Experience quilting from the earth to the last stitch

As you may know, quilting has a long history dating back centuries around the globe. However, it wasn’t until relatively recent years that quilting began to be seen as an actual art form. Today, these textile pieces of artwork can be found on display in museums all over the world!

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The first time I heard there was such a thing as a museum for quilts was when Master Quilter Mark Sherman came to visit the Charlotte Quilter’s Guild. It was also my first visit to a Quilters Guild and my first time seeing art quilts of that nature in person.

During his lecture, Mark talked about having some of his quilts being added to the National Quilt Museum collection in Paducah, Kentucky. I remember thinking at the time how great it was to have an entire museum dedicated to quilts! Then I went to Virginia.

My first trip to the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival in Virginia Beach there was a booth set up in the main lobby for the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisburg. Well that got my brain going. How many quilt museums are there? 

So far, I’ve found more actual quilt museums here in the United States (stretching from coast to coast) then worldwide. How lucky are we? But I’ve also found some pretty amazing international textile museums as well!

I will continually be updating this list as I get new information. So, be sure to bookmark this page or Pin it to Pinterest so you can check back when you’re ready to plan your next trip!

If I’ve missed a Quilt Museum that you feel should be included in the list, please let me know HERE or in the comments below.

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Quilt & Textile Museums around the United states

Name	Location
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles	San Jose, California
Visions Quilt Museum	San Diego, California
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum	Goldon, Colorado
Southeastern Quilt Museum	Carrollton, Georgia
Quilters Hall of Fame (inside the Marion Webster House)	Marion, Indiana
Iowa Quilt Museum (Fons & Porter hometown)	Winterset, Iowa
National Quilt Museum	Paducah, Kentucky
New England Quilt Museum	Lowell, Massachusetts
Michigan State University Great Lakes Quilt Center	East Lansing, Michigan
International Quilt Museum	Lincoln, Nebraska
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center	Cullowhee, North Carolina
Englewood Textile Museum	Englewood, Tennessee
Texas Quilt Museum	La Grange, Texas
Brigham City Museum of Art & History	Brigham City, Utah
Shelburne Museum	Shelburne, Vermont
Virginia Quilt Museum	Harrisburg, Virginia
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum	La Conner, Washington
White Bluffs Quilt Museum	Richland, Washington
Smithsonian Museum National Quilt Collection	Washington, DC
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts	Cedarburg, Wisconsin

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qUILT & Textile mUSEUMS around THE wORLD

Now, after I put together the list of all the quilt museums I found here in the US. It got me thinking, are there quilt museums in other countries? And the answer was a very exciting ‘yes’! In fact, there are Quilt Museums and art museums that include quilt exhibits all over the world!

Sadly, I wasn’t able to find as many quilting museums as I’d hoped. However, when I expanded my search to include ‘textiles’ I was rewarded with a grand list everywhere from Europe to eastern Asia!

The fun thing about visiting Textile museums is you get to see how the fabrics get made, including old mills and looms that are no longer in use today. Also, you’ll find a few Museums on this list in India and Indonesia that have some fantastic exhibits on how batiks are made!

So, if you’re planning an international trip, be sure to check if there’s a quilt museum and/or textile museum nearby!

Name	Location
Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan	Thimphu, Bhutan
Museum of Textiles of France	Lyon, France
Bocholt Textile Works	Bocholt, Germany
Delmenhorst Museum for Industrial Culture	Delmenhorst, Germany
Cromford Textile Mill	Ratingen, Germany
Cloth Factory Muller	Euskirchen, Germany
The Home Industry Industry Museum	Blonduos, Iceland
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles	Delhi, India
National Handicrafts & Handlooms Museum	New Delhi, India
Textile Museum of Jakarta	Jakarta, Indonesia
Kurdish Textile Museum	Erbil, Iraq Kurdistan
National Museum of Ireland Textile Collection	Dublin, Ireland
National Museum NI Quilt & Textile Collection	Ulster, Northern Ireland
Museum of Textiles of Italy	Prato, Italy
Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum	Seoul, Korea
National Textile Museum	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz	Lodz, Poland
Quilters Guild Museum	York, United Kingdom
Welsh Quilt Center	Wales, United Kingdom
American Museum & Garden Quilt Collection	Bath, United Kingdom
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum	Lancashire, United Kingdom
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum	Lancashire, United Kingdom
Quarry Bank Mill Historical Textile Mill	Cheshire, United Kingdom
Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Collection	London, United Kingdom

Have you been to any of these Quilt Museums yet? Because it’s on my big Quilters Bucket List to visit them all!!

If you know of a Quilt Museum that is opening soon or one that I’ve missed, please let me know in the comments! I’d love to add it to my Bucket List as well!

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