San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
About San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is an art museum in Downtown San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1977, the museum is the first in the United States devoted solely to quilts and textiles as an art form. Holdings include a permanent collection of over 1,000 quilts, garments and ethnic textiles, emphasizing artists of the 20th- and 21st-century, and a research library with over 500 books concerning the history and techniques of the craft.
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- Founded
- 1977
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles; the closest, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, is practically next door.
