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Previously we wrote about keeping the holiday spirit alive by giving to charitable organizations. Giving to these organizations fills our heart, but there are other places and organizations that feed our soul and they are the museums. The Texas Quilt Museum, The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, The National Quilt Museum,  just to name a few, all need your help to keep their doors open.

This group of organizations really struggle financially and would treasure donations of any size from quilters. They are the ones showcasing quilts to make them live in people's minds and imaginations. From superb traditional quilts to art quilts with a message to prize winners, the quilt museums produce wonderful exhibits that draw visitors from all over. For example, in its five years, the Texas Quilt Museum has had visitors from every continent except Antarctica! It has produced 60 outstanding exhibits that cause non-quilters to look at quilts with new eyes and that inspire and delight quilters. And as a not-for-profit organization, it does all this on a shoestring budget with the invaluable help of volunteers.

The Texas Quilt Museum isn't alone in its struggle to fund its programs and exhibits--my bet is that every one of the quilt museums share this challenge! 

TQS is encouraging  quilters to make year-end donations to the quilt museums, where their contributions will go a long way toward continuing to develop the public appreciation of quilts as art and even help to gain more hard-earned respect for quilters everywhere!

Click here for the Texas Quilt Museum.

Click here for the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. (Their Board of Directors is doing a match of up to $20,000 if you donate before 12/31/2016.)

Click here for the National Quilt Museum.

Click here for the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

Click here for the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

Click here for the New England Quilt Museum.

Click here for a list of museums.