It recently acknowledged the history of the land, stating on their homepage, "The Textile Museum of Canada operates on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat.

Covering 2,000 years of textile history, the collection includes fabrics, ceremonial cloths, garments, carpets, quilts and related artifacts.

[3][5] The museum presents curated exhibitions of contemporary work and historic and ethnographic artifacts drawn from its own and others’ collections.

Pullar Library, a reference collection of material focused on non-industrial textiles.

[7][8] The museum also offers lectures, round-table discussions, workshops, music and dance performances, hands-on demonstrations, school programs and public tours.