tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post2200176083634211667..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Lowell's American Textile History Museum Has ClosedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-41520993570209636652016-08-27T16:37:35.258-05:002016-08-27T16:37:35.258-05:00Sorry to hear that, I visited there about three ti...Sorry to hear that, I visited there about three times over the years and always enjoyed it.Mary Hueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930632913728046516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-2518412445654577942016-08-26T20:27:27.035-05:002016-08-26T20:27:27.035-05:00Oh no! Please let us know where the swatch books g...Oh no! Please let us know where the swatch books go if and when you find out So sad....<br />Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791267057175762858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-18323743391805802472016-08-26T12:52:22.257-05:002016-08-26T12:52:22.257-05:00A pleasant note for August 26. Go to
www.cooperhew...A pleasant note for August 26. Go to<br />www.cooperhewitt.org/category/object-of-the-day to see<br />Trellis wallpaper by William Morris.<br />Barbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-80827788324038968042016-08-26T07:20:38.276-05:002016-08-26T07:20:38.276-05:00really sad....such an integral part of history...really sad....such an integral part of history...cityquilter gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769584628450845408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-64551852075615793882016-08-25T21:16:48.831-05:002016-08-25T21:16:48.831-05:00That is such a shame, I really wanted to get up th...That is such a shame, I really wanted to get up there this year.<br />Here, our two best quilt stores have closed and one was my pfaff store, so she sold me a machine and then closed, second time that has happened to me, so I will have to teach myself, again.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-82883841746652231432016-08-25T18:43:54.354-05:002016-08-25T18:43:54.354-05:00So sad! I hope their exhibits etc can go to anoth...So sad! I hope their exhibits etc can go to another museum in the area.Judy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16753055271989502153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71588581197962200782016-08-25T18:38:56.600-05:002016-08-25T18:38:56.600-05:00So sad news.Hope they can reopen one day.So sad news.Hope they can reopen one day.Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658886355427916313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-24768117343322372032016-08-25T15:40:42.885-05:002016-08-25T15:40:42.885-05:00It's so sad. Lowell is losing a treasure.It's so sad. Lowell is losing a treasure. Cynthia@wabi-sabi-quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409769915035855136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-11670191787732742512016-08-25T15:29:18.233-05:002016-08-25T15:29:18.233-05:00Ditto that. Hard times for museums these days.Ditto that. Hard times for museums these days.Nifty Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249020129403851346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-46346488686908235412016-08-25T13:25:52.325-05:002016-08-25T13:25:52.325-05:00Darn! i never made it there and now I never will. ...Darn! i never made it there and now I never will. :(The Civil War Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835379745752659258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-65593343716194354652016-08-25T13:25:36.119-05:002016-08-25T13:25:36.119-05:00Thank you for reporting on this, I did not know it...Thank you for reporting on this, I did not know it.Vic in NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552281371631960555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-73235665997726136212016-08-25T10:23:54.481-05:002016-08-25T10:23:54.481-05:00I should say that there are still three other text...I should say that there are still three other textile museums in Lowell. <br /><br />See this link:<br /><br />http://www.lowell.com/museums/Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-70625489710986864342016-08-25T09:15:18.977-05:002016-08-25T09:15:18.977-05:00Heartbreaking indeed. Wonderful memories of poring...Heartbreaking indeed. Wonderful memories of poring over swatch books. Wendy Caton Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122151466664580872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-28725013524061268722016-08-25T08:58:53.398-05:002016-08-25T08:58:53.398-05:00This breaks my heart. We went here about 10 years...This breaks my heart. We went here about 10 years ago and I 'made' my children go thru it with me. By the end of the trip they were enthralled. I always meant to go back when I was on the East Coast. DARN IT!Megohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425793763775935565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-21915859274202061362016-08-25T07:16:41.117-05:002016-08-25T07:16:41.117-05:00I'm devastated to hear this. Not only for thi...I'm devastated to hear this. Not only for this museum, but also for what its closure bodes for other quilt/textile institutions. What happened in the last two decades to cause interest in this area to dwindle?<br /><br />My own two visits to this Museum were memorable and I'm so sorry my grandchildren won't see the old, loud factory spinner that I saw and the ceiling full of spinning wheels and what a 19th Century mill factory on a stream looked like. The textile industry led the Industrial Revolution and is such a big part of our history, yet there is no evidence of it left in the US today. suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885011551892500020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-2581478619401557942016-08-25T07:14:26.583-05:002016-08-25T07:14:26.583-05:00I wonder what will happen to all the exhibits. It&...I wonder what will happen to all the exhibits. It's a shame if they don't deposit all that history with some other institution.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583270998238204181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-91502102466019062862016-08-25T07:03:05.501-05:002016-08-25T07:03:05.501-05:00I'm so sorry to read this. We went to the New...I'm so sorry to read this. We went to the New England Quilt Museum last June and had planned on another trip to the textile museum. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16034017711522226964noreply@blogger.com