The UK is home to a variety of museums and galleries that host permanent and seasonal fashion and textile exhibitions. Discover some of the latest exhibitions, galleries and museums below...The Face Magazine: Culture ShiftNational Portrait Gallery, London20 February - 18 May 2025Visitherefor more detailsSplash! A Century of Swimming and StyleThe Design Museum, London28 March - 17 August 2025Visitherefor more detailsThe Edwardians: Age of EleganceThe King's Gallery, London11 April - 23 November 2025Visitherefor more detailsCartierThe V&A, London12 April - 16 November 2025Visitherefor more detailsLeigh BoweryTate Modern, London27 February - 31 august 2025Visitherefor more detailsNAOMI: In FashionThe V&A, London22 June 2024 - 6 April 2025Visitherefor more detailsDesign and disabilityThe V&A, London7 June 2025 - 15 February 2026Visitherefor more detailsMarie Antoinette StyleThe V&A, London20 September 2025 - 22 March 2026Visitherefor more detailsMaking EgyptThe V&A, London15 February - 2 November 2025Visitherefor more detailsDress CodesKensington Palace, LondonOpens 13 March 2025Visitherefor more detailsOutlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s LondonFashion & Textile Museum, London4 October 2024 - 9 March 2025Visitherefor more detailsPtolemy Mann: Woven ColourDovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland9 November 2024 - 15 March 2025Visitherefor more detailsUnpicking CoutureManchester Art Gallery21 July 2023 - 2 November 2025Visitherefor more detailsChildren's Clothing Through the AgesLotherton Hall, West Yorkshire1 March - 12 October 2025Visitherefor more detailsPicasso to WarholAberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland23 November 2024 - 13 April 2025Visitherefor more detailsLyle & Scott 150 ExhibitionBorders Textile Towerhouse6 June 2024 - 8 March 2025Visitherefor more detailsFor the Love of Fibre & Felt Exhibition by Ann SmithBorders Textile Towerhouse2 November 2024 - 3 February 2025Visitherefor more detailsSocks: The Art of Care and RepairNOW Gallery, London6 December - 9 March 2025Visitherefor more detailsVOGUE: Inventing the RunwayLightroom, London13 November 2024 - 26 April 2025Visitherefor more detailsMaking Headway: Celebrating Sustainability in HatsThe Hat Works, Luton20 September - 14 November 2025Visitherefor more detailsUK Fashion & Textile Museums and GalleriesFashion & Textile Museum(London)Victoria & Albert Museum(London)Museum of London(London)Design Museum(London)Fashion Museum(Bath)Blandford Fashion Museum(Dorset)Devonshire Collection of Period Costume(Devon)Gallery of English Costume(Manchester)Quarry Bank Mill(Cheshire)Helmshore Mills Textile Museum(Lancashire)Queen Street Mill(Lancashire)York Castle Museum(York)Macclesfield Silk Museums(Macclesfield)Northampton Museum and Art Gallery(Northampton)Wardown Park Museum(Luton)Whitchurch Silk Mill(Hampshire)Framework Knitters Museum(Nottingham)Nottingham Industrial Museum(Nottinghamshire)Coldharbour Mill(Devon)The Bowes Museum(County Durham)Trowbridge Museum(Wiltshire)SCOTLANDMuseum of Ayrshire Country Life & Costume(Kilwinning, Scotland)National Museum of Scotland(Edinburgh, Scotland)Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum(Glasgow, Scotland)Borders Textile Towerhouse(Hawick, Scotland)Shetland Textile Museum(Böd of Gremista, Lerwick, Shetland)Shetland Museum and Archives(Shetland, Scotland)Unst Heritage Trust(Shetland, Scotland)Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums(Aberdeen, Scotland)Borders Textile Towerhouse(Hawick, Scotland)WALESNational Wool Museum(Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire Wales)Newtown Textile Museum(Newtown, Powys, Wales)The Welsh Quilt Centre(Lampeter, Wales)NORTHERN IRELANDIrish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum(Lisburn, Northern Ireland)CHANNEL ISLANDSFolk & Costume Museum(Guernsey)This is by no means an exhaustive list. To add a museum or exhibition, please contactinfo@ukft.org
