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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Through Fall 2016 &Winter 2017
Alabama, Montgomery
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts.
January 28 through April 16, 2017.
Quilt by the Shealy Family, South Carolina
Colorado, Golden
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Rocky Mountain Road: New York Beauty quilts from the collection of Bill Volckening.
Through October 25, 2016.
http://www.rmqm.org/
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Georgia, Savannah
Telfair Academy. Historic Cottons to Modern Polyesters: Quilts from Telfair’s Collection.
Through November 6, 2016
http://www.telfair.org/quilts/
Through October 25, 2016.
http://www.rmqm.org/
Mame and Kathryn Armstrong; Crazy Quilt, 1885
Georgia, Savannah
Telfair Academy. Historic Cottons to Modern Polyesters: Quilts from Telfair’s Collection.
Through November 6, 2016
http://www.telfair.org/quilts/
Poppy Quilt by Marie Webster, 1909
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indiana, Indianapolis
Indianapolis Museum of Art. A Joy Forever: Marie Webster Quilts.
Through January 8, 2017.
http://www.imamuseum.org/exhibition/joy-forever-marie-webster-quilts
Indiana, Marion
Quilters Hall of Fame. Ruby Short McKim.
Through December 3, 2016.
http://quilterhalloffame.com/Service/Exhibits
Illinois, Chicago
DuSable Museum of African American History. Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An African American Quilt Scholar.
November 15, 2016 - September 28, 2017.
In 2018 the show will be at the Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
http://www.dusablemuseum.org/Iowa, LaPorte
FFA & Ag Museum on Main Street. A small show of antique quilts from a local collection.
Through November.
http://4andfifteen.blogspot.com/2016/04/ffa-ag-historical-museum-quilt-display.html
Iowa, Winterset
Iowa Quilt Museum. Stargazing: American Star Quilts. Antique and contemporary pieces.
Through January, 2017.
Fundraising Quilt dated 1899, Newton, Kansas
Kansas, NewtonHarvey County Historical Society. Purposeful Stitches: Community Quilts. Fundraising and signature/memorial quilts.
Through December 2, 2017.
http://hchm.org/exhibits/
Bird of Paradise
From the Christ Collection
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum. America's Applique Quilts: The Christ Collection. October 20 - December 31, 2016.
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/
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Massachusetts, Pittsfield
Hancock Shaker Village. Highlights from Fitzpatrick Quilt Collection. Personal collection of the proprietor of the Red Lion Inn and Country Curtains. Through October 30, 2016.
http://hancockshakervillage.org/event/living-designs-shared-values-highlights-fitzpatrick-quilt-collection/
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Minnesota, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Quilts at Mia.14 American quilts from the collection, dating from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.
Through March 19, 2017.
http://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/cut-from-the-same-cloth-american-quilts-at-mia/
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Hancock Shaker Village. Highlights from Fitzpatrick Quilt Collection. Personal collection of the proprietor of the Red Lion Inn and Country Curtains. Through October 30, 2016.
http://hancockshakervillage.org/event/living-designs-shared-values-highlights-fitzpatrick-quilt-collection/
Minnesota, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Quilts at Mia.14 American quilts from the collection, dating from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.
Through March 19, 2017.
http://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/cut-from-the-same-cloth-american-quilts-at-mia/
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Inside the Wrapper: True Tales of the Mountain Mist Quilt Patterns, curated by Linda Pumphrey.
Through October 23, 2016.
Through October 23, 2016.
Amish Quilts & The Crafting of Diverse Traditions, curated by Janneken Smucker. Opens October 7, 2016.
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/
New Hampshire. Peterborough.
Monadnock Center for History and Culture. Pieced and Patterned: Connie Bastille’s Quilt Collection (22 quilts) plus Schoolgirl Samplers.
New Hampshire. Peterborough.
Monadnock Center for History and Culture. Pieced and Patterned: Connie Bastille’s Quilt Collection (22 quilts) plus Schoolgirl Samplers.
Through January 21, 2017
https://monadnockcenter.org/pieced-patterned-connie-bastilles-quilt-collection-schoolgirl-samplers/
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New York, Canton
TAUNY (Traditional Arts in Upstate New York). Warmth, Remembrance, and Art: 200 Years of Quilts and Comforters in New York's North Country.Sixty quilts documented by the Northern New York Quilt Project. Through October, 2016.
http://tauny.org/pages/194/22/quilt-exhibit-wra
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New York, Long Island City
American Folk Art Museum's Collections and Education Center, Painted, Pieced, and Padded: Masterwork Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum. Ten quilts by appointment only.
https://monadnockcenter.org/pieced-patterned-connie-bastilles-quilt-collection-schoolgirl-samplers/
Ladies Ramble Quilt
New Jersey, River Edge
Bergen County Historical Society. Ladies' Ramble. Opens January 29th, 2017
Selections from BCHS quilt collection on exhibit.
http://www.visitnj.org/nj-events/ladies-ramble#sthash.pr7CzQpn.dpuf
New York, Auburn
Schweinfurth Art Center. American Quilts: History and Art. Quilts from the collection of the International Quilt Studies Center & Museum, curated by Jonathan Holstein.
Schweinfurth Art Center. American Quilts: History and Art. Quilts from the collection of the International Quilt Studies Center & Museum, curated by Jonathan Holstein.
New York, Canton
TAUNY (Traditional Arts in Upstate New York). Warmth, Remembrance, and Art: 200 Years of Quilts and Comforters in New York's North Country.Sixty quilts documented by the Northern New York Quilt Project. Through October, 2016.
http://tauny.org/pages/194/22/quilt-exhibit-wra
New York, Long Island City
American Folk Art Museum's Collections and Education Center, Painted, Pieced, and Padded: Masterwork Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum. Ten quilts by appointment only.
Through November 6, 2016.
Pennsylvania. Westchester
Chester County Historical Society. Quilts: The Next Layer. Over a dozen recently donated quilts
Through January 31, 2017.
http://www.chestercohistorical.org/
Texas, LaGrange
Texas Quilt Museum. New York Beauties: Volckening Collection.
Through December 18, 2016.
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum. Presidential Connections: Quilts, Virginians and the Whig Party. Guest Curator, Wayne Harrison. Quilts plus items demonstrating connections between Presidents with Virginia family connections and the Whig Party. See the Gallery Guide here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5536745de4b017596a7c3499/t/57507b3027d4bd676c0b92eb/1464892222947/Wayne+Harrison_Gallery+Guide+05.13.2016.pdf
Midnight in the Garden of Quilts: Quilts from the Polly Mello Collection. Through December 17, 2016.
Treasures from the Vault: Crazy Quilts. Curated by Gloria Comstock. Through December 17, 2016.
October 21-22, 2016. Seminar: "Mourning and Meaning Through Cloth". Speakers include Polly Mello & Craig Friend.
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org
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Virginia, Lynchburg
Lynchburg Museum. A Feast for the Eyes: Quilts and Textiles from Central Virginia. Through December 31, 2016.
http://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/features/
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Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. A Century of African-American Quilts features twelve quilts from the collection dating from 1875. Through January, 2018.
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/
Washington, Walla Walla
Fort Walla Walla Museum. Sewn Into History: A Century of Quilts. Over 20 quilts from the Museum's collection will be on display, ranging in dates from the mid-19th century through the 1930s. Through the end of 2016.
http://www.fwwm.org/quilt-show-2016
Through December 18, 2016.
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum. Presidential Connections: Quilts, Virginians and the Whig Party. Guest Curator, Wayne Harrison. Quilts plus items demonstrating connections between Presidents with Virginia family connections and the Whig Party. See the Gallery Guide here:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5536745de4b017596a7c3499/t/57507b3027d4bd676c0b92eb/1464892222947/Wayne+Harrison_Gallery+Guide+05.13.2016.pdf
Midnight in the Garden of Quilts: Quilts from the Polly Mello Collection. Through December 17, 2016.
Treasures from the Vault: Crazy Quilts. Curated by Gloria Comstock. Through December 17, 2016.
October 21-22, 2016. Seminar: "Mourning and Meaning Through Cloth". Speakers include Polly Mello & Craig Friend.
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org
Virginia, Lynchburg
Lynchburg Museum. A Feast for the Eyes: Quilts and Textiles from Central Virginia. Through December 31, 2016.
http://www.lynchburgmuseum.org/features/
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. A Century of African-American Quilts features twelve quilts from the collection dating from 1875. Through January, 2018.
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/
Washington, Walla Walla
Fort Walla Walla Museum. Sewn Into History: A Century of Quilts. Over 20 quilts from the Museum's collection will be on display, ranging in dates from the mid-19th century through the 1930s. Through the end of 2016.
http://www.fwwm.org/quilt-show-2016
Detail of Hampton family quilt
Australia, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria: Making the Australian Quilt: 1800–1950, Curators Annette Gero and Katie Somerville.
Through November 6, 2016.