Goldsmiths - University of London

Goldsmiths Textile Collection and Constance Howard Gallery is part of Goldsmiths Library Special Collections. Our mission is to become a leading centre for the study, promotion and dissemination of the collections we hold. We document, promote and foster the pioneering history of textiles at Goldsmiths from the 1940s to the present day. We work with our alumni, contemporary practitioners, museologists, curators, writers, performers, oral historians, anthropologists and technologists on the generation, presentation and promotion of textiles as a primary source of cultural knowledge and heritage in the UK, and internationally. We do this through an exploration of historical and contemporary textile practices throughout the globe.

We have a distinctive resource for multi-faceted research from many different perspectives. Goldsmiths students, academic staff, researchers and members of the public can use the facilities for the purposes of their own research and learning and teaching needs.