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San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

SoFA

America's first museum devoted to fiber arts, this intimate SoFA District spot weaves together historic quilts and boundary-pushing contemporary textiles. Rotating exhibitions spotlight everything from Navajo weavings to digital weaving experiments, while hands-on workshops let you try the craft yourself.

Intimate museum
Historic quilts
Contemporary textiles
Hands-on workshops

Tips

🧵"Tiny and VERY compelling" — exhibits have real presence
🖼️"pictures simply don't do them justice"
🎁gift shop has handmade quilts and Navajo weavings

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

520 S 1st St, San Jose, CA 95113, USA

Upcoming at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

Friday, Jul 3
South FIRST FRIDAYS

South FIRST FRIDAYS

July 3

Where code meets cloth: "The Woven Pixel" celebrates digital weaving pioneers Bhakti Ziek and Alice Schlein through algorithmic textiles, parametric forms, and painterly patterns born from jacquard software and digital looms.

Art Walk

Art Walk

July 3

Where pixels meet thread: this exhibition traces digital weaving from the early 2000s, showcasing works by artists using Jacquard software and digital looms. Curated around Bhakti Ziek and Alice Schlein's seminal book, it reveals how algorithmic painterliness and parametric forms are reshaping fiber art.