upcoming exhibition

Selections from the Museum's permanent collection offer an investigation into Indonesia's acculturation of pan-Asian textile and clothing traditions. Due to centuries of influence from India, China, and Europe, as well as the impact of trade, migration, and religion, Indonesia has one of Asia’s richest and most distinctive textile legacies. Examples from Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and other locations illustrate the nation’s textile panoply and its significance within the society’s rites and rituals and across its gender and hierarchical lines.