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On May 21, 1977, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles made its first steps into the world. The Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association first opened the doors as the American Museum of Quilts and Related Arts in a storefront in Los Altos, CA. They had about ten quilts and would change the exhibition monthly. Learn more about the history of the museum here.
Today the museum's collection has approximately 850 quilts, garments, and ethnic textiles. Their research library contains more than 500 books on history and the making of quilts and textiles.
The museum attracts around 12,000 people annually and reaches 8,000 K-12 students each year through their highly successful in-school programs.
You'll want to be one of those visitors this year as a number of outstanding exhibits will be on display beginning with Mark Adams: His Tapestry and Collaborators running through July 29, 2012.
That will be followed up by:
- August 7 - October 14 - ITAB 2nd Biennial - International TECH-Sytle Art Biennial
- October 20 - November 4 - 5th Annual High Fiber - Benefit Art Exhibition and Sales
- November 13 - February 3, 2012 - Collecting Treasures: Celebrating 35 Years
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