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.

For the Love of Gaia: Art and Environmentalism Complete Unit - A complete curriculum unit for educators

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:

• What is a Quilt?/Quilt Basics
• Kinds and Uses of Quilts
• Quilts in America
• Quilts in Central Asia
• Technology and Quilts
• Quilting and Social Issues

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)
Glasnost and Folk Culture (click here to begin)
Nancy Crow | Drawings: Monoprints and Riffs (click here to begin)

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)

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

New Acquisitions 2019-2020

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