HOURS:
Thursdays, Fridays | 1pm to 5pm
Saturdays, Sundays | 11am to 5pm
On View at the Museum:
A Mi Manera
June 5th — September 20th, 2026
A Mi Manera is sponsored in part, by AARP & LUNA Mexican Kitchen
& Dance of Life
featuring Latine Textile Traditions
June 5th — September 20th, 2026
Upcoming Workshops & Events
Slow Stitch Gathering with the Unplugged Collective
Saturday, August 22nd, from 1pm to 3pm
What if, instead of replacing something worn, we slowed down and gave it a little care?
Join The Unplugged Collective for a beginner-friendly Slow Stitch Gathering at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Facilitated by Gosia Rybka, this relaxed, hands-on afternoon will introduce simple mending skills including hand stitching, patchwork, sewing on buttons, and basic repair techniques. Bring a favorite sweater, worn jeans, a jacket with a missing button, or another well-loved item that could use a little care. As we stitch, we’ll slow down, share stories, and explore what it means to repair rather than replace. No experience necessary. Just bring something worth mending.
FREE WITH $10 ADMISSION
If the admission fee is a barrier, please contact jenna@theunpluggedcollective.org.
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.
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.
