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The National Quilt Museum honors today’s quilters and inspires future quilters with exceptional exhibitions, education, and programming. Our vision is to be America’s premier quilt museum, celebrating innovative and extraordinary quilts from the United States and around the world.
Our home, Paducah, KY, is one of only a handful of UNESCO Creative Cities in the United States and offers an array of rich cultural experiences to enjoy during your visit.
CURRENT EXHIBITS
Ongoing
The National Quilt Museum Collection
The collection of the National Quilt Museum includes extraordinary quilted artwork representing today’s quilters from the United States and around the world. Quilts in our collection are all made after 1980, and represent the best of contemporary quilting in a wide range of styles, techniques, inspiration, and unique artistic voices.
March 14 – October 7, 2025
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: A Life in Color
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is internationally known for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which are easily recognized by their luminous colors and illusions of light, depth, and motion. Her attention to detail has earned her a reputation for fine craftsmanship as well as stunning designs.
January 24 – September 9, 2025
Victoria Findlay Wolfe: Option Expedition
In Option Expedition, Victoria Findlay Wolfe takes basic shapes of patchwork — square, circle, triangle, parallelogram — and breaks down design principles of space, balance, scale, line, shape, color, emphasis, contrast, value, repetition, movement, texture, and unity to look at the bold, beautiful choices available.
New Quilts from an Old Favorite
2026 Competition
This biennial contest and traveling exhibition organized by The National Quilt Museum challenges quiltmakers to create innovative original quilts combining traditional patterns with varied cultural themes.
Visit the NQM Shop
Stop in to the Museum Shop on your next visit to NQM and browse our unique selection of gifts, including quilting and quilt-themed inventory, artworks and crafts by regional makers, t-shirts, books and more!
The National Quilt Museum is a 501c3 non-profit partially funded by:
