HOURS:
Thursdays, Fridays | 1pm to 5pm
Saturdays, Sundays | 11am to 5pm
The Museum will be closed 9/21 through 9/30 and will reopen on 10/1
Join us for the Opening Reception of Soft Structures on October 2nd at 6pm!
Refreshments and Free Admission
Members Only Soft Opening — October 2nd from 11-1pm
Open Call for Bay Area Artists
To celebrate our Golden Anniversary, the Museum invites artists from across the wider Bay Area to submit work for The Next 50: A Bay Area Textile Open, a juried open call exhibition celebrating the breadth, innovation, and vitality of textile art today. Click the button below to learn more about how to submit YOUR textile art for our juried exhibition.
On View at the Museum:
Soft Structures: The Female Body as Labor and Resistance
October 1st, 2026 — January 10th, 2027
Opening Reception: October 2nd at 6pm
The SJMQT is your go-to for all things textile!
The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is to preserve, celebrate, and promote knowledge about quilts and textiles, their creation, their beauty, and their relationship to human culture and expression.
Keep our Mission Alive: Donate
Only with the support of our community are we able to preserve, celebrate, and promote knowledge about quilts and textiles, their creation, their beauty, and their relationship to human culture and expression. The Museum thanks everyone who has supported through the years, and with your continued support, we may provide community enrichment for many years to come.
