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Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 22 attractions in Lancaster
Traveler Description: This museum is well worth visiting even if you are remotely interested in textiles. Not only are there beautiful Amish quilts professionally and... more »
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Attraction type: Specialty museum
Address: 37 Market St. Lancaster, PA 17603
Tel: 717-299-6440
Fax: 717-299-6916

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4 of 5 stars
Dand978   173 contributions
Mass
Jul 19, 2009

Quilting isn't exactly my cup of tea, but it is impossible not to be impressed by the work presented here. The amount of time and effort spent on the quilts displayed is mind-numbing. I'm glad we got to stop here and find out a bit more about quilting after seeing so many for sale throughout town. more

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5 of 5 stars
Benwannabe   66 contributions
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Jun 9, 2009

Visited the Quilt and Textile Museum with my wife; we enjoyed the visit and the many Amish Quilts displayed in a beautiful building with a great architectural design. The Navaho exhibit was also very nice; we really loved the Christmas exhibit. the various displays showing the decorating style of various decades from the late 1800's to the 1970's more

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5 of 5 stars
snoopy0201   11 contributions
Long Island NY
Aug 22, 2008
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Definitely a wonderful place to visit. As the previous reviewer stated, the building itself is quite impressive. Right now they are exhibiting hooked rugs along with quilts. One of the women at the front reception area was very friendly and went up to the exhibit to tell us about its background, how the quilts were acquired and so forth. We... more

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5 of 5 stars
JanetL   1 contribution
Lancaster, PA
May 22, 2008
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Lancaster's Quilt & Textile Museum is truly impressive. Very old (80-90 years?) hand-made Amish quilts are exhibited throughout a gorgeous building (high, vaulted ceiling... very grand) was previously a bank and even the original vault is used for exhibits. We learned a lot about the Amish quilts like the fact that they learned to quilt from the Quakers(it wasn't a... more

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Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum Address

37 Market St., Lancaster, PA 17603
Tel: 717-299-6440 Fax: 717-299-6916