Enduring Traditions: A Century of Textile Stories at The George Washington University Museum

Marking one hundred years since its founding, The Textile Museum at The George Washington University celebrates its centennial with the new exhibition, Enduring Traditions: Celebrating the World of Textiles, on view through December 20, 2025. Gathering together some 60 masterworks from its collection of over 21,000 handmade textiles, the exhibition is both a reflection on a century of collecting and a celebration of the enduring role textiles play in shaping human culture.

Man's robe, Uzbekistan, 1850-1900. The Textile Museum Collection 2002.5.1. Gift of Caroline McCoy-Jones. 

Founded in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers (1875–1957), the museum began in two historic homes in Washington, D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood. Today, a decade after reopening on GW’s Foggy Bottom campus, the museum continues to explore the artistry and meaning of textiles across five millennia and five continents...

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Image Credits:

Lead: Man's coat, China (Tibet), 17th century. The Textile Museum Collection 2023.18.5. The Myrna and Sam Myers Collection.

All other images as credited in photo captions.