Past Exhibitions

Explore our archive of past exhibitions.

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  Home Economics: 150 years of Canadian Hooked Rugs

  Circulating

  Home Economics explores the unique stories and histories that have informed hooked rugs in Canada, the highly recognizable forms of folk art with roots in 19th--‐century North America. Featuring over 100 hooked rugs from the Museum's rich archive of international material culture, the exhibition represents generations of artisanal entrepreneurship, women’s domestic and collective work, as well as rural development in Canada.

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  Community Voices

  May 8 - June 30, 2019

  'Community Voices' is a creative partnership program administered by the Textile Museum of Canada and delivered in collaboration with social agencies in Toronto.

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  By a Thread: Sheridan College Textiles Graduate Exhibition

  April 4 - 17, 2019

  A diverse collection of textile-based works presented by Sheridan’s Bachelor of Craft and Design: Textiles graduating class

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  Behind the Scenes: Beadwork Conservation

  February 1 - April 1, 2019

  The Textile Museum of Canada’s conservation department works continually to stabilize and prevent future degradation of objects in our care. This exhibition highlights a recent conservation project: to design and build new mounts for 150 pieces in the Museum’s collection of African beadwork. These custom, dual-function storage and display mounts are designed to protect the objects and make them more readily available for research and exhibition. "Behind the Scenes: Beadwork Conservation Care" features the goals, process, and outcomes of this rehousing project.

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  Crosscurrents: Canada in the Making

  June 27, 2018 - March 31, 2019

  Crosscurrents explores ongoing cultural exchanges and interactions between Indigenous people, settler Canadians and newcomers over the last two centuries, and examines shifting identities, intersections and contestations that inform textile expressions alongside the stories of those who make Canada their home.

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