News from Packwood House

Packwood Announces Quilt Exhibit and Weekend

LEWISBURG, (Pa.)--Packwood House Museum announces that their Pennsylvania Quilts II: Patterns and Variations exhibit will open June 12 and run through October 13, 2012. The exhibit's opening event will be June 9, 2012 at 2:30 at Lewisburg’s historic Campus Theater with the showing of “How to Make an American Quilt,” followed by a reception and viewing of the quilt exhibit at the Packwood House Museum, 15 North Water Street.

Quilt activities are planned for the weekend of August 10, 11 and 12, 2012, with key note speakers Linda Eaton, Director of Museum Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur, author of “Quilts in a Material World”; and Bunnie Jordan, quilt-maker, author, collector and teacher, discussing Civil War quilts.

During the weekend Karen Powers, quilt appraiser and founder of the Packwood House Museum Quilt Study Group, will hold quilt appraisals. Karen Powers and Karen Triffinoff, along with several other regional quilt teachers and historians, will also give workshops. Updates and registration information for the quilt weekend will be posted March 1, 2012, at www.packwoodhousemuseum.com.

A reproduction quilt from the Packwood House Museum collection has been designed and constructed by the Vintage Gatherers of Montoursville, PA, under the direction of Karen Triffinoff. Raffle tickets will be sold throughout the year to benefit the museum and its quilt collection. Packwood has over 200 Pennsylvania quilts dating from 1815 onwards; the majority was the gift of local collector, Robert Glover Shoemaker.

Packwood Announces Holiday Hours

LEWISBURG, (Pa.)--Packwood House Museum will be open 10 a.m. to noon on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, with one tour available at 11 a.m. each day.

For more information, contact the museum at
570-524-0323.

Packwood Quilt DVD Is Now Available

LEWISBURG, (Pa.) -- Packwood House Museum is excited to announce the arrival of the much-anticipated quilt DVD! "Pennsylvania Quilts: Studies in Color," featuring the museum's summer 2009 quilt exhibit, is now available in the gift shop for $15 plus tax.

Don't miss your chance to purchase these great gift items for that special quilt lover on your list! The gift shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 5 in the museum's tour center.

Lewisburg History Book On Sale Now

LEWISBURG, (Pa.)--Packwood House Museum is pleased to announce that the book "Images of America: Lewisburg" is now available in the museum gift shop for $21.99 plus tax. The book is co-written by Museum Executive Director Rick Sauers and Union County Historical Society President Lois Huffines and features an amazing collection of historical photos of the area. Stop in and purchase your copy today!

Packwood Offers Antique Coverlet DVD By Mail

LEWISBURG, (Pa.) -- Packwood House Museum is now offering copies of their 2007 "Gotcha Covered! Nineteenth Century Coverlets" DVD by mail. Produced locally by McVicar Videography of Lewisburg, the DVD retails for $11 in the Museum Gift Shop. Those who would like a copy mailed to them should call the Museum at 570-524-0323 and provide their name, address, and credit card information. Shipping and handling is $2, and all Pennsylvania residents must pay 6% sales tax.