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Threads of History

Textiles at Cornell

Calendar of Exhibits

Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection
Threads of Life, Love, and Loss: An HIV/AIDS Story
Human Ecology Building Display Cases and Human Ecology Building Lobby Entrance
August 15 – December 2, 2022

Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
Songs to Leave You in Stitches: The Story of the ILGWU’s Musical “Pins and Needles”
Music Library reference area & 3rd floor exhibit case
September 23 – December 23, 2022

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and the World the Textile Industry Created
RMC Kroch Library, Hirshland Gallery
October 27, 2022 – September 1, 2023

Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
Iconic Ensembles: Performers and their Costumes
Music Library reference area & 3rd floor exhibit case
January 23 – April 3, 2023

Kroch Library Asia Collections
Asian Textiles: Patterns and Processes
Kroch Asia Hallway
February 1 – October 31, 2023

Clarke Africana Library
Precious Scraps: Toni Morrison and the African American Quilting Experience
Africana Library
February 17 –  June 12, 2023

Management Library
Culture of Business Dress: An Examination of Women’s Dress Codes Over the Decades
Management Library lobby
March 1-31, 2023

Kheel Center for Labor-Managment Documentation and Archives
A More Perfect Union: Crystal Lee Sutton and the J.P. Stevens Boycott
Kheel Center’s display in the lobby of Catherwood Library
March 9  – December 23, 2023

Clarke Africana Library
Pieces of Ithaca: A Celebration of Quilting in the Ithaca Community
Africana Library Circulation Area
March 21 –  June 12, 2023

Mui Ho Fine Arts Library (at Olin Library)
Looking In
Olin Library 1st floor

Mann Library
Threading the Needle: Weaving Traditions into Contemporary Textile Art
Mann Gallery
March 23 – August 27, 2023

March 23 – September 15, 2023

Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance
Drop the Needle: Fabric and Textiles in Song
Music Library reference area & 3rd floor exhibit case
April 10 – June 30, 2023