This museum seeks to document “America’s story through the art, history and science of our textiles.” Information on exhibits and collections are provided with sample images from the collection.

Take a virtual tour of the Costume and Textiles collection or search the Museum Collection Database for images of costumes and textiles from the collection.

The Cooper-Hewitt Museum is the “is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.” Visitors can view select items in the museum’s collection and may go to the Exhibition link to examine online components of current and past exhibitions.

“The Costume Museum of Canada (CMC) documents the clothing of “everyday Canadians, urban and rural, public and private, through the garments that they made, purchased and wore.” Visitors may view online exhibits and select images of costumes from the museum’s permanent collection.

A museum of “20th and 21st century design, architecture and fashion.” Search Design at the Design Museum for an alphabetical archive of design history. This archive includes articles with brief bibliographies for many designers. Look at the Digital Design Museum for “a series of virtual galleries” highlighting specific aspects of the collection.

California’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum and Galleries houses “over 10,000 costumes, accessories and textiles from the 18th century to the present day, including film and theatre costume.” Select Online Exhibits to see many past and present exhibits including previous examples from the museum’s annual "The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design" exhibit.

The Gladys Marcus Library supports the research needs of the undergraduates, graduates and faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). "The Library provides a well-selected collection of more than 300,000 volumes of print, non-print, and electronic materials to support the instructional programs in art and design, business and technology, and the liberal arts, with an emphasis on fashion and design resources."

The KSU Museum houses a significant collection of costume and decorative arts dating from the 18th century to the present. Visitors may view costume collections and online exhibitions. This site also includes a costume dictionary and a guide to clothing care.

The KCI holds a collection of clothing from the 18th through the 20th century with an emphasis on Western women’s clothing. Follow the Digital Archive to the KCI Database to view approximately 200 objects in the collection through an interactive clothing silhouette timeline. Available in Japanese and English.

View current and past exhibits and images from the museums collection some of which include design and fashion components.

The Centre is an initiative between Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London, and it "is dedicated to the analysis of fashion, the body and material cultures and seeks to develop creative and theoretical work in these inter-related areas." Visitors may browse sponsored events and symposium and read briefs on the research projects of the center's members.

The Virtual Shoe Museum is supported by a private company. Visitors may view images of approximately 500 shoes accessible by time period, designers, brands, countries and ethnicity. Many images feature a Show “3-D” option that allows visitors to view objects from a rotating 360 degrees. The site also provides brief biographies of shoe designers with links to examples of the designer’s work in the collection. The site includes a glossary of shoe terminology. Available in English and Russian.

The TMC collects and documents textiles from around the world. Visitors may view online exhibits and examples of objects from current and past exhibitions. The site’s interactive map allows visitors to click on a region to bring up a textile sample with a brief overview of the textile cultures within the region. A wallpaper option assists visitors in downloading an image of one of the museum’s textiles.

The Bata Shoe Museum contains over 10,000 shoes documenting 4,500 years. Look for online exhibits and go to Collections for brief topical footwear histories with visual examples from the museum’s collection.

Examine Collection Highlights to view 50 items from the Institute’s permanent collection. Follow the Features and Exhibition link to find descriptions and sample images from past exhibitions, and look at special topics relating to costumes for a series of essays on more than 20 topics including designers and specific aspects of costume history.

The Museum at FIT supports the educational programs of the Fashion Institute of Technology and “celebrates fashion and textiles as. . .expressions of creativity, knowledge, and identity.” Follow the Fashion and Textile History Gallery link or the Special Exhibitions link to find information about current exhibits, some of which are available as online exhibits. The Museum Collections and New Acquisitions links give viewers general information about the museum’s collections and show sample objects. Explore the Gallery link to look at a FIT student web gallery of projects, and images from past student fashion shows.

The Museum of Costume, Bath collection focuses on fashionable dress in Britain from the late 16th century to the present. This site features a brief timeline of costume using photographs and descriptions of costumes in the collection.

The Textile Museum collects and documents textiles from around the world. Currently its online exhibit, Common Threads, uses interactive components to examine some of the social, cultural and technological aspects of world textiles. Individual collection pieces are highlighted in the Textile of the Month archives.

The V&A Museum has a collection of over 63,000 clothing and textiles objects. Links include Past Exhibits, Videos and Object Stories. The Day of Record archive is a sociological record of several current fashions including tattoos, hair and nails and the Goth style. Changing features highlight different exhibits and aspects of the collection.