The past few years Laurie and I have traveled to a variety of places to visit the quilt museums in USA.
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE
Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA
Paducah, Kentucky
Winterset, Iowa
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
TX Quilt Museum, LaGrange, TX.
Missouri Quilt Museum, Hamilton, Missouri
I loved them all, not favoring one more than another. (One of them certainly comes in at the bottom of the list though. Any guesses which one?) I know there are many more, but can you recommend any? I'm not interested in seeing a museum with only newly made modern quilts. If that is part of an exhibit and the museum still has antique quilts, I'd love to hear your personal experience.
Thank you!
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts - Cedarburg Wisconsin
ReplyDeleteThe New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA is very nice, especially if you like antique quilts. Our quilt guild went there as a group about 6-7 years ago. It's about a 2 hour drive for us. They do change the quilts that are on display since they are on loan for only so many months. Contact them before visiting to get some descriptions of their current display. I have yet to visit the other museums. Thanks for your information and interesting blog!
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YES! Been there 3 x! It is a good one!
DeleteI only live about 30 minutes from the Lowell, MA one. Never been! But I will go soon. I understand that the needlecraft guild that I belong to has tickets that I can use! Yay! I think that's a fun thing to do with a friend, visit quilt museums around the country. I wish I had a friend that was as interested as I am!
ReplyDeleteYou need to go! I love that museum!
DeleteWhere are you located? I'm on the South Shore and would love to find a quilter friend to go to museums and quilt shows with.
DeleteI have visited Winterset, Hamilton and Lincoln museums. I don't know of a bad one.
ReplyDeleteI think your least favorite is the Paducah museum because it’s mostly modern. That would be my least favorite too. But I think all of us quilters can find something we like in a group of quilts. I have been to the museum in Lowell and enjoyed that. I am in Charleston SC. Our museum has quilts on display through various exhibits. They are not on constant display. The McKissick Museum on the campus of USC in Columbia, SC had a wonderful antique quilt exhibit a few years ago that I enjoyed . I took the day off from work and drove two hours one way just to see it.
ReplyDeleteI believe my comment came through as anonymous……it was the one about museums in SC.
ReplyDeleteI have only been to the NEQM, and I loved it! I think this looks like a lot of fun, to travel with a friend to see quilt museums. So, I am curious if Sally's comment about the Paducah museum was correct?
ReplyDeleteI have wanted to get to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Colorado. You'd think I could at least manage that, but I have still never made it to that one, in the neighboring state. :/
I would love to go to some of these museums. We have the museum in La Connor but it is small and most exhibits are very modern. I do love the Japanese exhibits every other year. We had a local museum that featured fiber art regularly but they have closed. It is slim pickings in the Seattle area. I don’t think we do a very good job of honoring the work of women’s hand in the States.
ReplyDeleteFort Walla Walla occasionally has antique quilts on display. I've found them inspiring. It is off The Dalles Military Road in Walla Walla, WA. They may have shortened the name of the road since we moved away.
ReplyDeleteGood to know! Thank you
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