Welcome to the Textiles & Clothing Museum of Iowa State University
- Home
- The Mary Alice Gallery
- The Donna Rae Danielson Conservation Lab
- The Bertha & Edward Waldee Storage Facility
- History of the Collection
Museum Hours and Information
Address: 1015 Morrill Hall at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
Hours: Monday - Friday, 11am - 4pm (according to ISU Academic Calendar)
*The gallery is open during special weekends such as Homecoming and Veisha.
Admission to the Mary Alice Gallery is free.
Exhibits and educational programs make the collection accessible to the public. Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars use the collection for research and study.
To inquire about current or future exhibits, please contact us by email at tcmuseum@iastate.edu
The Textiles and Clothing Museum is an interactive learning environment dedicated to the concepts of visual and object-based learning. The museum collects, documents, preserves, interprets, and exhibits the teaching collection. The collection is accessible to students, scholars and academic researchers, and is also made available to public audiences through exhibitions and programming. Within the museum are the Mary Alice Gallery named in honor of Mary Alice Anderson Reinhardt, the Textiles and Clothing Conservation Laboratory named in honor of Donna Rae Danielson, and the Textiles and Clothing Collection Storage named in honor of Bertha and Edward Waldee.
Museum Mission
The mission of the Textiles and Clothing Museum is to promote the scholarship and appreciation of historic and ethnic textiles and clothing, with an emphasis on visual and active learning.
