Actually, while Cindy is an expert quilter I do purchase most of the quilts we buy since I am the one in the antique stores and at yard sales. So I know a little about them. The ones in the museum were from the 1700's-1800's and were very interesting. Many of them I would not have suspected that they were anywhere near that old. Very hard to tell the difference. But I did learn how to tell the differences a little.