About us

We always welcome questions and enquiries about the work of the Textile Research Centre. We also very much welcome the donation of clothing, relevant publications and photographs. If you want to be regualrly informed about the work of the TRC, please do not hesitate to contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and provide us with your name, address, telephone number (if you wish) and especially your email address. Your details will not be given to a third party.

Those who want to help the TRC financially, are asked to contact Ms. dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood:

• Address: Textile Research Centre,  Hogewoerd 164, 2311 HW,  Leiden
• Tel:  071-5134144
• Mobile: 06-28830428
• Email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Opening time: Monday till Thursday: 10.00 -16.00
• Friday and weekends: appointment required

For the exact location of the TRC, see OV kaart
Bus connections from Leiden railway station: bus numbers 169, 182, and 187. Bus stop: Plantage. The bus takes about ten minutes. For the exact bus schedule,  click here.

Besides donations of articles for exhibitions and other activities, we always welcome financial contributions towards the work of the TRC. These can be made over via bank account NL39 INGB 0002 9823 59, t.a.o. Stichting Textile Research Centre, Leiden.

The TRC is an officially recognised non-profit organisation (an ANBI under Dutch law), and since April 2012 it is also recognised as a Cultural Organisation (Culturele Instelling, CI). This means that financial gifts are tax deductible for tax payers in The Netherlands.

For individuals this is now as high as 125% of the donated sum; for firms the percentage is as high as 150%. For more information, click here. Regular contributions may even be more profitable. In that case the gifts should include a fixed annual amount given to the TRC for a minimum of five years. For this purpose, please contact our sollicitors: Roes en De Vries, Postbus 11290, 2301 EG Leiden. 071-5233636.

For tax payers in the USA, tax deductible donations can be made within Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the IRC. For more information, click here.

For donations of articles, including books and items of dress, please contact the TRC before bringing the objects to Leiden. We welcome additions to our collection, but first of all we want to make sure the objects constitute a valuable addition to the collection. We do not, as a rule, provide any financial compensation.