This is a listing of museums which are primarily quilt museums or have great quilt collections on display. To suggest another museum, send a note to piecebeforewar@gmail.com
- American Folk Art Museum in NYC
- American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
- Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
- Colonial Williamsburg (VA)
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
- Costume Super Center
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum, Washington, DC
- Deerfield Museum, Deerfield, MA
- Great Lakes Quilt Center
- Handweaving Museum & Arts Center, Clayton, NY
- Historic Deerfield Museum, Deerfield, MA
- International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln NE
- Lancaster Cultural History Museum in Lancaster, PA
- Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum in Lancaster PA
- Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum, Kalona IA
- Kansas Historical Society
- La Conner Quilt Museum, LaConner Washington
- LACMA Costumes and Textiles, Los Angeles, CA
- Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum, Lancaster, PA
- Latimer Quilt & Textile Center, Tillamook, OR
- Levy County Quilt Museum, Chiefland, FL
- Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS) Paducah, KY
- Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York),
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
- Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
- Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington MA
- New England Quilt Museum
- Newark Museum, Newark NJ
- Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts
- Packwood House Museum in Lewisburg, PA
- People’s Place Quilt Museum in Lancaster PA
- Pikes Peak Weavers Guild
- Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum
- Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
- Quilter’s Hall of Fame, Marion, IN
- San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
- Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
- Smithsonian in Washington DC
- Textile Museum, Washington, DC
- Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg VA
- Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford CT
- Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE
- Yakima Valley Museum
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Alley Flos Antiques
The American Quilt
American Legacy Quilt Block Series
American Quilt Study Group
http://www.womenfolk.com/historyofquilts/
British Quilt History Study Group
Cindy’s Antique Quilts
Offers a wide selection of quality antique and collectible quilts, tops, blocks and Indian trade and camp blankets, owner Cindy Rennels
Civil War quilt story
Darwin Beardley Antique Quilts
Effects of Light and Heat Aging on Selected Quilting Products Containing Adhesives (PDF)
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French Treasures – Vintage Fabrics and Antique Textiles
Hickory Hill Quilts
Quilts, fabric, cotton batting, fabric, how-to articles.
History of Quilts Timeline
The Holy Bible: A Source of inspiration for quilters.
Illinois Quilt History
International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln NE
Kalmia Research
Kirk Collection
quilts, tops, blocks, vintage and reproduction fabrics, books, newsletter
Laura Fisher Quilts –
Antique quilts by era, Quilt Calendar
Log Cabin Antiques
sells antique quilts and tops.
Lost Quilt Come Home Page
Is not-for-profit web page dedicated to providing place to display and view lost or stolen quilts and to supplying information on how to protect the quilts.
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project
Masters in History Top Online Masters in History and Humanities Degrees
Nebraska State Historical Society
New England Quilt Museum (will loan books on quilt study)
New Pathways into Quilt History
Nimble Needle Treasures Magazine
Old Sturbridge Village Study Collections
QUILT Magazine, Harris Publications Inc, NY
Quilt Guilds Find a quilter in your area!
Quilt Patterns from History.com
Quilter’s Muse Publications
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, Library of Congress, American Memory Project
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Quilt Story
Online UK quilting magazine with articles, What’s on, and much, much more
QuiltTalk – IRC channel for quilters
Quilts, Counterpanes and Throws
Quilts, Etc – a blog exploring quilts for education and enjoyment
Sharon’s Antiques Vintage Fabrics -Vintage & antique fabric, linens, quilts, tops and more
Smithsonian Magazine
Textile Collection (the Netherlands)
Thistle Hill Weavers reproduction weaving
Timeline of Quilting History in America
Tracing the roots of quilting to the European and African influences
Wisconsin Historical Museum Online Collections
Women of Color Quilters Network
Womenfolk Creativity and Living in Balance