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Gift shop is well stocked with Christmas gift items at reasonable prices.	Virginia Quilt Museum 301 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Tel: 540-433-3818 Fax: 540-433-3818 Email: vqmdirector@hotmail.com

Admission

The Virginia Quilt Museum is open to the public as a resource center for the study of the role of quilts and quilting in the cultural life of society. The museum offers opportunities to view significant work by both early and contemporary quilt artisans.

General Admission - $5.00
Students Age 12-18 - $3.00
Students 5 to 11 years - $2.00
Children under 5 years - Free
 

Hours
Monday, Thursday - Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM
Sunday - 1 PM to 4 PM
Closed on major holidays

We are easy to find...

• Take Exit 245 (Port Republic Road) Off I-81 to Main Street (Route 11). Turn right on Main and travel northward to the Museum.
• On Route 33, head west towards downtown, turn left on Mason Street, right on Campbell Street, and right onto Main Street.
• Coming from either direction, turn left off Main Street just after the Municipal Building to the free parking area located between Main Street and Liberty Street.

Membership Levels

Individual $25
Contributor $50
Guide $100
Sponsor $250

Mission

The mission of the Virginia Quilt Museum is to collect, preserve and interpret quilts and related artifacts and documentation for the benefit of the public. The roles and significance of quilts in the cultural life of American society and the aesthetic delight quilts provide will be the museum's primary focus. To further its mission to the Virginia Quilt Museum will...

• Serve as a repository for quilts of historical, aesthetic or technical significance, focusing on those produced or located in the Mid-Atlanta area.
• Educate the public about the history and significance of quilting as an expressive medium through exhibit and interpretations of its collection, and through other special exhibits, related classes, seminars and study opportunities.
• Serve as a resource center for the study of quilts and maintain supporting materials and documentation to aid in research and documentation.
• Encourage the continued documentation and conservation of quilts through its maintenance of the records of the Virginia Quilt Project and its encouragement of continued quilt documentation in the Mid-Atlantic region, and through educational efforts about the significance of quilts and their care.
• Encourage the continued practice of quilting by the teaching of technical skills through classes and publications, by providing examples of excellence through its exhibitions and by offering the public opportunities to view significant work by contemporary quilt artists.

President's Letter

A heartfelt thank you to all who believed in our mission as a quilt museum and showed your support through contributions of time, talents, money, and other donations. Each of you has made the Virginia Quilt Museum the success it has become during this our first year in operation. You dared to dream the dream and have shared in making it a reality. Our members can be proud that our new museum has become world renown.

We have accomplished so much this first year. Magazines are writing about the museum, we are listed in the AAA Tour Guide, and the Canadian Automobile Association just visited us recently, as well as the Smithsonian Associates Tour, so we expect more and more visitors.

I cannot express gratitude enough to all our volunteers. You are what keeps the museum open; you convey to our visitors what we're all about. The new acquaintances made from other states and countries while volunteering, a chance to view the quilts up close, and time to get to know other volunteers are just some of the things our docents say are benefits they have derived from helping at the museum. We will honor our volunteers at a buffet dinner on October 19.

As we enter into our second year much lies ahead to be done. We will be strengthening our committees. We will be offering numerous lectures and workshops. We will be continuing paint and renovation projects on second floor rooms. A feasibility study will be sought on the historic rehabilitation of the house to bring it up to museum standards, If any of these areas interest you, please volunteer your time and talents-we need you!
Originally signed by Joan Knight, Director

Volunteers Needed

Volunteer opportunities are available on the following committees: Gift Shop, Hospitality, Collections, Exhibit Installation, Nominating, Newsletter and Mailing, Development, Facility Administration, Programs, Long Range Planning, and Library.

Phone or write the museum if you can help in one or more areas.

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