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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

6:30 pm

Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

"Quilt Whisperer" Connie Martin, MA provides an American historical information presentation from research on her family history to reveal secret codes in quilts as a 6th generation descendant of enslaved Africans in Kentucky.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Guided Tour: Textiles around the World

1:00 pm

Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

This special guided tour will focus on various textile arts throughout the world. It will take a look at the processes behind creating textiles, as well as the different purposes that textile arts can have in our lives. These may range from everyday wear, to expressing political beliefs, identity, religion, creativity, and more.
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