Museum Collections of Korean Clothing & Textiles

Museums in the US/Canada

Asian Art Museum in San Francisco,

Asian Art Museum in Seattle,

Brooklyn Museum (Art Museum),

Chicago Field Museum,

Cleveland Museum of Art

Denver Art Museum,

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Harvard Art Museums

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University

Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA],

Metropolitan Museum of Art [MET],

Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia,

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Newark Museum,

Philadelphia Museum of Art,

Portland Art Museum,

Royal Ontario Museum

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at University of California at Berkeley,

The American Museum of Natural History (NYC),

The Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA),
University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum… 

Museums in South Korea

Collection Search for National Museums in Korea: E-Museum (이뮤지엄)

In Seoul

National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관, exhibits the whole dynastic history)

The National Folk Museum of Korea (국립민속박물관, commoner’s dress culture)

National Palace Museum of Korea (국립고궁박물관, royal dress)

Seoul Museum of Craft Art (서울 공예박물관, craftsmanship, embroidery; wrapping clothes)

Gyeongwoon Museum (경운박물관, early modern traditional dress)

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (국립현대미술관)

Seoul Museum of History (서울 역사 박물관)

Seoul Baekje Museum (한성 백제 박물관, Baekje Kingdom: 18BCE~660CE)

Seonjam Museum (선잠 박물관, sericulture)

Ewha Womans University Museum (이대 박물관)

Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum at Sookmyung Women's University (숙명여대 정영양 자수 박물관, comparative textile objects throughout East Asia)

Sungshin Women's University Museum (성신여대 박물관, Rites of passage and royal costumes)

Korea University Museum (고대 박물관)

The Museum of Shamanism (샤머니즘 박물관, opens only Thu. Fri.)

Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (한국문화재재단, Studios for the National Intangible Cultural Heritage)

In Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggi Provincial Museum (경기도 박물관, gentry dress)

Dankook University Seok Juseon Memorial Museum (단국대학교 석주선 기념 박물관, traditional royal, gentry dress--hereditary and excavated)

YouTube Chanel: https://www.youtube.com/@dku_museum/videos

The Museum of SILHAK (실학박물관, exhibits the Neo-Confucian culture of the late Joseon)

In Daegu & Gyeongbuk Province

Daegu National Museum (대구국립박물관, traditional dress gallery)

YouTube Chanel: https://www.youtube.com/@DaeguNationalMuseum/videos

Andong National University Museum (안동대 박물관)

Korea Hanbok Promotion Institute (한국 한복 진흥원)