The Textile Museum
The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. has finally opened its new facility. In 2012 there was ground-breaking for the new facility located on
the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University.
Formerly located at 2320 S Street, the museum was housed in
the original house of its founder, George Hewitt Myers. Hewitt-Meyers was a textile expert and collector. While the
Georgian style house was lovely, there was a serious problem with sufficient
storage, conservation and research, not to mention the terrible parking
situation.
The long-awaited, new museum, 53,000 sq ft, opened March 21,
2015.
The textile collection is partnered with the collection of
the University, on historic Washington.
It is located at Foggy Bottom, 21st and J street NW. An additional building for conservation and
research has been constructed on the GWU campus in Loudon County, Va.
You can get information on the new museum and its scheduled
calendar of events and exhibitions at museum.gwu.edu.
The museum hours are:
Mon., Wed.-Fri. 11:30am-6:30pm;
Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm.
The museum is
closed Tuesdays and holidays.
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