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, is the home of the largest known public collection of
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s in the world.. Formerly known as the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, the current facility opened in 2008.


History

The International Quilt 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 on 33rd Street 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. In 2015, the museum opened a privately funded expansion that doubled its collections storage and gallery space. In July 2019, the museum changed its name to the International Quilt Museum, or IQM. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences offers a master's and doctorate degree in material culture and textiles studies and a graduate certificate in quilt studies.


Collection

The quilts range from early examples of American and European quilts to contemporary studio quilts and international quilts. The collection now numbers more than 9000 quilts from over sixty countries, dating from the 17th 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
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traditions. The museum's current focus is expanding the scope of their international and contemporary collections. A majority of acquisitions today are purchased to fulfill the goals of the museum. The museum 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''.


Gallery

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n Pojagi patchwork and textiles from the collection of Soon-Hee Kim of Korea. Image:International Quilt Study Center & Museum Quilts in Common Exhibition.jpg, Exhibition "Quilts in Common"


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International Quilt Museum

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