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| Established | January 1960 |
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| Dissolved | June 14, 2016 |
| Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°38′30″N 71°19′00″W / 42.6417°N 71.3168°W |
| Public transit access | MBTA Lowell |
The American Textile History Museum (ATHM), located in Lowell, Massachusetts, was founded as the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) in North Andover, Massachusetts in 1960 by Caroline Stevens Rogers. ATHM told America’s story through the art, science, and history of textiles. In June 2016, the museum closed.[1] The bulk of the library and archives as well as many fabric samples were acquired by Cornell University.[2]
- ^ "ATHM to Close Permanently | American Textile History Museum". www.athm.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ Farwell, Marcie. 2021. “Reweaving the Textile Industry Archive: Strategies for Building Inclusive Collections on the Legacy of the American Textile History Museum.” Library Trends 70 (1): 1–19.