Great Lakes Quilt Center

The MSU Museum also houses two important collections developed by pioneering American quilt historians Cuesta Benberry and Mary Schafer.

In partnership with MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences OnLine and the Alliance for American Quilts, the MSU Museum/Great Lakes Quilt Center has spearheaded the development of two major national projects.

The multimedia Quilt Treasures Project develops “web portraits” built from video-taped oral history and supporting archival materials.

These web portraits document the lives, work, and influence of leaders of the American quilt revival of the last quarter of the 20th century.

The Quilt Index digitally preserves the collections and makes them accessible and searchable for research and teaching.