International Quilt Study Center & Museum

International Quilt Study Center & Museum
International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE. In the foreground is the sculpture "Reverie" by Linda Fleming.
Established	1997
Location	1523 N. 33rd Street Lincoln, Nebraska U.S.
Coordinates	40°49′43″N 96°40′25″W / 40.82861°N 96.67361°W / 40.82861; -96.67361
Type	Textile museum
Website	quiltstudy.org

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the largest known public collection of quilts in the world.^[1]

History

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum was founded in 1997 when native Nebraskans Ardis and Robert James donated their collection of nearly 950 quilts to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Their contribution became the centerpiece of what is now the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world.

Through private funds from the University of Nebraska Foundation and a lead gift from the James family, the center opened in its new location in 2008. The glass and brick “green” building, designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, houses the quilts, a state-of-the-art research and storage space, educational displays, and custom-crafted galleries where selections from the collections and special exhibitions are shown to the public on a rotating basis.

The quilts range from early examples of American and European quilts to contemporary studio quilts and international quilts. The collection now numbers more than 4000 quilts from twenty four countries, dating from the early 18th century to the present. Faculty and curatorial staff, visiting scholars and graduate student researchers pursue the study of the world's quilt heritage at the center, and an ongoing acquisitions program seeks to document the full scope of global quilting traditions. The Center publishes catalogues to accompany some of its exhibitions, and these have included Wild by Design, Quilts in Common, American Quilts in the Modern Age 1870 - 1940, Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt, and Marseille: The Cradle of White Corded Quilting.

The museum is located at 1523 N. 33rd Street in Lincoln, NE.

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is an academic program of the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences at UNL. The department offers a master's degree in Textile History with a quilt studies emphasis.

Gallery

Exhibition of Korean Pojagi patchwork and textiles from the collection of Soon-Hee Kim of Korea.
Exhibition "Quilts in Common"

References

↑ "Outdoor sculpture 'Reverie' to be dedicated at quilt museum", University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 6 May 2008 .

External links

Textile museums

North America	American Textile History Museum Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum Augusta Canal Discovery Center at Enterprise Mill Belknap Mill Museum Boott Mills Brigham City Museum-Gallery Cooper-Hewitt Costume Museum of Canada Cotton Museum Embroidery Museum and Resource Center The Fabric Workshop and Museum Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery International Quilt Study Center Kansas City Garment District Museum Lowell National Historical Park Marie Webster House Metropolitan Museum of Art Mission Mill Museum The Museum at FIT Museum L-A Museum of Work and Culture National Quilt Museum Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Slater Mill Historic Site Stillwater Mill Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) Textile Museum of Canada Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site Western Reserve Historical Society Wile Carding Mill Willamette Heritage Center Windham Textile and History Museum

Central America	Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing

Europe	Bielsko-Biała Museum Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery Bocholt textile museum Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź Centre National du Costume de Scene Costume Museum (Kastoria) Devonshire Collection of Period Costume Ethnographic Museum (Belgrade) Fashion and Textile Museum Fashion Museum, Bath Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Killerton Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Museum of Jewellery in the Silver Way Museum of the History of the Greek Costume Museum of the Romanian Peasant Museo del Traje National Museum of Costume National Museum of Costume and Fashion Nordwolle Factory Museum Nottingham Industrial Museum Prato textile museum Quarry Bank Mill Queen Street Textile Museum Textilfabrik Cromford Victoria and Albert Museum Wigan Pier

Asia	Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Bhutan Textile Museum Bsous Silk Museum Calico Museum of Textiles Carpet Museum of Iran Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum Kurdish Textile Museum Lok Virsa Museum National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum Sanskriti Textile Museum Textile Museum (Jakarta) Yokohama Silk Museum

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Layered textiles and quilts

Quilting	Baltimore album Corded quilting Crazy quilting Hawaiian quilt Nakshi kantha Patchwork quilt Provençal quilts Quilt art Quilting Quilts Ralli quilt Sashiko quilting Trapunto

Patchwork	Foundation piecing Patchwork Possum-skin cloak

Applique	Appliqué Broderie perse Khayamiya Mola Penny rug Ribbon work

History & works	Chinese Souls #2 History of quilting International Honor Quilt NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Quilt of Belonging Quilts of the Underground Railroad The Quilts of Gee's Bend Tristan Quilt

People	Sandy Bonsib Jo Budd Jennifer Chiaverini Mimi Dietrich Radka Donnell Michael James Harriet Powers Holice Turnbow Molly Upton Marie Webster

Organizations, museums & events	Great Lakes Quilt Center International Quilt Study Center Museum of the American Quilter's Society Quilt Index Quilters Hall of Fame Quilt National Quilt Treasures San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Academics	College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College of Architecture College of Arts and Sciences College of Business Administration College of Education and Human Sciences College of Engineering and Technology Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Graduate Studies College of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Law

Athletics	Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Volleyball Soccer Men's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Rifle Crew Club Curling Memorial Stadium Bob Devaney Sports Center Haymarket Park Nebraska Coliseum Pinnacle Bank Arena Herbie Husker Lil' Red

Campus	City Campus East Campus Innovation Campus Behlen Observatory Great Plains Art Museum Howell Theatre International Quilt Study Center Lied Center for Performing Arts Don L. Love Memorial Library Maxwell Arboretum Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Jeffrey S. Raikes School Ross Media Arts Center University of Nebraska Press Prairie Schooner Sheldon Museum of Art University of Nebraska State Museum

Student life	Cornhusker Marching Band Daily Nebraskan Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska) Hail Varsity Innocents Society KRNU Alumni

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