- Online agenda
- Online exhibitions
- Online catalogue of the TRC collection
- Online embroidery charts
- TRC blogs
- Most recent blogs:
- 28 September: TRC is expanding international links
- 25 September: Exploring Uzbekistan's ikat traditions
- 21 September: Sacred textiles from Mecca and Medina mini-exhibition
- 19 September: Quilted textiles and garments in the TRC collection
- 9 September: Press studs galore! The story behind an everyday object
- 6 September: Andy Warhol: A Pattern of Things to Come
- 5 August: A tactile study of textiles and garments from 19th and 20th century Iran
- 2 August: The Criel Turkish Collection: Another update
- 19 July: Boxes of treasure: Grace Crowfoot at the TRC in Leiden.
- 14 July: The story of the hikibaku craftsman, Masaru Matsui
- 12 July: My internship experiences at the TRC in Leiden, February-June 2026.
- 1 July The four A’s of the TRC: Adoption, Adaptation, Acknowledgement, and Accessibility
- 24 June: A pink quilted kaftan from Konya, Türkiye. A recent donation to the TRC.
- 16 June: A new series of TRC round-tables
- 13 June: The TRC annual textile book sale, 13 June 2026
- 3 June: Boerhaavelaan 6: A brief history of the building and the people who lived there.
- 23 May: Looking closely at Japanese kasuri: my first two months as a Junior Fellow at TRC Leiden
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- 22 May: My research trip to Leiden: Afghan embroidery and Hazara culture
- 12 May: Opening of the Khayamiya exhibition, 11 May 2026
- 21 April: Unseen Talent—Women of the Amsterdam School
- 19 April: Orenburg lace knitting: Workshop 3 June
- 11 March: Update 11 March. TRC's move to Boerhaavelaan 6r
- 31 March: Visitors from Taiwan
- 26 March: Presentation of The Atlas
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- 22 March: Preserving Yemeni Traditional Embroidery Heritage through Practical Skills and Documenting
- 13 March: Paraguay’s spider web lace
- 11 February: A friend's appeal for financial assistance to the TRC
- 3 Febr: The new TRC home has Interior walls covered with cloth, offering unexpected teaching opportunities
- 1 Febr: Silk Ribbons and Red Caps: Political Textiles
- 23 Jan 2026: Çatalhöyük – The oldest textiles at the TRC
- 16 Jan 2026: The Atlas of World Embroidery
- 10 Jan 2026: Kohl: The eyes have it
- Most recent blogs:
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Contact
Boerhaavelaan 6
2334 EN Leiden.
Tel. +31 (0)71 5134144 (office hours)
office@trcleiden.org
The TRC is open every week-day from 10.00 to 15.00
Bank account number
NL39 INGB 0002 9823 59, in the name of the Stichting Textile Research Centre.
Recent updates
and new items
- The diversity and depth of the TRC collection: An appraisal. October 2026
- Exploring Uzbekistan's ikat traditions
- TRC is expanding international links
- Current exhibitions
- TRC is expanding international links
- Open Monumenten Dagen, part 2
- First day of the Open Monumenten Dagen
- Exploring Uzbekistan's ikat traditions
- Sacred textiles from Mecca and Medina mini-exhibition
- Quilted textiles and garments in the TRC collection
Donations
The TRC is dependent on project support and individual donations. All of our work is being carried out by volunteers. To support the TRC activities, we therefore welcome your financial assistance: donations can be transferred to bank account number (IBAN) NL39 INGB 000 298 2359, in the name of the Stichting Textile Research Centre. BIC code is: INGBNL2A.
You can also, very simply, if you have an iDEAL app, use the iDEAL button and fill in the amount of support you want to donate:
Since the TRC is officially recognised as a non-profit making cultural institution (ANBI), donations are tax deductible for 125% for individuals, and 150% for commercial companies. For more information, click here