The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Antonio Ratti Textile Center and The Costume Institute posses one of the finest collections of textiles in the world. The Costume Institute houses a collection of more than 80,000 costumes and accessories spanning five continents and just as many centuries, arguably the greatest such collection in the world. The Antonio Ratti Textile Center features more than 35,000 pieces of textile dating from 3000 B.C. to the present.