“World Quilts,” a website that offers a global perspective on quiltmaking, launched “The American Story,” its first module. The website showcases the museum’s collection and hallmark scholarly perspective on the worldwide significance of quilts and quiltmaking.
View “The American Story” at http://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americanstory.
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln expanded its global reach by launching a new digital project in December. With more than 4,000 quilts in its collection — too many to show in any physical gallery — the museum can now share its quilts and their historical and cultural contexts with visitors virtually.
Full story – Quilt museum shares collection, knowledge virtually | News Releases | University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
