Quilt Museums

This is a listing of museums which are primarily quilt museums or businesses that have great quilt collections on display. If you know of any that are missing, or museums that need to be updated, please contact me.

• The American Quilt
• American Quilt Study Group
• American Folk Art Museum in NYC
• Bluebird Gardens Quilts
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
• Gees Bend Quiltmakers
• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum, Washington, DC 
• Handweaving Museum in Clayton NY
• International Quilt Museum, Lincoln NE
• Historic Deerfield Museum, Deerfield, MA
• Kansas Historical Society
• La Conner Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, LaConner Washington
• LACMA Costumes and Textiles, Los Angeles, CA
• Latimer Quilt & Textile Center, Tillamook, OR
• Levy County Quilt Museum, Chiefland, FL
• McKIM STUDIOS
• Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS) Paducah, KY
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York),
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
• Newark Museum, Newark NJ
• New York Folklore Society
• Pikes Peak Weavers Guild Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum
• Quilt Guilds Find a quilter in your area!
• The Quilt Index
• Quilter’s Hall of Fame, Marion, IN
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America 1978 to 1996, the Library of Congress
• Reproduction Fabrics
• Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
• Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT 
• Smithsonian in Washington DC
• Smithsonian Quilt Displays
• Thistle Hill Weavers reproduction weaving
• Vintage Quilt Kits
• Women of Color Quilters Network
• Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg VA
• Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE
• Yakima Valley Museum

You might also enjoy: Quilt Appraisers, Quilt Books by State, and Quilt Study Groups.

From the Quilt History List

Members of the Quilt History List were talking about quilt museums long before this page was written. Here is what they had to say, in their own words:

• January 11, 1997 – January 22, 1997: Museum exhibits and travel reports
• June 18 – 24, 1999: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and Quilt Resources
• May 12 – 21, 2000: Small Museums and Quilt Stewardship
• May 21 – 26, 2000: Small Museum Collection Practices
• September 12 – 18, 2003: New Jersey State Museum Exhibit Visit
• September 23 – 26, 2004: American Folk Art Museum Honors Cuesta Benberry
• October 29 – November 2, 2004: Museums with Notable Quilt Collections
• February 12 – 17, 2009: Museum Budget Cuts and the Case for Culture