These are the three exhibits that are on display in the three main galleries. Although the quilts are carefully protected, too much exposure can weaken them. To protect the quilts, each exhibit only lasts for several months. There is a display that explains the details of what each area encompasses. The International Quilt Study Center and Museum has been developed with five purposes in mind.ġ)Collecting 2) Preserving 3) Studying 4) Exhibiting 5) Discovering I also have a special quilting story on my maternal side that I am planning to write more about soon! Suffice it to say, I am grateful for the efforts of those who strive to preserve this important part of history. (My poor skills are evidenced in the “repairs” that I have attempted on various items of clothing And this is after attempting home economics several times!) But, quilts evoke cozy memories, and I am so thankful that my grandmother’s quilts remain even as she no longer is with us. While I definitely lack the sewing gene, I have a deep appreciation for those who can do handiwork. You see, my paternal grandmother was a quilter. And this was even before they moved into the building that they are in now – the glass masterpiece that houses the world’s largest and longest dating collection of quilts. The first time I went into this museum, I knew this was a Nebraska Treasure.
The Lord sends us the pieces, but we cut them out and put ’em together pretty much to suit ourselves, and there’s a heap more in the cuttin’ out and the sewin’ than there is in the caliker.Įliza Calvert Hall in “Aunt Jane of Kentucky” How much piecin’ a quilt is like livin’ a life! You can give the same kind of pieces to two persons, and one will make a “nine-patch” and one’ll make a “wild goose chase, ” and there will be two quilts made out of the same kind of pieces, and jest as different as they can be.
NO TOUCHING the quilts no flash photography in quilt areasĪny age with supervision Ages 5 and up will enjoy the exhibits more
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Open the first Friday of each month from 4:30-7 with free admission & activities
10-4 Summer Sundays 1-4: 40 FacebookĪdults: $6 Children (5-18): $3 Families: $12 UNL Students/Faculty: Free International Quilt Study Center and Museum 33 rd & Holdrege in Lincoln, NE
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