The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the February 23 opening of Chinese Textiles, an exhibition of rarely seen textiles in the Museum's collection dating from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.

On January 20 and 21, come to the Canadian Children's Museum, located inside the Canadian Museum of Civilization, to learn about the kimono - a traditional robe worn in Japan on special occasions such as the New Year.

An upcoming exhibition at The Textile Museum explores the complex uses and meanings of red in textiles across time and place. RED will be on view February 2 - July 8, 2007.

A landmark exhibition of textiles of the Chin peoples of western Myanmar (Burma), northeastern India and eastern Bangladesh will be on view at The Textile Museum from October 13, 2006 - February 25, 2007. Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Mandalay to Chittagong includes nearly 80 ceremonial mantles, tunics and other garments, along with contemporary and historic photographs as well as jewelry and accessories worn with the textiles.

Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia will be on view at The Textile Museum March 30 - August 19, 2007. The exhibition features the utilitarian and beautiful bands of trellis tents, which have made nomadic life possible across Central Asia for at least 1,500 years. Through the display of approximately 40 objects drawn from The Textile Museum's collections and private holdings, Architectural Textiles will provide a window into the lost world of nomadic life on the Central Asian steppe.

Classical Persian Carpet Fragments, an exhibition featuring 16th- and 17th-century Persian carpet fragments made in the Iranian province of Khorasan, will be on view at The Textile Museum September 1, 2006 - January 7, 2007.