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U.S. museums, libraries and archives, and state and regional historical societies listed here have collections of quilts and/or of books, papers or ephemera relating to quilts and quilt history. Institutions that have contributed to the Quilt Index are noted. If you know of a museum, library, archive or historical society with a permanent quilt or quilt-related collection that is not listed, please add it.

Suggestions for Using this Wiki

Clicking on the name of a museum takes you to the page about that museum's quilt collections.

If the name of the museum appears in purple, this means that someone has created a page for that institution. Follow the link, and feel free to edit and add to the page. If the name of the museum appears in red, a page for the museum has not yet been created. Please help the Quilt Index by clicking the red link and adding information (the new page will be created automatically when you click the 'save' button.)

PLEASE do not alter the names of any titles appearing in purple without consulting the Quilt Index staff--doing this breaks links and makes it impossible to navigate to the page!!!

To add information about a collection, please click on the NAME of the museum/archive/library you wish to edit, NOT the edit link on the righthand side of the page. The following kinds of information are especially useful for the Wiki's museum quilt collections pages:

Information about named quilt and textile collections owned by an institution
Highlights from an institution's quilt collection
The particular stregnths of an institution's quilt collection (geographic, stylistic, etc)
Areas in which the institution is actively seeking to expand its quilt collection (specific artists, traditions, regions)
Names, dates, and short descriptions of quilt exhibitions and symposia hosted by an institution
Descriptions of papers and/or ephemera relating to quilts owned by an institution
Information about quilt guilds, clubs or groups sponsored by an institution
Related publications
Links to any quilt-related projects the institution has done online
Information about uses of the quilt collection for educational outreach

ONLY click the edit link on the righthand side of the page if you adding a website url or a location for your institution. Please remember to type an asterisk before the url/location.

A

Ackland Museum

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.ackland.org/index.php

Allentown Art Museum

http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/index.html

American Folk Art Museum

http://www.folkartmuseum.org/default.asp

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/qlthome.html

American Quilt Study Group Library and Archives

American Textile History Museum

http://www.athm.org/
Located in Lowell, MA

Appalachian Collection, Morehead State University

Located in Morehead, KY
Center for Virtual Appalachia: http://cva.moreheadstate.edu/quilt.php

Arizona Historical Society

http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/

Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu

Atlanta History Center

http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/

Aurora County Museum

Located in Aurora, Oregon
http://www.historyofquilts.com/aurora_colony.html

B

Baltimore Museum of Art

http://www.artbma.org

The Bayou Bend Collection

Benton County Museum

Serving Benton County, Oregon
http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org:80/quiltcounty.cfm

Bernice P. Bishop Museum

Located in Honolulu, HI
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/

Birmingham Museum of Fine Art

http://www.artsbma.org

Bowers Museum

Located in Santa Ana, California
http://www.bowers.org/index.jsp

Brooklyn Museum of Art

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org

Burlington County Historical Society

Burlington County, New Jersey
http://www.burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/

C

Center for Southern Folklore

Located in Memphis, TN
http://www.southernfolklore.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=350

The Children's Museum

Located in Indianapolis, IN
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/

Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/

Columbus Museum of Art

http://www.columbusmuseum.org/
2008 Exhibition, "Material Matters: Quiltmaking in the 21st Century"
See Oral Histories

Connecticut Historical Society

http://www.chs.org/

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

http://cooperhewitt.org

Cornell University Textile Collection

http://char.txa.cornell.edu/treasures/treasures.html#pal

D

Dallas Museum of Art

http://dallasmuseumofart.org/Dallas_Museum_of_Art/View/Collections/Decorative_Arts/index.htm

Daughters of the American Revolution Museum

http://www.dar.org/museum/
Quilt Index contributing institution

De Young Museum

Located in San Francisco
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/

Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village

Dover, DE
http://www.agriculturalmuseum.org/

Denver Art Museum

http://www.denverartmuseum.org

E

Early American Museum

http://www.earlyamericanmuseum.org/
Located in Mahomet, Illinois

Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum

Located in Abilene, Kansas
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Museum/Museum.html

F

Fenimore Art Museum

Located in Cooperstown, NY
http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/

Fort Wayne Museum of Arts

http://www.fwmoa.org

G

Goschenhoppen Folklife Museum and Library

Goschenhoppen County, PA
http://www.goschenhoppen.org/museum.htm

The Grace Museum

http://www.thegracemuseum.org
Located in Abilene, Texas

Gregg Museum of Art and Design

A museum of NC State University in Raleigh, NC
http://gad.ncsu.edu

H

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The art museum of Cornell University
Located in Ithaca, NY
http://www.museum.cornell.edu/

Heritage Center Museum

Lancaster, PA
http://www.heritagecentermuseum.com/

Historic Deerfield

http://www.historic-deerfield.org

Historical Society of Kent County

http://www.kentcountyhistory.org/
Home of a county-wide quilt documentation project, the Kent County Quilt Documentation Project
Located in Chestertown, Maryland

Honolulu Academy of Arts

http://www.honoluluacademy.org/cmshaa/academy/index.aspx

I

Idaho State Historical Library

Boise, ID
http://www.idahohistory.net/library_archives.html

Illinois State Museum

http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Hexagonal pieced quilts in the Illinois State Museum's collection http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/ks_piece_hex.html
Quilt Index contributing institution

Indiana State Museum

http://www.in.gov/ism
Located in Indianapolis, Indiana
Large collection of Indiana Amish quilts
Collection of Indiana related quilts

Indianapolis Museum of Art

http://www.imamuseum.org
Large collection of Marie Webster Quilts
Several historic quilts
Quilts by Nancy Crow

International Quilt Study Center and Museum

http://www.quiltstudy.org/index.html
Quilt Index contributing institution
An affiliate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

J

Jackson County Historical Society

Located in Independence, MO
www.jchs.org

Juliet Gordon Low National Girl Scout Center

Located in Savannah, GA
http://www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/

K

Kalona Quilt and Textile Center

http://www.kalonaiowa.org/village/index.html
Located in Kalona, Iowa

Kansas Historical Society

To view quilts in the Kansas Memory website, simply enter 'quilt' in the search box.

Kansas Museum of History

Kenosha Public Museum

Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin
http://www.kenosha.org/museum/index.html

Kent State University Museum

http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/quilts/main.htm
Collection includes the Keckley Quilt, http://dept.kent.edu/museum/collection/keckley.htm

Kentucky Museum

Western Kentucky University
http://www.wku.edu/Library/kylm/collections/inhouse/km/quilts.html

L

LaConner Quilt Museum

http://www.laconnerquilts.com/
Located in Washington State
Hosts annual Quilt Festival

Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum

http://www.quiltandtextilemuseum.com/

Latimer Quilt and Textile Center

http://www.latimerquiltandtextile.com/
Located in Tillamook, OR

Latter Days Saints Museum of Church History and Art

http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/content/0,15757,3998-1-2126,00.html

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

http://www.lacma.org/

Louisiana State Museum

Located in New Orleans
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/

M

Maine Memory Network

Maine's Online Museum
http://www.mainememory.net/

Maine State Museum

Located in Augusta, ME
http://www.maine.gov/museum/collections/index.html

Maryland Historical Society

http://www.mdhs.org/museum/index.html

McKissick Museum

Folk Art archive
Columbia, SC
http://www.cas.sc.edu/Mcks/

Memorial Hall Museum

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/index.html
Houses the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association's collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org

Michigan Quilt Collections

The institutions listed in the Michigan Quilt Collections section are museums, historical societies, and libraries in Michigan with quilts or quilt-related ephemera in their collections. This listing represents a statewide project to inventory all of the quilts in public collections in Michigan in an effort to better understand the regional characteristics of the quilts produced in that state. Eventually, researchers hope to answer the question: Is there such a thing as a distinctively Michigan quilt?

Michigan State University Museum

http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/mtap/Collections/quilts.html
Quilt Index project partner and contributing institution
Houses the Michigan Quilt Project Collection (records of ongoing statewide documentation project) and over 600 quilts, including the Michigan African American Quiltmaking Collection, Cuesta Benberry Collection of African and African American Quilts and Ephemera, Kitty Clark Cole Quilt Collection, Deborah Harding Redwork Ephemera and Quilt Collection, and an extensive collection of Native American quilts and records from the To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Project
Hosts virtual exhibition Mary Schafer and Her Legacy http://www.museum.msu.edu/glqc/exhibits_Schafer.html

Minnesota Historical Society

http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm

The Mint Museums

http://www.mintmuseums.org/
Located in North Carolina

Mission Houses Museum

Honolulu, HI
http://www.missionhouses.org/

Mississippi Cultural Crossroads

http://www.msculturalcrossroads.org/
Located in Port Gibson, MS

Monroe County History Center

Located in Bloomington, Indiana
http://www.monroehistory.org/

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

http://www.fineartsmuseum.com/home.cfm

Mount Vernon Ladies Association

George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
http://www.mountvernon.org/

Mountain Heritage Center

http://www.wcu.edu/2389.asp
Quilt Index contributing institution
Western Carolina University

Muddy Creek Farm Library and Museum

Located in Denver, Lancaster County, PA
http://www.muddycreekfarmlib.mennonite.net/

Museum of the American Quilter's Society

Located in Paducah, KY
http://www.quiltmuseum.org/
Quilt Index contributing institution

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Located in Winston-Salem, NC
http://www.oldsalem.org/index.php?id=55

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org

Museum of Florida History

http://www.flheritage.com/museum
Located in Tallahassee, Florida

Museum of International Folk Art

http://www.internationalfolkart.org/
Large textile and costume collection
Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Museum of Our National Heritage

http://www.monh.org/
Located in Lexington, MA

N

National Museum of American History

Kenneth E. Behring Center
A Smithsonian Institution Museum
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu

National Museum of the American Indian

A Smithsonian Institution Museum
http://www.nmai.si.edu

National Museum of Mexican Art

http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/
Located in Chicago, IL

Nebraska State Historical Society

http://www.nebraskahistory.org

The Newark Museum

http://www.newarkmuseum.org

New England Quilt Museum

http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/

North Carolina Museum of History

http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/
Located in Raleigh, NC

O

Oakland Museum of California

http://www.museumca.org/

Ohio Historical Society

http://www.ohiohistory.org/

Oklahoma History Center

Oklahoma City, OK
http://www.okhistorycenter.org/

Old State House Museum

http://www.oldstatehouse.com/collections/quilts.asp
Located in Arkansas

Old Sturbridge Village

http://www.osv.org/collections/index.html
Located in Sturbridge, MA

P

Packwood House Museum

Lewisburg, PA
http://www.packwoodhousemuseum.com/

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Located in Canyon, Texas
http://www.panhandleplains.org/

The People's Place Quilt Museum

http://www.ppquiltmuseum.com/
Located in Intercourse, PA

Philadelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/

Q

Quilter's Hall of Fame

http://www.quiltershalloffame.net/
Located in Marion, IN
Marie Webster Quilt Guild

R

Riverside Metropolitan Museum

Riverside, CA
http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/

Rochester Museum and Science Center

http://www.rmsc.org/

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

http://www.rmqm.org/index.htm
Quilt Index contributing institution
Permanent and education collections
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group meets on the third Friday of each month, 10:30am-12:30pm at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

Rogers Historical Museum