Museum of Texas Tech University Opens First Clothing, Textiles Changing Gallery

October 28, 2021

The inaugural exhibit will highlight the fashions of Louise Hopkins Underwood.

Now on exhibition at the Museum of Texas Tech University is “Louise Hopkins Underwood: Lubbock Woman Who Improved Her Community and Looked Terrific Doing It!”

The exhibit focuses on the fashions worn by Louise Hopkins Underwood through her many years of serving the Lubbock community. The exhibition will run through the spring of 2022.

This exhibition serves as the inaugural exhibit for the museum's changing gallery for the Clothing and Textiles division. This means there is now a designated space to exhibit the 35,000 objects from the clothing and textiles collection, the largest at a university museum in the U.S.

“It is fitting to focus on the accomplishments of Louise Hopkins Underwood in this exhibition that features garments she wore for social occasions and the numerous meetings she attended to improve cultural opportunities for the Lubbock community,” said Marian Ann Montgomery, curator of the Clothing and Textiles collection. “We are thankful to her daughters for their input on this exhibit.”

Plans are in place to exhibit two shows a year in the new gallery space.

The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday and is closed on Mondays. For more information regarding the exhibit, the museum and its COVID-19 response, visit the museum's website. Follow the museum on Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates.

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Museum of Texas Tech

The Museum of Texas Tech University, with its more than eight million objects, is one of the largest and most diverse university museums in the U.S.

The Museum has collections ranging from fine and decorative arts, natural science, clothing and textiles, history and anthropology and archaeology.

The Museum's Natural Science Research Laboratory houses an internationally important collection of fauna and frozen tissue samples and has played a role in identifying major human health risks, such as Hanta Virus.

The Lubbock Lake Landmark, another division of the Museum, is one of the country's most significant archaeological sites documenting continuous human habitation dating back 12,000 years.

The museum also is home to an academic program offering a master's degree in Heritage and Museum Science.

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