Quilt Study Museum

A Midwest Treasure

One day adventure July 19

            Encore date July 26

 

 

 

Tentative Pickups:  Ankeny, W Des Moines, as

requested East on I 80

This tour departs:  Ames, IA

· New Destination

· Quilt store in route

· Lunch

Inaugural Exhibitions in the new Museum:

Quilts in Common
March 30 - August 17, 2008

Nancy Crow: Cloth, Culture, Context
March 30 - August 31, 2008

$89.00 holds your seat

Reservations taken right up to departure date or until bus is full.

See cancellation policy on signup sheet. 

 

Pick-ups: Ames, Ankeny, W Des Moines west on I80 as requested

Itinerary  (tentative)

Depart Ames                   7:00 AM

Break in route                  

Arrive Lincoln                12:00

Return Ames                   7:00 PM (est)

 

 

 There will be many first events on the calendar this year for the Midwest Quilters!  One, I feel, of the most exciting and maybe most important will be the grand opening of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, NE. 

 

The International Quilt Study Center was founded in 1997 when native Nebraskans Ardis and Robert James donated their collection of nearly 950 quilts to the university. It has since become the largest public collection of its kind. It currently holds more than 2,300 quilts, and its four major collections were last valued between $8 million and $9 million.

 

The glass and brick building, designed by the internationally renowned Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York, contains three stories and 37,000 square feet and features a bowed facade of glass panels "stitched together" to create a large-scale pattern. It will contain public galleries and meeting spaces, work areas dedicated to research, and climate-controlled storage areas for the center's expanding collection.

Come see the Inaugural Exhibitions in the new Museum:
"Quilts in Common": Features selections from our permanent collections focusing on the common visual and conceptual elements they share. Unexpected combinations create a fascinating and memorable exhibition featuring many of our masterpieces, certainly not to be missed.

"Nancy Crow: Cloth, Culture, Context": Features Crow works from our collection as well as a grouping hand picked by Nancy and our curators to show her approach to the art of quilting throughout her career.

 

Come be a part of history as we visit this world class collection with first class exhibitions, a virtual gallery, activities and experiences for all ages!

 

Tour includes: Deluxe motorcoach transportation, entrance to museum,  guided tour, box lunch, escorts, and all tips and gratuities.