Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology textile collection features over 400 pieces, including quilts.

Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers research and training opportunities for IU students, educational support and services for IU faculty and elementary/secondary school teachers, and family-friendly exhibits and programs. Through its Traditional Arts Indiana program, a special partnership of Indiana University Bloomington and the Indiana Arts Commission, the museum is also dedicated to expanding public awareness of Indiana's traditional practices and nurturing a sense of pride among Indiana's traditional artists.

The textile collection, featuring over 400 pieces, contains a range of materials from Southern Indiana quilts to Tibetan thankas. This sub-collection also contains examples of the skill and variety in traditional textile work: Southeast Asian batik and ikat, Andean in-loom embroidery, African resist dying and embroidery, Sea Island Gullah quilts, Middle-Eastern tapestry and carpet-weaving, Seminole patchwork, and Pueblo and Navajo upright and belt loom textiles.