The George Washington University will receive an $18.4 million gift combining more than 4,000 textiles and an endowment and equipment to support the textile collections assembled by the late Lloyd Cotsen, former chief executive officer and chair of the board of Neutrogena Corporation.
The collections include textiles from nearly every era and every region in the world including Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The collections will be accessible for scholarly research and will influence future educational opportunities at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.