America's Quilting History

Directory of Museum Quilts Online

The Quilt Index
pictures and records for over 1,000 historical and
contemporary American quilts at your fingertips

International Quilt Study Center - Exhibitions
Photos of quilts & information on several exhibits

Great Lakes Quilt Center - Michigan State University Museum
On-line exhibits - watch for new exhibits
     To Honor & Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
     Michigan's African American Quilters
     Great Lakes Native Quilting
     Quilts From Mary Schafer
     Quilts and Human Rights
Michigan State University Museum Quilts in the Quilt Index
     Redwork: A Textile Tradition in America
     Mary Schafer: Quilter, Quilt Collector, and Quilt Historian

Amish Quilts From Lancaster County
From the Esprit Collection

Antebellum Quilts from the Upper Shenandoah Valley
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum Exhibition

Blending Art and Tradition
Quilts From the Rochester Museum & Science Center

Ceredigion Museum - Gathering the Jewels
Welsh quilting, patchwork and textiles

Contemporary Coverage: Not Your Grandmother's Quilt Anymore!
Western Kentucky University Museum

The Florida Quilt Collection
Museum of Florida History

Keeping us in Stitches
Decorative Arts Collection at the Illinois State Museum

Kentucky Historical Society
Quilts in Their Digital Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Use the search function to find quilts.

Maryland Historical Society
An Online Quilt Tour

Patchwork & Progress
Museum of Nebraska History

A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans
An Interactive Collection

Quilts, Counterpanes & Throws
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution


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