September 8, 2026
6 August 2026: His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, and Members of The Royal Family visited the Royal Textile Academy in Thimphu today to view the special exhibition dedicated to this year’s celebration […]
June 4, 2026
2 June 2026: His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck graced the consecration of a newly commissioned Guru Tshengye Thongdrol and the opening of a special exhibition at the Royal Textile Academy (RTA) today, as […]
December 4, 2025
October 1, 2025: For the past two days, RTA had a series of programs in celebration of the commencement of our fourth and final phase of construction, “The Elephant.” As part of the celebration, under […]
December 4, 2025
September 30, 2025:Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Royal Patron of the Royal Textile Academy (RTA), graced the commencement of construction for RTA’s fourth and final phase, the Conference and Cultural Heritage Center, on September […]
September 1, 2025
Under the benevolent Royal Patronage of Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, the Royal Textile Academy (RTA) continues to realize its noble mandate of safeguarding Bhutan’s priceless textile heritage while uplifting the lives of our […]
April 23, 2025
Every year, artisans from across the country submit their best work of art for the National Design and Art Competition. Nearly 90 artisans competed in this year’s edition, a slight increase from last year. The […]
December 18, 2024
The Royal Textile Academy is delighted to announce that Aum Sithar Lhamo, a 90-year-old master weaver from Khoma, Lhuentse, is the first recipient of the Living Legend Award titled ‘𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤’𝐬 […]
July 3, 2024
Her Majesty the Royal Patron Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, along with Their Excellencies and other distinguished guests inaugurated the new exhibition titled “Hortha: The Supplementary Warp Pattern” at the lower gallery of the Textile Museum. […]
April 23, 2024
As part of the “𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔: 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈” competition organized by the Royal Textile Academy and sponsored by the World Bank, the“𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔” […]
April 9, 2024
We congratulate all the winners for their outstanding creativity and craftsmanship. We also extend our appreciation to all the participants who took part in the competition and contributed to the promotion of Bhutanese textiles, arts […]
June 9, 2022
The RTA has commenced the training on ‘Toedung Weaving’. This is an indigenous weaving technique practised only in a few communities at Trashigang, Eastern Bhutan. This is the first training of its kind to be […]
April 27, 2022
The National Design and Arts Competition (NDAC) is an annual event organised by the Textile Museum under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs and the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (RTA). […]
