San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is an art museum in Downtown San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1977, the museum is the first in the United States devoted solely to quilts and textiles as an art form.- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in California , United States
- Also known as: “American Museum of Quilts & Textiles”, “San Jose Museum of Quilts”, and “SJMQT”
- Address: 520 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana and Parque de los Pobladores.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
Art gallery
Photo: Cristiano Tomás, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana is a contemporary arts space focused on the Chicano and Latino experience and history, located in the SoFA district at 510 South First Street in San Jose, California.
Parque de los Pobladores
Park
Parque de los Pobladores is a park in the SoFA District of Downtown San Jose, California.
Institute of Contemporary Art San José
Art gallery
Photo: Steven Damron, CC BY 2.0.
The Institute of Contemporary Art San José is a nonprofit art center and gallery founded in 1980, and located in the SoFA District of Downtown San Jose, California, U.S.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SoFA District and Downtown Historic District.
SoFA District
Neighborhood
Photo: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
SoFA is an arts, cultural, and entertainment district of Downtown San Jose, California. Home to numerous cultural institutions, art galleries, and theatre companies, including the Institute of Contemporary Art San José, the San José Opera, and the Symphony San Jose, SoFA bills itself as "Silicon Valley's Creative District".
Downtown Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S.
San Jose
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Often called "the capital of Silicon Valley", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.32824° or 37° 19′ 42″ northLongitude
-121.88424° or 121° 53′ 3″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Height
25 feet (7.7 metres)Open location code
849W84H8+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 38341935OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museum
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