The Indiana State Museum

I had a nice tour of the Indiana State Museum yesterday. This was the first time I have been in the museum since it moved to its new location. And I must say I am very impressed with the museum and its building. I had a tour of the Frugal & Fancy; Indiana Quilts exhibit, a tour of the conservation and storage areas and then "Quilter's High Tea" in the LS Ayers Tearoom.

First we had a tour of the quilt exhibit. Frugal & Fancy compares frugal quilts-- quilts made from scraps for utilitarian use only-- with fancy quilts-- using all new materials and made to show off intricate hand work.



Then we went down to the conservation and storage areas and learned all about the intricate work that goes into caring for all of the old quilts and clothing in the museum's collection.


After the tour we were treated to chicken salad sandwiches, tea and luscious cheese cake in the Tea Room. The cheese cake was to die for!

But the most pleasing part of the tour for me was finding out that the QR Code Quilt that I worked on with Sherry McConnell and is hanging in the Frugal and Fancy exhibit, is now a part of the museum's permanent collection. Wow!