Reviews of International Quilt Museum (Museum)

Sandy Bee

Beautiful museum and wonderful staff to answer your questions.

Adele Phillips

There's something for everyone here. Modern and traditional pieces, and traditional pieces that are surprisingly modern! Friendly staff

Boanerges Bamaca

Went to one of their displays, was surprised by the depth of what quilts can teach you

Carol Connell

Wonderful displays.

Joanne Neeley

I absolutely love this museum! I suggest you arrive at a time when you can have a decent lead tour.

Paul Deane

Beautiful quilts. Wonderful structure with several well done displays. Well worth 4-5 hour visit.

Dillon Vestecka

Beautiful space! I was here for a work function/recpetion in the evening, and I appreciated the ability to walk around the exhibits. Amazing quilt collection.

P.F. Riner

Great opportunity and tours front and back were insightful! I'd say GO and learn!!

Carol Malone

The displays were interesting. I loved the Marti Mitchell was so well planed. I loved the history and stories.

Cherrie

Love the quilts displayed here. Well worth the time to visit!

Louise Hanby D'Wynn

I can't contact the museum direct from the website. I can't get to register myself to save collection items I am interested in. The site looks great, but as an Australian wanting to note items of interest and to fine out how to overcome the IT obstacles - there's nowhere to go. I search for a contact point for help and I can't get it. I would love to see these quilts in person but if I can't do that on line and feel that my interest is not worthwhile, I won't be diverting my travel plans to do that. What a fabulous collection and the online cataloguing is great. But I am very disappointed not to have full access and to have no obvious means of overcoming that.

Vanessa Mullins

Learned a lot about the history of quilts as well as about items that you wouldn't necessarily think of as quilts. Very interesting and educational. Only $8. Beautiful building.

Valerie Vanmeveren

Awesome, and great tour!

Karen Lofgren-Anderson

Quality exhibits of historic quilts.

Chip McNally

Don't miss this if you're a quilter.

Tom

My wife is the quilting junkie: I just provide moral support (and woodworking support as needed). But I very much enjoyed this museum. We both thought it was an outstanding representation of a wide variety of quilts from around the world. The facility is beautiful and spacious and very elderly and handicapped friendly. Parking is on location, free, and spacious. The arrangement of quilts by exhibit rooms allows the visitor to digest the intricate complexities of quilting by global region. I particularly enjoyed the colorful quilts from India: they are breathtaking. This is a must see even if quilting is really "not your thing." You are sure to be impressed.

John Ulrich

Simply amazing. You don't have to be into quilting to love this place. It's art at its best.

Veronica Jemkur

Awesome place to be .

MaryGayle T

Beautiful quilts, rotating exhibits so it's not the same things.

J Davidson

Must see if you are even remotely intersted in quilting

Lynda Yoder

Beautiful museum a must for all quilt lovers

Nali Yan

This museum is so unique and instructive.

Dzhovid Dzhuraev

I was amazed to see as old quilts as 300 years old.

Heather Voorhees

Beautiful space with a huge rotating collection. Nicely done and interesting even for non-quilters.

Melissa Kunze

Beautiful. Loved learning about those old wonderful quilts.

Bonnie Pavlis

Beautiful collection of quilts from all over the world. True works of art. A must- see.

darissa dober

Very interesting to see how they make the quilts and choose designs! Also Dean is super nice and fun to work with

Kristen Warden

My church group did a tour and used the Conference room. Very helpful staff, so clean, and the space was very nice and accommodating.

Mary Jo Waggoner

Wonderful beautiful store!! Extremely friendly staff!!!

Jane Hewitt

Visitors to any museum must know that a rather small percentage of the museum's art will be on display at any given time. Quilts are often quite large works of art, so the number on display will be limited. This might be a bit disappointing for travellers, so watch carefully for an exhibit you truly want to see. If you live nearby, visit often! I'm new to Lincoln and just made my first visit because I saw that there were quilts from Asia. The exhibit was fantastic, including everything from Chinese baby bibs to Uzbek camel garb. The wedding curtains and other quilted blankets and clothing were exquisite. I was there almost three hours. Fantabulous!

Ann Rennier

Enjoyed several exhibits on my first time visit. Will make a point to make a return trip. Nice facility & affordable ticket price. Wished there were more "souvenir" in the mid-range...like magnets, notebooks, kits and such. The volunteer who guided the tour was not as knowledgeable as I would have liked. Would recommend to quilters!

Denise Clayton

I found this place to be very interesting however my grandmother really love the quilts

Dana Nash

It was absolutely neato!!

CM RS

Beautiful architecture as well as quilts.

Beth Reyes

I hope you are not as disappointed as I was. After reading on the website that it is the largest collection of quilts in the world, containing over 3,500 quilts, we eagerly got a carload of ladies and traveled 4 hours to see it. How incredibly disappointing that they only have about 40 quilts on display at one time to look at! The rest of the collection is in storage! They don't say this on the website. Although the few quilts we did see were wonderful, I would NOT have driven 4 hours, taken a whole day out, and paid the entrance fee just to see a small collection of quilts. I hope this review prevents that from happening to someone else.

Paula Dalby

I was totally blown away by this museum. State of the art, eco-friendly building, beautiful pieces so well displayed, knowledgeable staff, fun pieces in the store. Get there in time for the tour. It's worth the time. I'd tell you about the exhibits, but they rotate them frequently. This is to save the quilts from the light and the weight of hanging. The gift shop is a destination in itself! Really fun stuff.

Curtis Gaylord

The absolute best and more. You should definitely go here.

David Morgan

Always an education.

Tim Koch

Top quality galleries.

Kristin Armstrong

Excellent exhibit, but staff is rude to younger generations.

Pamela Rowland

This is an AMAZING place. I would recommend spending one hour there to see the beautiful quilts they have to offer.

Lori Miller

It is amazing!!!! So lucky to have this collection in Lincoln, Ne

David Carlson

Fun even for a quilt spouse

Beverly Short

We loved learning about Cheddar quilts and the other interesting quilts.

Ruth Flott

Loved it

Sandra G

Wonderful collection of traditional and contemporary quilts. Well done galleries for each type and exhibits change frequently. A treat to see the button quilt and the two sided Japanese quilt exhibit.

Flamingo Moon Campers

Awesome place to visit and see quilt making from other areas of the world

Ken Belew

Some really interesting and unique quilts from around the world. We spent about 60-90 minutes and we're fascinated by the detail and skill the quilts represented. It's worth a visit.

Pamela Hromadka

Everything was excellent- food, drink and program.

Sydney Gaylord

This is the best museum around! Such beautiful quilts and the way they are displayed gives you an insight into the quilt maker's life. Will definitely be going back. If you love museums/history/quilts you will love this museum!!!!

Jackie Murray

I, at first, thought "Oh, This will be boring!" But really it was very interesting! Seeing the beautiful work and getting to use the computer to "make" my own quilt. Very educational!

Kandra Flavell

Such a great collection of quilts!

Alyssa Villarreal

Beautiful building

Bill Tiwald

Wonderful and artful

Lucy Doroshenko Slobidsky

The concert by the Women's Bandura Ensemble of North America was outstanding!

Lynda Murphy

This is a difficult review. I was expecting more much more. So I was disappointed the exhibits are limited what they have is extraordinary but ..I was looking forward to this for years & wanted to be astonished with a surprise around every corner. What they had on display was beautiful just not enough. It only took 2 hours & we took our time.

Helen Dye

Needs to have more of the history of quilts included in museum.

Eisotopish

Honestly as a man who takes no enjoyment from quilting I still found a good amount of information as well as interesting information coming from this exhibit!

Greg Bane

This is a treasure trove of quilts and quilting. They have a huge collection and display showings of visiting collections in their gallery.

TerriLynn Miller

I drove with a friend from KC for a day trip to see the Ken Burns exhibit and it was well worth the trip. Both the exhibit and regular galleries were enjoyable. The volunteers who lead the public tours are well informed and friendly. We also enjoyed the gift shop.

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Really unique looking building, inside and out. I was there for an awards ceremony, so I didn't check out the museum itself, but I have no doubt that it would be interesting and informative. It would probably give an appreciation of quilting and its history to those that aren't interested as well.

Peter Coyne

Interesting to see the intricacy of the quilts and their designs but if you aren’t interested in design or quilts, this probably isn’t the place for you.

Eldredge Money

This is a museum for textile art and the art department. The small wall hangings use quilting methods, but are pieces of art rather than usable quilts. The International Quilts from Central Asia were very interesting. If you want to see traditional quilts, you would be better off at the museum in Paducah, KY. There is an admission charge. I would recommend going here only if you are an artist or a quilter with a broad appreciation for the art.

Reverse Trianon

If I were to ever hold a rally for the 97th anniversiary, this is definitely where I would do it

Deb Arends

Beautiful

truetexas

Very interesting but would wish we could have seen more quilts.

Zachary Johnson

Very friendly staff and excellent exhibits but the building itself is not designed for it's function.

April Fisher

Beautiful museum! Made it there 20 min to close and was able to see almost everything but in a rather rushed pace. I would recommend more like an hour to see it nicely. Staff was so nice too. I also recommend getting a Groupon we saved alot of money and I think it's available all the time.

Allan Erickson

I thought that I would tag along with my wife. I'm glad I went. Quantity and quality of labor that the soldiers put into these quilts is astonishing. I would never do that.

Tracy Howes

If you like quilts, this is a definite place to stop in. Admission is free on the first Friday of every month. It starts at 4 PM and lasts until 7 PM. One of the current exhibits they are featuring are “cheddar” quilts from the late 1800s to the early 1920s. There was quite an array of quilts to see from this time period. Another exhibit featured African quilts. A smaller exhibit featured log cabin quilts. All the exhibits had an introductory plaque explaining the origination, history and purposes of the type of quilt shown. Additional plaques are beside each quilt explaining in further detail about them with additional historical facts such as the years (or possible years) and the quilter’s name if it was known.

Andi Chakravarti

Worth the price of admission. I've been there twice. Unique variety of quilts. Many art quilts. As a quilter, I enjoyed it from a creative standpoint and aesthetically. My non-quilter guests also enjoyed the experience. Interesting gift shop. Parking could be limited on a busy day.

Monroe Bonnard

Three floors of amazing quilts. We were surprised at how large the quilt house actually was. It has rotating exhibits. It had a restoration room on the main floor and a really cool exhibit of contemporary quilts in the second floor. The volunteers and employers were helpful and willing to talk to us about the exhibits. There were even friendly reminders to not touch the quilts or use flash photography. There is an entry fee but it is worth the price to leave ok at these pieces of art.

Bill Gouty

Beautiful in awe.

b dunn

Wife says it deserves 10 stars out of 5. Quilts from 16 - 1700's on display.

Linda Baldwin

Wonderful display.

Sheila Sullivan

Was a fun place to visit. Very informational. Want to go back.

Zach/ Liv

Interesting if you're into that kind of stuff

Lori Goode

Love, Love,Love quilts...after reading reviews I was excited to see this...what a huge disappointment! Maybe they have some cool displays sometimes but I can tell you I would be embarrassed to charge anything to see the few quilts they had...every county fair I’ve ever been to had a thousand times better displays than this place...don’t waste your money or time...we walked through in about 10 mins...what a joke!

beth callins

Would love to see more classes teaching quilting.