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Art of the Quilt

Lancaster, PA

Art of the Quilt

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Fee Quantity
Preview Reception & Exhibit Tour Tuesday March 13 @ 5pm   more info $50.00 $2.24
Curatorial Dinner with Julie Silber, Tuesday March 13 @ 7:30 pm (includes reception ticket)
Ticket includes Gala reception & exhibit tour, beginning at 5:00 pm, and exclusive VIP dinner with original Esprit Curator Julie Silber @ 7:30 pm.
$125.00 $4.12
General Admission Exhibit Ticket March 14-18; Wed-Sat 9am to 7pm, Sunday Noon to 5
Ticket includes general admission to exhibit featuring 82 Lancaster Amish Quilts from the former Esprit Collection. March 14-18 Wed-Saturday 9am to 7pm, and Sunday Noon to 5pm.
$10.00 $1.24
Julie Silber Curator Tour - Wed March 14 12pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Wed Mar 14 2 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Thurs Mar 15 12 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Thurs Mar 15 2 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Fri Mar 16 12 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Fri Mar 16 2 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Sat Mar 17 12 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Sat Mar 17 2 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Sun Mar 18 12 pm $15.00 $1.37
Julie Silber Curator Tour Sun Mar 18 2 pm $15.00 $1.37
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Event Details

For the very first time since this collection made its public debut in 1990 at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, visitors will experience ALL 82 historic masterworks of American quilt making selected from the world renowned Esprit Collection of Amish quilts. These superb works, acknowledged masterpieces of design and needlework, were made between 1870 and 1950 by the Amish women in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

The exhibition will be presented in the Beaux-Arts inspired LANCASTER QUILT & TEXTILE MUSEUM, 37 North Market Street Lancaster PA, for one week only—March 13-18, 2012.
 
Preview Reception & Dinner with Curator Julie Silber March 13; Public Exhibition March 14-18, 2012

For additional information visit our website at www.quiltandtextilemuseum.com or contact us at:
info@lancasterheritage.com or call 717.299.6440.

Where



Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum
37 North Market Street
Lancaster, PA 17603

Hosted By

The Heritage Center of Lancaster County



ART OF THE QUILT at the LANCASTER QUILT & TEXTILE MUSEUM will be presented by WILLOW VALLEY RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES. Proceeds from this special full-collection exhibit will benefit “SAVE LANCASTER’S QUILTS: Preservation for Today &Tomorrow,” a campaign for the care of the museum’s quilt collection and an endowment with the Lancaster County Community Foundation that will assist in providing a home for the artifacts in Lancaster County.

  News and Updates
Sunday, February 26, 2012