Cabin Fever? How about a road trip
to see an exhibit of antique quilts.
Here's a list through Spring 2020
Nora Ezell, Star Puzzle, 2001
Alabama, Montgomery
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Pieces and Patterns: Quilts of West Alabama. Museum collection of quilts from Gees Bend and other locations.
February 13 through May 10, 2020
Connecticut, Hartford
Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut Quilts, curated by Lynn Z. Bassett.
Through May 16, 2020. Tours of the exhibit every Saturday.
https://chs.org/
Louisiana, New Orleans
Nebraska, Lincoln
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Georgia, Carrollton
Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. Antique Quilts from the Collection of Marti Michell
Through January 25, 2020
https://www.southeasternquiltandtextilemuseum.org/New Orleans Museum of Art: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Five new purchases. Through March 8th, 2020.
https://noma.org/exhibitions/the-quilts-of-gees-bend/#aboutInternational Quilt Study Center & Museum
Old World Quilts. The earliest quilts in the collection, curated by Carolyn Ducey. Through July 12, 2020.
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New Views: Shape Shifters. Recent acquisitions. Through March 29, 2020.
Quilts from the Claire Vlasin Collection. Through February 23, 2020.
New Views: Shape Shifters. Recent acquisitions. Through March 29, 2020.
Quilts from the Claire Vlasin Collection. Through February 23, 2020.
North Carolina, Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
Through March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
Through March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:
https://www.ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com/
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Ohio, Kent
Kent State Museum. Ohio quilts from the collection. Through April 12, 2020.
https://www.kent.edu/museum/news/explore-ohios-rich-history-ksu-museums-ohio-quilts-exhibit
Pennsylvania, Lancaster
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society: Quilt Turning, showing off some from their collection. Barb Garrett in charge. Doing it twice morning and afternoon on March 24, 2020. Going to sell out fast:
Ohio, Kent
Kent State Museum. Ohio quilts from the collection. Through April 12, 2020.
https://www.kent.edu/museum/news/explore-ohios-rich-history-ksu-museums-ohio-quilts-exhibit
Pennsylvania, Lancaster
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society: Quilt Turning, showing off some from their collection. Barb Garrett in charge. Doing it twice morning and afternoon on March 24, 2020. Going to sell out fast:
Register morning session: https://www.lmhs.org/mec-calendar/antique-quilt-turning/
Afternoon: https://www.lmhs.org/mec-calendar/antique-quilt-turning-2/
Afternoon: https://www.lmhs.org/mec-calendar/antique-quilt-turning-2/
South Carolina, Columbia
McKissick Museum, Piece by Piece: Quilts from the Permanent Collection. Three rotations illustrating the evolution of this textile tradition.
Through July 18, 2020.
Washington, LaConner
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum. Recent Acquisitions.
Through February 23, 2020.
https://www.qfamuseum.org/Through February 23, 2020.
Wisconsin, Cedarburg
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiberarts. Infinite Ivory and Blue. Two-color textiles from the 1800s to the present.
February 6 – April 26, 2020
https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/