THE HERITAGE OF LANCASTER ARTS
With over 3500 objects in our regionally-significant decorative arts collection, the Heritage Center of Lancaster County preserves and interprets the stories of Lancaster County’s artisans from the mid-eighteenth through the 20th century.LANCASTER QUILT & TEXTILE MUSEUM
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Art of the Quilt
82 Quilts from former Esprit Collection featured in ART OF THE QUILT Preview Reception & Dinner March 13; Public Exhibition March 14-18, 2012 For the very first time since this collection made... -
The Heritage Center Museum Galleries Closing December 31, 2011
Our museum galleries will be closed in 2012, as the City of Lancaster makes plans to restore this historic building. The downtown visitor center, Historic Lancaster Walking Tours & retail... -
Endowment established for the Future Care of our Museum Collections
The Heritage Center of Lancaster County, in partnership with the Lancaster County Community Foundation, is pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowment for the perpetual care of our... -
The Heritage Center of Lancaster County Declares 2012 a Year of Transition
The Heritage Center of Lancaster County is committed to engaging our community to explore new ways to preserve our historic museum collections and in the future to make them more... -
Grand Events in the City of Lancaster
The Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum unveils a premiere venue for wedding and special events in the City of Lancaster. The museum is housed in a grand Beaux Arts bank...
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Art of the Quilt
82 Quilts from former Esprit Collection featured in ART OF THE QUILT Preview Reception & Dinner March 13; Public Exhibition March 14-18, 2012 For the very first time since this collection made its public debut in 1990 at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, visitors will experience ALL 82 historic masterworks of American quilt making [...] -
Grand Events in the City of Lancaster
The Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum unveils a premiere venue for wedding and special events in the City of Lancaster. The museum is housed in a grand Beaux Arts bank building originally owned by the Lancaster Trust Company, a once prosperous community bank that failed during the Great Depression. Constructed in 1912, this building stood [...] -
THE GRID: Amish Quilts, Esprit Clothing and Postmodern Design
Make THE GRID exhibition the showcase at your next Grand Heritage Event! The Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum partners with Franklin & Marshall College’s Art History Department in an exhibition that explores the connection between our resident Amish quilt collection and the quilts’ collector, Doug Tompkins, founder of the Esprit Corporation, and the fashions produced by [...]