Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Tiny but nice little museum — worth visiting if you are already in Golden. Currently they have a number of quilts for sale and you can bid on them online. The permanent collection is mainly in storage but we enjoyed the few 19^th century pieces we saw. Hopefully they will be able to raise money and move to a larger location so more of the quilts can be displayed.

RMQM has moved down the street to 1213 Washington Avenue. The new building is not large, but it has a nicer «gallery feel» to it and it is no longer broken up into separate rooms like it was in the old location. Stunning quilts on display, helpful and friendly volunteers. The gift shop is cute and you can visit the shop without having to go into the museum. Great and worthwhile attraction for anyone interested in art or quilts.

Very disappointing. I had been there a few years ago, but they have since moved, downsized considerably. Only about 16 – 20 quilts there (which were absolutely beautiful), I was done within ½ hour. I felt ripped off by the admission price, recommend you just save it, use it for admission to your local quilt guild show. The brochure claims they have over 450 quilts in their collection, none of which are on display, but you can view them via the internet (which, of course, I can do from home). Sorry I took the time & effort to go there.

I don’t really know much about quilts or how much things associated with them should cost. This review is soley reflective of how much I enjoyed being in a quilt store.

This museum is divided up in a business building, so that you go from the front display room, down the hall to another display room, and across the hall to two different store fronts, if you want to purchase anything. They have many new and used quilts for sale. Open M-​Sat, 10am to 4pm, Sun noon to 4pm. Price $ 6 for adults.
The exhibit itself currently features different quilting styles, from the traditional to very innovative. One exhibit is Sisters in Cloth: works by African-​American textile artists. In that exhibit, one quilt caught my eye: done by a woman who got breast cancer and survived in memory of her daughter who also got breast cancer, but succumbed. Another quilt was an appliqued portrait of Bobby McFerrin, who wrote the song, «Dont’ Worry, Be Happy.» The other exhibit was Pre-​1840 Bed Coverings by the Amerian Quilt Study Group.
The exhibits change, so if you go there, you may be treated to a whole different experience.