Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles

The musum was established in 2004.  It hosts an extensive collection of laces and textiles donated by Kaethe and Jules Kliot.  The collection has thousands of specimens from pre-Columbian Peru, the finest from the 17th century European courts and examples of the machine laces exemplifying the 19th centrury industrial revolution.  The museum also has a library that is home to over 10,000 books, patterns and articles. There are many tools of the textile arts including those used for lace-making and sewing machines. They also have free classes: http://lacismuseum.org/classes/