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The Textile Museum is located in the Kalorama
Kalorama, Washington, D.C.

Kalorama Triangle and Sheridan-Kalorama are two very affluent residential neighborhoods in Northwest,_Washington,_D.C. Washington, DC. Kalorama Triangle is bordered by Connecticut Avenue, Columbia Road and Calvert_Street_/Rock Creek Park....
 neighborhood of Northwest
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
 Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, USA.

The museum is "dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
 arts." Founded in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers
George Hewitt Myers

George Hewitt Myers was an United States forester and philanthropist.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Yale College in 1898. He pursued graduate work in English at Harvard University from 1898 to 1899....
, the museum normally receives between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors each year. The museum started with 275 rugs and 60 non-western textiles, but today has over 17,000 objects dating from 3,000 B.C.
Anno Domini

, abbreviated as 'AD' or 'A.D.', and 'Before Christ', abbreviated as 'BC' or 'B.C.', are designations used to number years in the Julian calendar and Gregorian calendars....
 to the present.

It is housed in the Tucker House designed by Waddy Wood and the Myers House desiged by John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope was an architecture most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC....
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The Textile Museum is located in the Kalorama
Kalorama, Washington, D.C.

Kalorama Triangle and Sheridan-Kalorama are two very affluent residential neighborhoods in Northwest,_Washington,_D.C. Washington, DC. Kalorama Triangle is bordered by Connecticut Avenue, Columbia Road and Calvert_Street_/Rock Creek Park....
 neighborhood of Northwest
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
 Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, USA.

The museum is "dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
 arts." Founded in 1925 by George Hewitt Myers
George Hewitt Myers

George Hewitt Myers was an United States forester and philanthropist.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Yale College in 1898. He pursued graduate work in English at Harvard University from 1898 to 1899....
, the museum normally receives between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors each year. The museum started with 275 rugs and 60 non-western textiles, but today has over 17,000 objects dating from 3,000 B.C.
Anno Domini

, abbreviated as 'AD' or 'A.D.', and 'Before Christ', abbreviated as 'BC' or 'B.C.', are designations used to number years in the Julian calendar and Gregorian calendars....
 to the present.

It is housed in the Tucker House designed by Waddy Wood and the Myers House desiged by John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope was an architecture most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC....
.

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