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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.
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27 museums found
| Museum | Location | Specialty | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois, United States | comprehensive collection | artic.edu ↗ |
| Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | comprehensive collection | chhs.colostate.edu ↗ |
| Bowers Museum | Santa Ana, California, United States | comprehensive collection | bowers.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 ↗ |
| Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian National Design Museum | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | cooperhewitt.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 ↗ |
| Gregg Museum of Art & Design | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | comprehensive collection | gregg.arts.ncsu.edu ↗ |
| Kent State University Museum | Kent, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | kent.edu ↗ |
| Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami | Miami, Florida, United States | comprehensive collection | lowe.miami.edu ↗ |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | metmuseum.org ↗ |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | comprehensive collection | new.artsmia.org ↗ |
| 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 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 the City of New York | New York, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | mcny.org ↗ |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, Massachusetts, United States | comprehensive collection | pem.org ↗ |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | comprehensive collection | visitpham.org ↗ |
| Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Miami University | Miami, Ohio, United States | comprehensive collection | miamioh.edu ↗ |
| TATTER | Brooklyn, New York, United States | comprehensive collection | tatter.org ↗ |
| 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 ↗ |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection | Madison, Wisconsin, United States | comprehensive collection | cdmc.wisc.edu ↗ |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | comprehensive collection | thewadsworth.org ↗ |