Important Message from the Textile Museum of Canada Board
Dear Members, Visitors and Supporters of the Museum,
We are announcing the temporary closing of the Textile Museum of Canada as of this Sunday, February 16th 2025.
We are open for our public hours this week, Tuesday, February 11th to Saturday, February 15th, for you to visit, experience our exhibitions, and stock up on Reuse fabrics.
Along with other cultural institutions, the Museum has been faced with the significant challenge of regaining and expanding our audiences following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. In response, over two years ago, the Museum launched an ambitious expansion of our exhibition programming and fundraising to attract new audiences. Unfortunately, changes in audience behaviours and funding priorities have resulted in an unexpected shortfall in our finances, resulting in operating constraints.
In addition to this, our building needs urgent repairs to remain accessible for all, which requires us to be temporarily closed for renovations. Given this, we have had to make the difficult decision to reduce our public-facing staff numbers and streamline our operations during this time.
While we are closed, our website, textilemuseum.ca, will continue to provide you with online access to our textile collection, exciting new online content and operational updates. Onsite tours and collection visits will also be available by appointment only – please contact our Chief Operating Officer, Mab Coates-Davies at MDavies@textilemuseum.ca with requests.
We look forward to welcoming you back when we reopen and celebrate our 50th year anniversary later this fall.
Please contact me at UDesai@textilemuseum.ca with any inquiries.
Urmi Desai, Board Chair, Textile Museum of Canada
