Quilt Museum
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the largest known public collection of quilts in the world.
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum was founded in 1997 when native
Nebraskans Ardis and Robert James donated their collection of nearly 950 quilts
to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Their contribution became the centerpiece
of what is now the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world.
Through private funds from the University of Nebraska Foundation and a lead gift
from the James family, the center opened in its new location in 2008. The glass
and brick “green” building, designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, houses
the quilts, a state-of-the-art research and storage space, educational displays,
and custom-crafted galleries where selections from the collections and special
exhibitions are shown to the public on a rotating basis.
old sewing machines
display room
The quilts range from early examples of American and European quilts to
contemporary studio quilts and international quilts. The collection now numbers
more than 4000 quilts from twenty four countries, dating from the early 18th
century to the present. Faculty and curatorial staff, visiting scholars and
graduate student researchers pursue the study of the world's quilt heritage at
the center, and an ongoing acquisitions program seeks to document the full scope
of global quilting traditions. The Center publishes catalogues to accompany some
of its exhibitions, and these have included Wild by Design, Quilts in Common,
American Quilts in the Modern Age 1870 - 1940, Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design
and the Studio Quilt, and Marseille: The Cradle of White Corded Quilting.
The museum is located at 1523 N. 33rd Street in Lincoln, NE.
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is an academic program of the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences at UNL. The department offers a master's degree in Textile History with a quilt studies emphasis.
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Variations of a Wedding Ring quilt
