San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is an art museum in Downtown San Jose, , . Founded in 1977, the museum is the first in the United States devoted solely to quilts and textiles as an art form.
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  • 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.

Art gallery
is a contemporary arts space focused on the Chicano and Latino experience and history, located in the at 510 South First Street in San Jose, California.

Art gallery
The is a nonprofit art center and gallery founded in 1980, and located in the of Downtown San Jose, California, U.S.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include SoFA District and Downtown Historic District.

Neighborhood
SoFA is an arts, cultural, and entertainment district of Downtown San Jose, . Home to numerous cultural institutions, art galleries, and theatre companies, including the , the San José Opera, and the Symphony San Jose, SoFA bills itself as "'s Creative District".

Neighborhood
The of is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S.

Often called "the capital of ", is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the , with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

Latitude
37.32824° or 37° 19′ 42″ north
Longitude
-121.88424° or 121° 53′ 3″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Height
25 feet (7.7 metres)
Open location code
849W84H8+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38341935
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7131775
Wiki­data ID
Q7414467
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