Oakland Museum will open a new exhibit on Textiles and Manufacturing on Saturday, March 22. The ground floor exhibit in the Nelson Timeline Room highlights early textiles that were hand-sewn or machine-sewn and enhanced with beautiful handmade lace, as well as items made all of lace, using donated items in the Historical Society’s collection. The exhibit also highlights the move to manufacturing textiles, showcasing Nelson Manufacturing located in Lovingston.

Using more items from the collection and also loaned, numerous materials for home sewing are displayed on Oakland’s second floor in the room devoted to rural electrification. The exhibit shows home repurposing of materials, such as a flour sack dress and quilting, while catalog ordering allowed rural people to shop for factory-made items

Oakland is open on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located at 5365 Thomas Nelson Highway just north of Colleen.