The Museum

Library Resources

Click Here for the Contemporary Broderie Perse Exhibition Booklist

Quilting Resources at Your Fingertips

The New England Quilt Museum Library is a self-supporting facility staffed entirely by volunteers. Our volunteers are available to research your questions on any aspect of quilting. We TRY to be on hand when the museum is open, but please call or e-mail us in advance before making a special trip to do research in the library.

Everyone can visit the Library to:

• Browse and research over 2000 reference books


• Read current issues of quilt magazines


• Find information on quilt guilds and shows in New England


• Try current quilt software


• Create fabric quilt labels on the computer

Museum members can also:

• Borrow from the circulating collection containing over 1600 books, including quilt fiction for adults and children, and videos.


• Have books and videos mailed to them for the cost of postage.

Donate:
Individual quilters, publishers and authors donate books, magazines and videos. Every new item is kept in the reference collection with 2 additional copies of books placed in the circulating collection. Any items not needed for our collections become part of our Continuous Yard Sale. Items are sold at 50% of their original value. The Library also welcomes donations of quilt related items. The proceeds help fund the ongoing expenses of the Library and the Museum.

Volunteer:
New volunteers are always welcome. Come once a month or more often if you like. You'll have total access to all these wonderful resources, a substantial discount at the Museum Shop and can view the current exhibition each time you volunteer.

Contact:
Our volunteers are available to research your questions on any aspect of quilting.
Volunteers try to be on hand at the Library to assist visitors whenever the Museum is open.
If you are unable to visit in person, you can also contact the Library:

By phone at: 978-452-4207 extension 15
By Mail at:
New England Quilt Museum
ATTN: Library
18 Shattuck St.
Lowell, MA 01852
By E-mail at Questions@NEQuiltMuseum.org

Museum Library Offers Summer Reading

Before heading out for your vacation, be sure to stock up on pleasure reading for the whole family. The museum library has a whole shelf of fun picture books for young children and dozens of quilt related novels for adults. For both middle school students and adults, Ann Rinaldi's Quilt Trilogy are well-researched historical fiction set in Salem and Lowell, Mass. Jennifer Chiaverini has written 16 books, most with a "quilt camp" setting and a few historical fiction titles. Earlene Fowler's Benni Harper series are murder mysteries mostly set in Southern California ranch country. Sandra Dallas has 3 historical novels set in different time periods. Emilie Richards' Shenandoah Album novels are 5 books set in Virginia dealing sensitively with family relationships and current event issues.

If you don't have time to pick up the books in person before you depart, we can mail them to you. Make sure your membership is up-to-date, then contact us at Questions@NEQuiltMuseum.org or phone the library at 978-452-4207 X 15 to make arrangements.

Contemporary Broderie Perse: An Elegant Revival Exhibition Booklist

Our library staff has created a list of books in our library that will help you learn more about broderie perse, as well as the history of sewing tools. For the complete list, click here.