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 related items from many of the textile producing areas of the world for the benefit of scholars, researchers and the general public.
ULITA is primarily a textiles archive, where items can be consulted by individuals and small groups by making an appointment. Anonline cataloguecan be viewed to see the major collections.
Further to this there is a public exhibition area. Temporary exhibitions are held each year, based on aspects of its own collections and equivalent themes.
There is no permanent display; appointments can be made to consult items which do not form part of the temporary exhibitions.
