A Legacy of Quilts: The Briscoe Center's Joyce Gross Collection

Coming Soon
November 21, 2009 - January 3, 2010


A Legacy of Quilts: The Briscoe Center’s Joyce Gross Collection, on exhibit at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum will be the first public exhibition in Austin of the Gross Collection from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

The exhibit spans more than 100 years of this enduring American art form and features 28 quilts made approximately between 1844 and 1950, as well as antique fabrics. Each of the quilts in this exhibit is an expression of one of America’s most beloved artistic traditions; each is a storywritten with fabric, needle, thread and loving hands.

Included in the exhibit are award-winning quilts from the 1930s, red and green appliqué quilts that were popular in the mid-19th century, a Hawaiian flag quilt and two remarkable album quilts.

Image courtesy the Joyce Gross Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Admission to the Museum’s exhibits, including A Legacy of Quilts (November 21, 2009 - January 3, 2010): $7.00 for adults, $6.00 for seniors/military/college students (with valid ID), $4 for youth ages 5-18, free for ages 4 and under.