Links - Societies and Museums

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Societies - UK

www.textilesociety.org.uk

The Textile Society
www.costumesociety.org.uk

The Costume Society

Regional Costume Societies
Southern Counties - benterrier@zoom.co.uk
The Kent Costume Trust - chris.godfrey@rikgod.plus.com
The West of England Costume Society - rosemary_harden@bathnes.gov.uk
The West Midlands
The Northern Society of Costumes & Textiles - www.nsct.org.uk
The Costume Society of Scotland
The Costume & Textile Association of Wales - www.costumeandtextilesocietyofwales.org.uk
The Costume & Textile Association for Norfolk Museums
asinke@museumoflondon.org.uk

The Museum of London Friends of Fashion
www.medats.org.uk

The Medieval Dress and Textile Society
www.knitting-and-crochet-guild.org.uk

The Knitting & Crochet Guild
www.thesamplerguild.co.uk

The Sampler Guild
www.antiquepursesociety.com

Antique Purse Collectors Society

Organization with 250+ members in 11 countries who collect antique purses

www.vam.ac.uk

Victoria & Albert Museum

also see The Lafayette Collection of late 19th and early 20th century society photographs - www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1158_lafayette
www.fashionmuseum.co.uk

The Fashion Museum, Bath
www.manchestergalleries.org

Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English

Museum of London
www.virtualmuseum.info

Brighton Museum
www.textilesociety.org.uk

Textile Society

For more museums with costume & textile collections see the Textile Society website