Special Collections Gallery

On Display Now

Keep Warm this Winter in a Quilt! A display of 42 quilt squares from 1887

 

On display in our archival exhibit area this winter are 42 quilt squares made in 1887 in Cochesset, Massachusetts. Learn about quilts and quilting, signature quilts, the Kentucky Crossroads pattern, and how quilting is a historic art and craft that continues today.

 

Quilt squares displayed in museum cases

 

Quilt squares and sewing supplies in a museum case

 

Quilt squares on display in a museum case

 

On display in December and January.