International Quilt Study Center & Museum

As a quilter, I asked my two best friends to accompany me on our visit to the quilt museum. We took a docent guided tour and were pleased with the results.The different quilt stories were well displayed.The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. We enjoyed our visit and would return if we return to Omaha.

Overall it's a good museum, massive and really nice and new building in a good location on campus. Nice gift shop as well but the quilt collection is honestly not all that large. They have a small exhibit feature on the first floor, a larger gallery on the second floor, and a very small few on the third floor. The layout is a little confusing and they do not have that many quilts displayed.

If I lived here, I'd probably visit here for each new show. They had many lovely displays from their permanent collection and I loved the Eiko Okano exhibit going on (visited early June 2018). Bummed I JUST missed Ken Burns' collection. I liked walking through from space to space. They had a lovely selection in the gift shop area too. Volunteers were quite nice. Enjoyable stop in Lincoln.

Strictly for the enthusiast, or if they're doing a display that you simply must see. If you're faculty, or married to faculty, admission is free.You can view the entire collection on the computers on the main floor, and you can apparently watch people restoring quilts there too (if you want to do this, call ahead; no one was there when we went).There was an interesting display of toy sewing machines, and then a main display consisting of two separate subject matters: mosaic template hexagon quilts (some interesting sampler-like compositions) and an exhibit of some of the (very poorly quilted) quilts by Yvonne Wells, which left me feeling underwhelmed. This is a very small portion of the collection; the building does seem oversized for what one sees.It's worth taking a detour over to the gift shop; some interesting books and jewelry there, as well as a few panels on the lives of women over by the restrooms. Continue your detour up to the third floor, which displays some doll quilts (one small vitrine in a conference room) and a couple of quilts of local (state) interest in another conference room, done within the last 30 years by some local quilting guilds (Lincoln; Omaha; some other town). On the walls of the hallway were some interesting reconstituted quilts done by a quilter who took old quilt tops and made them into different pieces. This was actually probably almost as interesting as the display downstairs.Admission is $6. If you're only tangentially interested in quilts, perhaps you should go downtown and visit the Nebraska State History Museum instead; it features at least a couple of quilts, in addition to other exhibits (Indian history, becoming a state, etc.) and it's free (suggested donation $2).

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.

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.

Very enjoyable if you like quilts, if not you might be bored. Easy to find, convenient parking, worth the entry fee.

We were on a motorcycle trip to Sturgi, since we were "almost there " around 600 miles. I wanted to go and see this museum. I am a quilter!! I was so disappointed. They may have a lot of quilts but very few are displayed. Most quilts displayed were artist wall hangings , not one old quilt all modern wall hangings . Like I said I am so disappointed. If I knew how limited the display was I would have never gone. So sad. It is a beautiful big building. COVID had nothing to do with the presentation .

This is a lovely little jewel. Keep in mind that there are not permanent exhibits on display in this museum. The quilts are too delicate to be exposed to constant light and the strains of hanging. Also, since the space is relatively small, they rotate permanent collect quilts with special exhibits. I arrived in time for a tour, which was good. My spouse had museum feet, so he used one of the tables in the reception area to catch up on email. Both of us were happy!

The quilts represent an economic, social, political, artistic experience available to women thru the ages- and now men. These quilts tell of the 100 years wzr between France & England; People dying in the desert trying to emigrate to the U.S.; utilitariain covers designed to represent their families. These are stories of how people live & died. It is moving. Some are very modern and look like modern art pieces. Women were doing this LONG before Modern Art was a Thing.