ULITA – an Archive of International Textiles
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Welcome to ULITA
ULITA – an Archive of International Textiles (formerly the University of Leeds International Textiles Archive) is housed in St Wilfred’s Chapel on the Western Campus of the University of Leeds.
The purpose of the archive is to collect, preserve and document textiles and other related items from many of the textile producing areas of the world for the benefit of scholars, researchers and the public … read more »
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ULITA – an Archive of International Textiles
St.Wilfred’s Chapel
Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
General enquiries (telephone): +44(0)113 343 3919
General enquiries (email): ulita@leeds.ac.uk
Free Entry
Exhibition opening hours*: Usual opening hours are Tuesdays – Thursdays 09:30 – 16:30, Fridays by appointment, please check for closed days for staff leave … read more »
*please check that there is a current temporary exhibition before visiting, or contact staff for a research appointment.
Exhibitions / Events
ULITA holds temporary exhibitions based on aspects of its own collections and equivalent themes. There is no permanent exhibition.
Current exhibition:
Our new exhibition is Resists: exploring resist-dyed textiles across cultures
Also …see our discovered 1926 film of Professor Barker and the llamas, digitised to mark his 150th anniversary.
Professor Aldred Barker was third Head of Department of Textile Industries.
Barker inspecting alpaca in Peru