News

Recent News

Recent News
Recent News
New Name Reflects Growing Global Reach
July 1, 2019

For more than a decade, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum has delighted visitors from around the world with its global collection and exhibitions. Now, it has a new name: the International Quilt Museum.

“With our collection and exhibitions reaching a larger and broader...

Event Celebrates Mexican, Central American Cultures
May 28, 2019

The International Quilt Museum will celebrate the art and culture of Mexican and Central American cultures with activities and a musical performance during its June 7 First Friday from 4-7 p.m. 

Crafts will be offered from 4:30-6 p.m. with a performance by Orgullo Latino Dancers at...

Program Features Liberian, African American Quilts
April 1, 2019

The International Quilt Museum will explore the connections between Liberian and African American quilts with a series of fast-paced talks on Friday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the museum’s Reception Hall.

“Stitching the Transatlantic: Liberian and African American Quilts” will feature a...

Curator, Founder of Migrant Quilt Project to Present
March 18, 2019

The curator and founder behind the Migrant Quilt Project will give a presentation March 26 at noon at the International Quilt Museum. 

The Migrant Quilt Project is a grassroots collaboration of artists, quiltmakers and activists raising awareness of the migrants who die each year on...

'From Kente to Kuba' Opens Friday
December 3, 2018

The International Quilt Museum will mark the opening of a new exhibition during First Friday from 4-7 p.m. on Dec. 7. 

“From Kente to Kuba: Stitched Textiles from West and Central Africa” will showcase recently acquired textiles and quilts from Ghana, Nigeria and the Democratic...

Annual Report

Annual Report
Annual Report
PDF icon 2017-2018_annual_report.pdf
PDF icon 2016 - 2017 Annual Report
PDF icon 2015 - 2016 Annual Report
PDF icon 2014 - 2015 Annual Report
PDF icon 2013 - 2014 Annual Report
PDF icon 2012 - 2013 Annual Report
PDF icon 2011 - 2012 Annual Report
PDF icon 2010 - 2011 Annual Report
PDF icon 2009 - 2010 Annual Report
PDF icon 2008 - 2009 Annual Report
PDF icon 2006 - 2008 Annual Report
PDF icon 2005 - 2006 Annual Report
PDF icon 2004 - 2005 Annual Report
PDF icon 2003 - 2004 Annual Report

Video Archive

Video Archive
Video Archive

Uncovering the World
Our History
What are Quilts?
Why Study Quilts?
Building the Collection
Expanding Our Focus
Highlights of the Collection
Caring for the Collection
Creating Exhibitions
Experiencing Quilt House
"The Importance of Being Ernest" by Jonathan Gregory (2014)
"Intertwined Threads and Costume" by Lynne Bassett (2013)
"A Whole New Light: The Significance of 20th Century Kits" by Xenia Cord (2013)
"Domesticating Quilts: Furnishings, Formalism and Folk Art” by Linda Eaton (2013)
"A Look at Old Photographs" by Joan Severa (2013)
"Jean Ray Laury: Threads of Feminism" by Nancy Bavor (2012)
"Mischief Stitched in White Thread" by Kathryn Berenson (2011)
"Early American White Bedcovers" by Laurel Horton (2011)
"The Engineer Who Could" by Jonathan Gregory (2011)
"From Global Trade to Domestic Arts" by Beverly Lemire (2011)
"Elegant Geometry: American & British Mosaic Patchwork" by Bridget Long (2011)
"Reflecting in Quilt Making Over Two Decades" by Lynn Setterington (2010)
"Ralli Quilts" by Patricia Stoddard (2010)
"Childhood Treasures: Quilts Made By and For Children" by Merikay Waldvogel (2010)
"Meet the Makers" by Patricia Crews (2009)
"Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West" by Rosemary Crill (2009)
"An Aesthetic Life: The Story of Quiltmaker Rose Kretsinger" by Jonathan Gregory (2009)
"Like Gulliver's Clothes: Early British Patchwork" by Bridget Long (2009)
"Quilts: Reflections of Trade, Technology and Tradition" by Patricia Crews (2008)
"Contemporary Quiltmaking" by Nancy Crow (2008)
"Modern, Yet Anti-Modern" by Marin Hanson (2008)
"Quilts in Common" by Jonathan Holstein (2008)
"Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye" by David Hornung (2008)
"Teaching from the IQSC" by Michael James (2008)
"Disseminating Traditional Design in a Modern World" by Janneken Smucker (2008)
"Incubating the Innovative Quilt" by Michael James (2007)
"The Ingenious and the Spiritual: How and Why We Make Things" by Stuart Kestenbaum (2007)
"Piecing and Quilting" by Susan Marks (2007)
"Reflections of a Traveling Quiltmaker/Teacher" by Paulette Peters (2007)
"Recycling & Resourcefulness" by Merikay Waldvogel (2007)
"Nebraska Quiltmakers" by Patricia Crews (2006)
"Childhood Treasures" by Mary Ghormley (2006)
"Colonial Revival Influence on Quilt Design" by Virginia Gunn (2006)
"The Underground Railroad Quilt Controversy: Looking for the 'Truth'" by Laurel Horton (2006)
"Snail Trails, Broken Dishes and a Streak of Lightning" by Mary Anne Jordan (2006)
"Our Mothers' Knees" by Jean Ray Laury (2006)
"From Fibers to Fieldwork" by Nao Nomura (2006)
"Perfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts" by Melissa Slaton (2006)