American Textile History Museum | Telling America's story through the art, history, and science of textiles

ATHM is Closed

Sadly, due to a lack of financial support, the American Textile History Museum has closed its doors, transferred its collections to new homes, and dissolved. This website will remain live through January 2020.

ATHM Collections

ATHM has completed the painstaking process to transfer our entire collection to new homes. See where they are now.

Education Programs

With the sad closure of ATHM, we are pleased to announce that several of our wonderful Textile Arts programs have been transferred to the North Andover Historical Society.

The Collection

ATHM held a vast collection of textiles, clothing and machinery, now transferred to other organizations across the country.

Osborne Library

The bulk of ATHM’s Osborne Library – containing more than 90,000 books, manuscripts, postcards, trade literature, images and periodicals – has been transferred to the Cornell University Library.

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ATHM collections transfer update

With the closure of the American Textile History Museum, we have successfully transferred our collections to other organizations for continuing public benefit. See where the ATHM collections are today.

Notice of Undocumented Property

The American Textile History Museum has acquired title to undocumented property found in the possession of the Museum within the past seven years. Here is helpful information regarding that process.

ATHM News | ATHM Events

ATHM Property Sold

ATHM has sold the Museum property at 491 Dutton Street in Lowell.

ATHM to Transfer Library to Cornell University
ATHM Property to be Sold
ATHM Transfers Machinery Collection to RHC
ATHM to Close Permanently
Matthew Coggins Named ATHM Board Chair
ATHM Earns Tourism Award
ATHM Awarded TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence