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March 2025

March

Friday

Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style

March 28 @ 10:00 am - August 17 @ 5:00 pm

The Design Museum, 224–238 Kensington High Street
London, W8 6AG

An exhibition celebrating our century-long love affair with swimming and the influence of design on everything from swimwear to art deco architecture.

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March

Friday

Textiles: The Art of Mankind

March 28 @ 11:00 am - September 7 @ 6:00 pm

Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street
London, SE1 3XF United Kingdom

Textiles: The Art of Mankind celebrates the ancient and deep entanglement between textiles, people and our world.

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April 2025

April

Monday

Woven Worlds: A Story of Creativity and Conservation

April 28 @ 9:00 am - April 29 @ 5:00 pm

Casa Hotel Conference Centre, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Celebrate the international significance of the 16th century Gideon Tapestries at this specialist symposium.

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May 2025

May

Friday

Soft Power: lives told through textile art

May 16 @ 10:00 am - August 10 @ 5:00 pm

Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Queens Road
Bristol, BS8 1PX United Kingdom

A series of spectacular and intimate works that tell stories about our lives and connect people across time and place.

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June 2025

June

Saturday

Celebrating Stitchcraft

June 14 @ 12:30 pm - October 18 @ 4:30 pm

Chertsey Museum, The Cedars, 33 Windsor Street
Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8AT United Kingdom

The display features the embroidery of talented textile artist, Darren Ball alongside selected items from the Olive Matthews Collection of dress and accessories.

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July 2025

July

Saturday

Knitting & Crochet Guild Collection Open Day

July 12 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Britannia Mill, Britannia Road
Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire HD7 5HE United Kingdom

Find out more about the objects in the Knitting & Crochet Guild Collection, and how they are cared for and stored.

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August 2025

August

Saturday

Warped and Wasted

August 23 @ 10:00 am - October 11 @ 5:00 pm

ACEarts, Market Square
Somerton, Somerset TA11 7NB United Kingdom

This ambitious exhibition will showcase an experimental, large-scale, collaborative art installation, made with 100% waste, existing second-hand or biodegradable materials.

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