Organization

An affi liate of the Smithsonian Institution, the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA is recognized as a national treasure showcasing the innovation, creativity, and human spirit that shape our world. In addition to our core exhibition, ATHM presents ongoing and rotating special exhibitions, exploring the world through the lens of textiles, from the fashions of Hollywood and royalty to the haunting personalstories of the Civil War. ATHM holds the world’s largest and most important publicly held collections of tools, spinning wheels, hand looms, and early production machines, as well as more than five million pieces of textile prints, fabric samples, rolled textiles coverlets, and costumes.