Museums | Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | living history | plimoth.org ↗ |
| Polish Museum of America | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Polish | polishmuseumofamerica.org ↗ |
| Porter–Phelps–Huntington House Museum | Hadley, Massachusetts, United States | New England | pphmuseum.org ↗ |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | risdmuseum.org ↗ |
| Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Miami University | Miami, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | miamioh.edu ↗ |
| Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum | Golden, Colorado, United States | quilt | rmqm.org ↗ |
| Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | ethnographic textiles | samnoblemuseum.ou.edu ↗ |
| San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles | San Jose, California, United States | quilt | sj-mqt.org ↗ |
| Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library | Lexington, Massachusetts, United States | Masonic | srmml.org ↗ |
| Shelburne Museum | Shelburne, Vermont, United States | Americana | shelburnemuseum.org ↗ |
| Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture | Washington, D.C., United States | African American | nmaahc.si.edu ↗ |
| Smithsonian National Museum of African Art | Washington, D.C., United States | African | africa.si.edu ↗ |
| Smithsonian National Museum of American History | Washington, D.C., United States | Americana | americanhistory.si.edu ↗ |
| Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian | Washington, D.C., United States | Native American | americanindian.si.edu ↗ |
| Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum | Carrollton, Georgia, United States | quilt | sqtmuseum.org ↗ |
| Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, University of Illinois | Urbana, Illinois, United States | global | spurlock.illinois.edu ↗ |
| Stuhr Museum of the Prairie | Grand Island, Nebraska, United States | pioneer | stuhrmuseum.org ↗ |
| TATTER | Brooklyn, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | tatter.org ↗ |
| Textile Heritage Museum | Burlington, North Carolina, United States | textileheritagemuseum.org ↗ |
| The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, Kansas, United States | nelson-atkins.org ↗ |
| The Tatreez Institute | United States | Tatreez embroidery | tatreezandtea.com ↗ |
| The Textile Museum | Washington, D.C., United States | comprehensive collection | museum.gwu.edu ↗ |
| Tomas Jefferson University Textile and Costume Collection | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | comprehensive collection | library.jefferson.edu ↗ |
| UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History | Los Angeles, California, United States | global | fowler.ucla.edu ↗ |
| Ukrainian Museum | New York, New York, United States | Ukrainian | ukrainianmuseum.org ↗ |
| University of Alaska Museum of the North | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | ethnographic textiles | uaf.edu ↗ |
| University of Georgia Anne Barge Historic Clothing and Textile Collection | Athens, Georgia, United States | fcs.uga.edu ↗ |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection | Madison, Wisconsin, United States | comprehensive collection | cdmc.wisc.edu ↗ |
| Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum | Decorah, Iowa, United States | Norwegian | vesterheim.org ↗ |
| Virginia Quilt Museum | Harrisburg, Virginia, United States | quilt | vaquiltmuseum.org ↗ |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | comprehensive collection | thewadsworth.org ↗ |
| Webb Deane Stevens Museum | Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States | New England, samplers | wdsmuseum.org ↗ |
| Wenham Museum | Wenham, Massachusetts, United States | wenhammuseum.org ↗ |
| White River Valley Museum | Auburn, Washington, United States | Pacific Northwest heritage | wrvmuseum.org ↗ |
| Winterthur Museum | Winterthur, Delaware, United States | Americana | winterthur.org ↗ |
| Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts | Cedarburg, Wisconsin, United States | quilt | wiquiltmuseum.com ↗ |
| Wokscape Tipi and Archives | Kyle, South Dakota, United States | Oglala Lakota | library.olc.edu ↗ |