The installation of "Material Nation: 250 Years of American Quiltmaking" is underway! This exhibition will span the entirety of the museum with each of our galleries representing a different theme connected to the history of quiltmaking in the United States. We are scheduled to open a new gallery to the public weekly throughout the month of June as we build toward the full opening of the exhibition on July 2.

In this piece, we see the American flag as an enduring symbol of American patriotism. Made by Ella Evans, this quilt holds identical Unions in opposite corners each with forty-five stars — an accurate rendition of American states in 1900. Evans made this quilt for a man named Otis Golden. Evans cared for Otis and his brothers after their mother passed away. 

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