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==Quilts on display==
One of the most famous quilts in history is the [[NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt|AIDS Memorial Quilt]], which was begun in San Francisco in 1987, and is cared for by [[NAMES Project|The NAMES Project Foundation]]. Portions of it are periodically displayed in various arranged locations. Panels are made to memorialize a person lost to HIV, and each block is 3 feet by 6 feet. Many of the blocks are not made by traditional quilters, and the amateur creators may lack technical skill, but their blocks speak directly to the love and loss they have experienced. The blocks are not in fact quilted, as there is no stitching holding together batting and backing layers. Exuberant designs, with personal objects applied, are seen next to restrained and elegant designs. Each block is very personal, and they form a deeply moving sight when combined by the dozens and the hundreds. The quilt as a whole is still under construction, although the entire quilt is now so large that it cannot be assembled in complete form in any one location.

Beginning with the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]'s 1971 exhibit, ''Abstract Design in American Quilts'', quilts have frequently appeared on museum and gallery walls. The exhibit displayed quilts like paintings on its gallery walls, which has since become a standard way to exhibit quilts. The Whitney exhibit helped shift the perception of quilts from solely a domestic craft object to art objects, increasing art world interest in them.<ref>{{cite web|last1=International Quilt Study Center & Museum|title=Abstract Design in American Quilts|url=http://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americanstory/creativity/abstractdesign|website=World Quilts: The American Story|access-date=June 17, 2014}}</ref>

The [[National Quilt Museum]] is located in [[Paducah, Kentucky]]. The museum houses a large collection of contemporary quilts, and features approximately a dozen exhibitions each year showcasing the works of "today's quilters" from America and around the world. 

In 2010, the world-renowned [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] put on a comprehensive display of quilts from 1700 to 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria and Albert Museum The world's greatest museum of art and design|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/t/textiles/|access-date=May 20, 2014}}</ref> while in 2009, the [[American Folk Art Museum]] in New York put on an exhibition of the work of kaleidoscope quilt maker [[Paula Nadelstern]], marking the first time that museum has ever offered a solo show to a contemporary quilt artist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaleidoscopic Quilts: Paula Nadelstern|url=http://craftcouncil.org/post/kaleidoscopic-quilts-paula-nadelstern|website=American Craft Council|last1=Hickman|first1=Pat|last2=Hovey|first2=Gail|date=May 31, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.JPG|thumb|"Collecting New York Beauty Quilts: Bill Volckening's Passion" was featured in 2013 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.]]

Many historic quilts can be seen in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] at the [[American Museum in Britain]], and [[Beamish Museum]] preserves examples of the [[North East England]] quiltmaking tradition.

The largest known public collection of quilts is housed at the [[International Quilt Study Center & Museum]] at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2018 [[documentary film]]maker [[Ken Burns]]' personal collection of quilts was exhibited there.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 8, 2018 |title='Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection' Opens |url=http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/nowshowing/kenburns/uncovered.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503153249/http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/nowshowing/kenburns/uncovered.html |archive-date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2019 |publisher=International Quilt Study Center & Museum |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Examples of [[Tivaevae]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum of New Zealand|url=http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search?searchTerm=&scope=all|access-date=May 20, 2014}}</ref> and other quilts can be found in the collection of the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]].

The [[San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles|San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles]] in California also displays traditional and modern quilts. There is free admission to the museum on the first Friday of every month, as part of the San Jose Art Walk.

The [[New England Quilt Museum]] is located in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]].

The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is located in [[Golden, Colorado]].

Numerous Hawaiian-style quilts can be seen at [[Bishop Museum]], in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii.