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
Rug Making with Cynthia Yadira Gonzalez
Saturday, August 8th from 12pm to 2:30pm
Learn techniques to create your own rug with exhibiting artist Cynthia Yadira Gonzalez! No artistic experience required to enjoy this workshop.
Cynthia Yadira Gonzalez (they/them) is a Mexican-American artist who has been painting since 2003 and sculpting since 2009. Their work is vibrant in color and incorporates found objects and non-traditional mediums, such as felt and caulking, to create eccentric and unusual objects.
$60 per person (all materials provided)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Analog Days
Saturday, August 8th from 3pm—5pm
*This month has been changed to the second Saturday—see you there!
Activities change monthly!
FREE with admission
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.
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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.
