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Current Exhibitions
Threads of Time: American Quilts 1780–1950
Through December 14, 2026
A sweeping survey of American quilt-making across two centuries, tracing how patterns, fabrics, and traditions evolved from colonial homesteads to the modern era.
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Color & Community: The Quilts of the Midwest
Through October 31, 2026
Celebrating the rich quilting heritage of the heartland, this exhibition highlights over 60 works from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa — each one a window into community life.
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Stitched in Justice: Quilts as Social Commentary
Opens January 10, 2027
From abolition-era freedom quilts to memorial panels, this landmark exhibition explores the long tradition of quilts as instruments of protest, remembrance, and solidarity.
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Collection Spotlight
A Century of Stories, Sewn by Hand
The "Prairie Star" quilt arrived at the museum as part of a generous gift from the Harrington family of Abilene, Kansas. Pieced entirely by hand from cotton feed sacks and dress scraps, it represents over 2,400 individual triangles — each one cut, pressed, and sewn by Margaret Harrington over the winter of 1887.
What makes this quilt remarkable isn't just its scale — it's the story embedded in its fabrics. Historians have traced prints to at least seven different Kansas general stores, offering an intimate map of a frontier community's daily commerce and domestic life.
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