Alden O'Brien, DAR Museum Curator of Costumes and Textiles

The DAR Museum has hosted a symposium on the theme of our museum gallery exhibit. This year, more than 100 quilt history experts and enthusiasts descended on NSDAR headquarters for a symposium held in conjunction with our current exhibit.

In “A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology

Alden O'Brien, DAR Museum Curator of Costumes and Textiles

DAR Museum’s exhibition “Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia” closes September 5, 2015. From the beginning, the exhibit has been a success in every way.  Visitation is up 9% compared to the previous year. The online exhibit has had almost 19,000 hits. The symposium “Eye Opening: New