Textile Museum (Tilburg)

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Textile Museum
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The Textile Museum in Spring 2020
Textile Museum (Tilburg)
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Established1958;67 years ago (1958)
Coordinates 51°34′14.99″N5°4′46.99″E / 51.5708306°N 5.0797194°E / 51.5708306; 5.0797194
TypeArt museum
DirectorNathanja van Dijk
Website https://www.textielmuseum.nl/

The Textile Museum is a museum dedicated to the art of textiles in the city of Tilburg in the Dutch province, North Brabant. The museum was opened in 1958 in a former villa related to the factory, and since 1985 has been based in the former factory of the firm C. Mommers & Co., once one of the largest employers in Tilburg. In 2008, the museum was re-opened after a complete renovation. [1]

Apart from the museum itself and its collection of fashion, textile design, fashion, visual arts and industrial heritage, there is a library, archive and the Textile Lab. The Textile Lab is a workshop that allows artists, designers and visitors to engage with the current practices in textile creation (for example, weaving, knitting, or embroidery) [2]

In 2017, the Textile Museum won the annual Museumprijs for Museum of the year in the category of Design and Fashion. [3] It 2023, it received its best ever visitor numbers, of 77,602. [4]

The museum is governed as part of a larger foundation, the Stichting Mommerskwartier. The foundation also has responsibility for the Stadsmuseum Tilburg and the Regionaal Archief Tilburg. [5]

References

  1. "Geschiedenis en experiment. Het Textielmuseum in Tilburg - Lage Landen". de lage landen. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. "Everything related to textiles - textielmuseum.nl - TextielMuseum". www.textielmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  3. "TextielMuseum Tilburg". www.museumprijs.nl. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  4. "Jaarverslag 2023 TextielMuseum | TextielLab (Stichting Mommerskwartier)". Jaarverslag Mommerskwartier (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. "Stichting Mommerskwartier" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-22.