The collections of Prato Textile Museum include a wide range of items of great international importance and document the production of textiles from pre-Christian times to the modern day. The collections currently include over 6,000 items of interest.
The collections of Prato Textile Museum are the result of an incessant flow of donations from associations such as the Association of Former Pupils of Tullio Buzzi Technical Institute and the Association of Friends of Prato Textile Museum as well as private and public organizations such as the Municipality of Prato, Cariprato bank, Prato Industrial Union and private citizens.

The collections of Prato Textile Museum include:

• Archeological textiles: textile fragments from excavations and burial chambers dating back to Coptic (3rd-10th century AD) and pre-Colombian (late intermediate) times;
• Sacred textiles and raiment:European textiles from between the 13th and 20th century whose types (velvets, figurative textiles, tablecloths from Perugia, damasks, lampasses) and decorative patterns testify some of the most important moments of development of European textile production;
• Embroidered textiles and articles: samples of Italian and European embroidery dating back to between the 15th and 20th century as well as fragments from historic collections;
• Ethnic textiles and clothing: textiles from India, Indonesia and Yemen, central and southern America, China and Japan whose decorations and symbols indicate the importance of textile art in social communications;
• Sample books from the Prato area: documentation of the development of the local textile industry as well as the changes in taste and style implemented since the last quarter of the 19th century;
• Sketches and artistic textiles: works by early 20th century artists such as Raoul Dufy and Thayaht and contemporary artists such as Giò Pomodoro and Bruno Munari, all of whom expressed their creativity through textile art;
• Contemporary textiles: technologically and aesthetically innovative textiles produced in the Prato area (selected in collaboration with the PratoTrade Consortium);
• Clothing and accessories: fashion developments since the 16th century including film costumes made from locally produced textiles;
• Machinery: Italian hand looms, fulling machines, beating machines, spinning wheels, spoolers and warping machines, many of which were locally made for specific purposes;
• Fashion plates: ladies’ and gentleman’s fashion plates from leading 19th century French and Italian magazines;
• Antique books