Museum Tote Bags

Gouda designs and manufactures museum tote bags in a variety of materials, shapes and print techniques for some of the most famous museums in the world.

This tote bag set above was created for The Huntington incorporating a print that was inspired by an original design by John Henry Dearle, British (1860-1930). The original design was printed by the famous William Morris and Company, British, 1860-1941.

Textile Adaptations

We start the process of reproducing an historic textile by determining the best size and color to print the textile so that it will be appealing to a contemporary audience. Many patterns were designed to be printed in more than one color way originally.  In the case of this collection, we decided to use black as the background color and to adjust some of the other colors to be slightly more bold than in the original.

Fabric Choice

The fabric here was printed on high performance polyester in order to create matching umbrellas as well and small cases from the same print. We can also print on natural fibers as well to create all over prints. You can see more about our digital printing on cotton by following the link here: Digital Printing on Canvas

Bag Style

This set was created in our signature reversing tote style so the pattern can be on the exterior or interior of the tote with a simple turn of the bag.  We created this reversing style with a hidden magnetic closure so the top of the bag will close no matter what side of the bag is showing. Simple details make this a classic style for years of use. You can see more examples of museum tote styles on this page in different materials and shapes.

Why Gouda?

Clients know that our technical experience creating truly custom bags is unique in the industry. We do not punch out the same bag for everyone. Our clients can come to us with just a concept and get best-in-class recommendations from the first contact. Our job is to make it simple for you to get great quality with reliable custom attention from our team.  Visit us in person in New York or call us to request samples to help you with decisions.

Contact Us

You don’t have to be a museum to get museum quality totes. Call or Email us to get started: 212-477-9373.