Museums & Exhibitions
This page includes links to places to visit that might be of interest if you are interested in textiles or designing generally.
Always check the venue's website to see what is on & for details opening times etc.
American Museum (Bath)
Barbican (London)
Birmingham Science Museum ThinkTank
Centre for Alternative Technology
Clothes Show (Birmingham)
Design Museum (London)
Dr Who Experience (Cardiff)
Fashion & Textile Museum (London)
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Coventry)
Iron bridge Gorge Museum (Telford)
Imperial War Museum (London)
Life Science Centre (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Mackintosh Visitor Centre in Glasgow School of Art
Mackintosh Centre at The Lighthouse (Glasgow)
http://www.glasgowmackintosh.com (Glasgow)
Made North Gallery, Sheffield
MAD Museum (Mechanical Art & Design Museum)
Museum of Brands (London)
Museum on the Arts and Crafts Movement (Cheltenham))
Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)
National Centre for Craft and Design (Lincoln)
New Designers (London)
Pencil Museum (Cumbria)
Science Museum (London)
The Hat Works Museum (Stockport)
Wimbledon Tennis Museum (London)
Website summarising the different places to visit in Scotland to do with textiles
V&A Shoes (London)
Other places to visit
Go Shopping! Shopping is an excellent way to revise and think about textiles products.
- Ask yourself lots of questions about what you see
- Set yourself things to go and research when you shop
- Set yourself tasks to do based on what you saw when out shopping
- Write questions to ask your teacher
- Keep a sketchbook / blog of what you see
Visit shops that are famous for what they sell:
Liberty
Vivienne Westwood (and other designer brands)
Harrods
Let me know if you visit anywhere interesting you think should be added to this page julie@julieboyd.co.uk
Contact: Tel 01159 607061 Mob 07972 749240 Email julie@julieboyd.co.uk
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