Historic Quilts Unveiled At Landis Valley Farm Museum
Landis Valley Museum Interpretive Guide Lois Coleman
prepares an antique patchwork, variable star pattern quilt
(circa. 1840) for display in the upcoming “Quilts of Landis
Valley” Exhibition planned at the Museum from April 3-
April 21.
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LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Thirty extraordinary aflfique
quilts, never before exhibited to
die public, have been resurrected
from deep storage, cleaned, and
prepared for public viewing in
“The Quilts of Landis Valley”
Exhibition.
This colorful, visually exciting
and educational exhibition will be
conducted at Landis Valley Mu
seum, a living history crossroads
village located at 2451 Kissel Hill
Road in Lancaster, on April 3
through April 21.
These 30 exquisite bedcover
ings, chosen from among 80 in
Landis Valley Museum’s stored
textile collection, represents vari
ous quilting techniques, materi
als, patterns, forms and quilting
traditions of the Pennsylvania
German families in Southeastern
Pennsylvania from 1830 through
the very early 1900 s. The exhibi
tion includes several children’s
quilts, whole cloth, pieced, appli
qued and an unquilted crazy
quilt. The majority of these quilts
were either collected by the Mu
seum’s founders, the Landis
Brothers, or given to the Museum
by Central Pennsylvania families
wishing to have their family trea
sures safely preserved for
generations to come. A few of the
pieces are from outside of Penn
sylvania, such as a New Jersey
Friendship Quilt, but have been
included in the exhibition due to
their historical importance.
The exhibition will have multi
ple components to enjoy through
out the Museum’s various histor
ic and gallery buildings including
the Visitor Center Auditori
um showcasing a large num
ber of the quilts; The Visitor
Center Gallery with displays
of quilting patterns, textiles
and sewing tools; The Textile
Building featuring more
quilts; The Erisman House
with a selection of sewing
tools; The Landis House fea-
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hiring “the crazy quilt;” The
fcoujitry Store offering a fabric
display and The Brick Farmstead
with a display of the earliest
quilts.
Tickets to the exhibition are
available to the public in two
forms:
1. The “Quilts of Landis Valley
Exhibition, Lunch and Lecture”
package, which includes admis
sion to the museum, a tour of the
quilt exhibition, luncheon in one
of the historic museum buildings
followed by an informative lec
ture by quilt and textile experts is
available and limited to 120
guests per day for $26 per ticket.
The guest lecturers for the
package include:
• Wednesday, April 3 —• Trish
Herr, well-known textile expert
and author, speaking on Hidden
Treasures: Quilts from The Land
is Valley Collection
• Thursday, April 4 Rachel
Pellman, quilt expert and author,
speaking on: Amish women and
their Quilts
• Friday, April 5 Arlene
Hess, expert quilter and 10th
generation Lancaster Mennonite,
speaking on Mennonite Quilting
• Saturday, April 6 Nancy
Roan, textile and quilt expert,
speaking on The Fabrics in
Grandma’s Quilt
This exhibition, lunch and lec
ture package is available
Wednesday, April 3 through Sat
urday, April 6, beginning with
the tour at 10 a.m. through the
finishing of the lecture at 2:15
p.m. Reservations are required
for this package and can be made
by calling (717) 569-0401 ext.
200.
2. The “Quilts of Landis Valley
Exhibition” ticket, at the cost of
$l6, is an alternative. Itincludes
admission to die museum and en
trance to all quilt exhibits, and is
available April 3 through 6 after
2:30 pun. and then Tuesday
through Saturday, 9 a.m to 4
p.m.; Sundays from noon to 4
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One East Main Street
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 30, 2002-811
p.m.; from Sunday, April 7
through the close of the exhibi
tion on Sunday, April 21. The
Museum is closed on Mondays.
The Landis Valley Museum,
located on 100 acres a few miles
north of Lancaster City, was
founded in the 1920 s by the
Landis Brothers to document and
preserve the material culture and
heritage of early Pennsylvania
Germans. It has grown from a
handful of buildings to a cross
roads village and museum com
prised of many exhibit areas and
structures original to Landis Val
ley, relocated early buildings, and
new state of the art display and
collection facility.
The museum, previously publi
cized for its use as a location in
the movie Beloved, includes edu
cational exhibits, a farmstead
with historical breeds of animals,
period demonstrations, and a
highly regarded heirloom seed
project that preserves and chroni
cles historical plants and seeds.
The collections of buildings, arti
facts and exhibits along with the
demonstration of traditional
crafts and skills give a compre
hensive overview and interpreta
tion of past German rural life.
This accurate picture of early
German life in the colonies helps
scholars, students, area residents
and tourists from all over the
world understand the important
role the German culture played
in those years gone by and in
world in which we live today.
Landis Valley Museum is ad
ministered by the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commis
sion and is actively supported by
The Landis Valley Associates,
Membership and Volunteer
Corp.
’TTie Mdstum is located 2.5
miles norjih of Lancaster on route
272/Oregon Pike, a marked exit
from both Route 30 and Rt. 222.
For information call (717)
569-0401 or visit our Website at:
www.landisvalleymuseum.org.
Chester County Extension
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WEST CHESTER (Chester Co.) Plan to at
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register, call (610)
696-3500 by April 29.
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23, from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m., at the extension of
fice in West Chester. To
register, call (610)
696-3500 by May 9.
Mutual Funds:
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Penn State Coopera
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“Mutual Funds: Getting
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June 4, from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m., at the extension of
fice in West Chester. To
register, call (610)
696-3500 by May 21.