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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.

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 more than 3000 quilts, as well as state-of-the-art research and storage space, and custom-crafted galleries. The new facility enhances the center’s ability to pursue its mission: to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and promote discovery of quilts and quiltmaking traditions from many cultures, countries, and times.

The museum is located at 1523 N. 33rd Street in Lincoln, NE (zip 68502). Galleries are open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. and Sunday 1:00 - 4:30 PM. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 ages 5-18, Free under 5, two adults with children $10.

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is an academic program of the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences at UNL. The department offers a unique masters degree in Textile History with a quilt studies emphasis, which is the only program of its kind in the world.

The plaza sculpture “Reverie” was created by artist Linda Fleming and commissioned by the family of Betty Duncan: Robert Duncan, Dianne Duncan Thomas and Kathryn Duncan.

External links

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