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.
July 31, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Paula Nadelstern: Master of Symmetry
Paula Nadelstern has achieved international recognition for her innovative and complex designs inspired by the bilateral symmetry of kaleidoscopic images. Honored by inclusion in the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, her quilts were showcased in the American Folk Art Museum’s first one person exhibition highlighting the work of a contemporary quilt artist (2009).
September 25, 2026 – December 1, 2026
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork: Avant Garde
The EPM International Contest is an outstanding showcase for quilters from around the world. The theme, Avant Garde, emerges from the minds of the European Patchwork Meeting’s organizing team in the fall every year It kicks off the new edition of the contest, open to patchwork lovers from all over the globe.
September 18, 2026 – March 2, 2027
Pigment, Dye, Thread
Pigment, Dye, & Thread explores the remarkable ways artists use color, surface, and stitch to transform cloth.
Featuring 19 quilts selected from The National Quilt Museum’s collection of more than 700 works, the exhibition brings together artists who combine painting, hand-dyeing, and threadwork to create richly layered compositions.
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:
