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Frequently Asked Questions

The following are questions frequently asked by visitors and donors.

1. How can I donate quilts to the Museum ?
2. Photography

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1) How can I donate quilts to the Museum ?

We are fortunate to have many heritage treasures in the collection, which could only have happened through the generosity of public donations.

Museum Acquisitions Policy

The Quilt Museum and Gallery has a strict collecting policy which governs what we can accept. The Quilters’ Guild focuses on collecting quilts and related quilted and patchwork items from the British Isles to represent a broad range of styles, techniques and regional influences up to the present day. It also collects ethnic non-British items that have influenced the development of patchwork, quilting and appliqué in the British Isles; items relating to the production of patchwork and quilting; fabric samples of value as a resource for dating quilts and modern quilts that are outstanding examples of best practice.

How to donate

Anyone who has a quilt that they would like to donate to the Guild should:

1. Contact the Guild Curator curator@quiltmuseum.org.uk 01904 613 242 providing as much information about the quilt as you have including family connections, maker information and history along with photographs of the piece.
2. The Curator will acknowledge the receipt of your letter/email/call and inform you of when the next quarterly acquisitions meeting will take place, where your quilt will be discussed.
3. After the meeting, the Curator will contact you with the committee’s decision, and inform you of the next process (e.g. signing forms to transfer legal ownership and getting to item to us at the Quilt Museum and Gallery).

If you are thinking of leaving the Guild your quilt treasures as a bequest, please contact us first to ensure that we would be able to accept them in accordance with our collecting policy.

Sadly we cannot accept every quilt that is offered to us. Storage space for the collections is limited, so we can only accept quilts which fit into our collecting policy. We cannot accept items in poor condition that can’t be stored or cared for properly, or that are duplicates of existing collection pieces. Items also have to be relevant to the study of British Quilt heritage (so we cannot accept quilts from outside the UK e.g. American quilts unless they have influenced British development).

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2) Photography

Photography and video filming are not normally allowed at the Quilt Museum and Gallery during opening hours.

Permission may be granted to photograph the interior of the building for the purpose of private study and research. To request permission, please contact us.

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