HOURS:
Thursday & Friday | 1 pm to 5 pm
Saturday & Sunday | 11 am to 5 pm
On View at the Museum:
The Woven Pixel
Open Thursday, January 29th, 2026 through Sunday, May 10th, 2026.
Upcoming Events & Workshops
Rust Dyeing with Mirka Knaster
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 from 10am to 1pm
AND Saturday, April 18th, 2026 from 10am to 1pm
This class is two sessions. One ticket registers you for both sessions.
Rust is an eco-friendly, cost-free, and easy medium for dyeing fabric, leather, or paper. Any found object made of iron or steel can corrode to produce iron oxide, which results in interesting, often unexpected imprints. Colors can range from taupes to oranges and browns or transform already colored fabric into other hues.
In the first half-day session, we will repurpose used cloth by putting it through the rust process and leaving it overnight. In the second half-day session, we will unwrap and rinse the dyed cloths. Then we will examine the shapes and colors that were produced and determine what kind of stitching will best enhance them.
$190 (for two sessions)
Yoga at the Museum with Sarah Wilhelm
April 12th & May 10th, 2026 10-11am
Join us for a rejuvenating and peaceful morning of yoga at the Museum! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a beginner, Sarah Wilhelm will guide you through a series of gentle poses and mindfulness practices, all within the inspiring environment of our Museum. All ages and levels welcome, we can't wait to see you!
APRIL AND MAY will feature Chair Yoga—accessible to all!!
$18 per person
Threads of Thought: Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez
Sunday, April 12th, 2026 at 2pm
Democratizing Art and Design: An Educators Journey
The role of public art & design education in culture change
After a decade in music industry management, costume design, and styling, Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez entered academia through The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. As Associate Research Curator at the Met, she collaborated with Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, and Andrew Bolton, Curator, on exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and education. She has taught and lectured at New York University, Pratt, and Parsons, with research interest areas that include twentieth-century avant-garde fashion and sub-cultural style, non-western costume as it relates to contemporary fashion practice, issues of sustainability, and postwar decorative arts and design history. Mirabelli-Lopez has an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s degree in visual culture from New York University, and an MPhil in decorative arts, design, and culture from The Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
$20 per person
$10 Member / Student
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Come visit the Textiles Museum Gift Shop! Discover artisan-made accessories, unique home décor, vibrant scarves, handcrafted jewelry, and one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by textile traditions from around the world. Every purchase supports the museum’s exhibitions, programs, and artists. Shop local and shop meaningful!
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#141 Kris Jensen - Director of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
"Kris Jensen, Director of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, has woven together a range of experiences in taking the helm of one of the Bay Area’s most niche and quietly radical museums. Born and raised in San Jose, Jensen grew up in a family of artists, but came in contact with the realities of food insecurity and housing instability after his mother passed away when he was still very young. Jensen’s father, a folk artist and interior designer, was accepting of all lifestyles at a time when that was uncommon, and frequently had friends from various communities at his house. That early exposure to diverse relationships and identities was part of what helped shape Kris’s understanding of social justice from a young age....Continue Reading on Content.
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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.
