Virtual Experiences

Whether you are visiting us in person or online from somewhere around the world, the International Quilt Museum hopes you will have a wonderful experience appreciating the cultural and artistic significance of quilts. The museum has created a number of virtual experiences that can enhance your experience at the museum or at home.

Click on the tabs below to learn more about our ever-growing list of virtual experiences.

Lectures & Programs

Textile Talks - Weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates and Surface Design Association. The programs are held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) on Wednesdays. Click here to learn more.

Virtual National Quilting Day 2020 - View the recordings of short lectures, tours, and activities made while we were together at home on March 21, 2020. Click here to watch.

First Fridays - View our archive of free lectures and programs featuring a wide variety of speakers. Includes live streams of in-person events as well as original content for the web. Click here to watch.

Lectures & Podcasts - View our archive of past programs and presentations on YouTube. Click here to watch.

Short Videos

Click on the titles below to view these short video series from the International Quilt Museum.

New Acquisitions 2019-2020

Ask a Curator

What in the World Do These Quilts Have in Common?

3 Things About a World Quilt

Tours

Virtual guided tours are available for visitors to use on their smartphone devices, or they can be watched from the comfort of your home. Here is a list of the exhibitions featuring virtual guided tours.

Now Showing
Eliza Hardy Jones: Song Quilts (click here to begin)
For the Love of Gaia (click here to begin)
Glasnost and Folk Culture (click here to begin)
Nancy Crow | Drawings: Monoprints and Riffs (click here to begin)

Pop-Up Exhibits

Click on the titles below to view these virtual pop-up exhibits:

Garden and Architecture (August 2020)
"Partisan Pieces: Quilts of Political and Patriotic Persuasion" (July 2020)
"Judith Trager: Refugee Series" (June 2020)
"Crazy Quilts and Mad Women" (May 2020)
"Variations on a Theme: Amish Quilts from the 1970s and '80s" (April 2020)

Educational Resources

At-Home Learning - The International Quilt Museum has created a series of short lessons for K-5 students as well as downloadable activity and coloring sheets. Click here to view.

ReadWorks - The International Quilt Museum partnerned with ReadWorks to create a series of reading lessons for Grades 2-6. The modules include: