Sorry to disagree, but nothing about the word "museum" promises that its exhibits are antique or even old or traditional. And it's pretty ridiculous to suggest that the museum not having traditional, hand quilted, older quilts on display at all times has contributed to the decline of that whole area. Sorry that you were disappointed, but you know what they say...phone first (or check out the website).

The MoMA certainly isn't full of antique art....

Sorry you were disappointed at the exhibit at the time of your visit. Better luck next time. Check the internet for their exhibit to be sure.

We went many years ago and they had both hand and machine quilted. It was right around the time that machine quilting was starting to be recognized.

I took dh and our 2 sons. My dh could discuss the merits of the both machine and hand quilting.

We spent the morning at the quilt museum and the afternoon at the Corvette museum.

I have to say, that this pass June I went for the first time to the museum and they had a mix of hand quilts and machine. I love it, I think it pretty neat that Quilter's have a place to show their work. Lets give ourselves more credit, that quilting is an art as well as a passion.Like an artist our quilts are our canvas, and I am proud that we have a place to hang our work to be admired

I consider myself blessed to actually live in Paducah (Went to Hancock Fabrics this morning). The other responders are correct, the quilts in the museum are rotated constantly. You could go many times and get a totally different feel each and every time. On another subject, I thought that the remark about the "decline" of our downtown area was rather snide. I am probably prejudiced, but I have been to many downtown areas and I feel that Paducah's is as nice as most that I have seen. Most of the buildings are occupied and have new or revitalized businesses in them and the artist relocation program has been a huge success. Yeah we arent a huge metropolitan area, but I prefer living in a community this size.

Wow.

I really enjoyed my visit to the museum, and if I recall, they had quite a selection of all KINDS of quilts! I especially loved the miniatures. I thought the downtown area of Paducah was pleasant and quaint.

No, "museum" does not mean "antique" to me. I'm sorry that it does to you. One of the best "museums" in my area is OMSI, aka the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. They have some FABULOUS exhibits, and they're not always antique.

You are lucky in that you are close enough and can probably make another trip to see the museum sometime in the future, when they do have a display of antique quilts. I live on the other side of the country, and consider my trip to Paducah in 2010 the trip of a lifetime - I'll probably never get to go again. I was NOT disappointed.

I agree, I was so impressed the last time I went to the downtown area compared to the first time I was down there I couldn't wait to come back. I really appreciated the kind shop owners who stayed open a few minutes longer as I was running out of day on my adventure!! Awesome job on all that hard work. Decline was the state it was in before the revitilization efforts took over and totally gave it the feel almost like I had when I walked the streets of Seattle-

BTW, very jealous of your Handcocks visit. I love that store and can hardly wait to go next weekend. That store is like a quilters playground. I LOVE IT.

I go through Paducah each time I travel back to Nebraska. One of these times, I'm going to have to take the time to visit the museum and Hancocks. Any other quilt places to visit while in Paducah?

I recommend Caryl Bryer Fallert's place! And I believe Eleanor Burns is there, also. I'm not a big Eleanor Burns fan, so I skipped her.