George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
Museum in 2024
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Former name
The Textile Museum
Established1925
LocationWashington, DC
TypeTextile museum
DirectorJohn Wetenhall
Websitemuseum.gwu.edu
Wari tunic, Peru, 750–950 AD. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1941.
The former location of The Textile Museum, also known as the Tucker House and Myers House located at 2310-2320 S Street, NW in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to the history of George Washington University and textile arts, located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The museum was founded by collector George Hewitt Myers in 1925 and was originally housed in two historic buildings in D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood: the Myers family home, designed by John Russell Pope, and an adjacent building designed by Waddy Wood. It reopened in March 2015 as part of George Washington University.

The museum's mission is to expand public knowledge and appreciation – locally, nationally and internationally – of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world's textiles.[1]

  1. ^ "Mission and History". The Textile Museum. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.