The Textile Research Centre, Boerhaavelaan 6, Leiden.The TRC has recently moved to new premises, an early 20th century urban villa just behind the Leiden railway station. There is a lot of work to be done and we are looking for several new volunteers!

In particular we need:

- An experienced librarian who can take over the running and development of the TRC textile and dress library (currently standing at 7000 registered books), as well as help build up an image library that will include prints, photographs, postcards, charts and patterns. One to two days per week.

- A general assistant to help on a regular basis with the TRC Collection of textiles, clothing and accessories from around the world. Experience in object photography would be an advantage.

 - A volunteer is also needed to help catalogue the TRC's extensive and growing collection of hand (bobbin, needle, crochet, knitted, etc.) and machine-made lace. These items take the form of individual samples, as well as items (caps, lappets, gloves, garments, etc) made from or decorated with lace.

If you are interested, please contact Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken., or 06-28830428

I could not resist putting this on the TRC webpages: an interview with Gillian Vogelsang-E`astwood, director TRC, published by an online news service about the Netherlands. I am very proud of her! Click on the photograph to read the item. Willem Vogelsang.

Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, photographed for DutchNews, June 2026.

Het Leidsch Dagblad publiceerde vandaag, woensdag 10 juni, een artikel van twee pagina's over de TRC, de verhuizing naar de Boerhaavelaan en de ambities voor de toekomst. Het vestigt ook de aandacht op de textielboekenmarkt aanstaande zaterdag, vanaf 10.00 uur.

Find the books you have long been looking for, and help support the TRC by buying some of them! 

We are going to have our annual book sale on Saturday 13^th June, from 10.00 until 15.00. Hundreds of second-hand textile, clothing and accessory books will be on sale, at very reduced prices! 

The TRC regularly receives donations of books. We select them en see whether we can use them and whether the titles may already be included in the extensive TRC textile library. If we cannot use the books, we very much want to pass them on to other textiles friends against a low price.

Why don't you pop in and have a look? You may find the book that you have long been looking for. You will also have the chance to see the TRC’s current exhibition about appliqué textiles called khayamiya which come from Egypt, as well as seeing the TRC’s new building and garden, and of course meeting TRC staff and others.

Our address is: Boerhaavelaan 6, 2334 EN Leiden, just behind the Leiden Central Railway Station.