N.B. Only those museums which are known to have collections of some significance (because of size or regional/cultural significance) have been included. Many UK museums and country houses will have textiles collections which include a small number of quilts. Even for those museums in this list, quilts rarely feature in the information on their websites or in their searchable databases.

England

American Museum in Britain

• Located in Bath, England
• http://www.americanmuseum.org/

Bankfield Museum

• Located in Halifax, West Yorkshire
• http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/museums-galleries/bankfield-museum/whatwillIsee.html#subcontent

Beamish Museum

• The North of England Open Air Museum
• County Durham, England
• http://www.beamish.org.uk/Home.aspx

Bolton Museum

• http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/
• Large collection of Caddow quilts
• Located in the UK

Bowes Museum

• County Durham, England
• http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/

The Castle Museum

• York
• http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk?Page?ViewCollection.aspx?Collectionid=8

Costume and Textile Study Centre

• Located at the Carrow House Study Centre, Norfolk
• http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=210.10x1

Gawthorpe Hall

• Burnley, Lancashire

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

• Hereford, Herefordshire
• http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/leisure/museums-galleries/2869.asp

Leeds Museum and Art Gallery

• Located in Leeds
• http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Home/Our_Collections/Costume_and_Textiles.aspx

Moat Park Heritage Center, Museums Trust Biggar

• Located in Biggar
• http://www.biggarmuseumtrust.co.uk/cms/index.php?page=moatpark

Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

• Located at Middlesex University
• http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/collections_research/index.htm

Museum Sevenoaks

• Located in Sevenoaks
• http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000079

New Brewery Arts

• Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
• http://www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/

Quilt Museum and Gallery

• St. Anthony's Hall, York; opened in 2008
• "Europe's first museum dedicated to quilt making and textile arts"
• http://www.quiltmuseum.org.uk/

Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

• Exeter, Devon
• http://www.rammuseum.prg.uk/Costume-and-textile

Somerset County Museum

• Taunton, Somerset
• http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/museums/Intro

Tullie House Museum

• Carlisle, Cumbria
• http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk

Tyne & Wear Museums

• Newcastle/Gateshead/Sunderland
• http://www.twmuseums.org.uk

Victoria & Albert Museum

• Located in South Kensington
• http://www.vam.ac.uk/
• See also the V & A's Quilt of Quilts project, http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/

See also: University of Leeds International Textiles Archive, http://ulita.leeds.ac.uk/wiki/mediawiki-1.10.1/index.php/Clothworkers_Digital_Archive

Scotland

Cultures and Sports Glasgow Museums

• Located in Glasgow
• http://www.csglasgow.org/

National Museum of Scotland

• Edinburgh
• http://www.nms/ac/uk/our_museums/museums_collection_centre.aspx

Shetland Museum

• Located in Lerwick, Shetland Islands
• http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/museumCollections/textiles/

Wales

Ceredigion Museum

• Located in Wales
• http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=197

Museum of Welsh Life at St. Fagan's

• Located in Cardiff
• Part of the National Museum of Wales
• http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/

National Museum of Wales

• Located in Cardiff
• http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/

National Wool Museum

• Located in Llandysul, Wales
• Part of the National Museum of Wales
• http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/wool/

The Quilt Association, Minerva Arts Centre

• Llanidloes, Mid Wales
• Full quilt collection online at: http://www.quilt.org.uk/page-6-Our + Collection.html

Welsh Quilt Center

• Located in Lampeter, West Wales
• http://www.jen-jones.com/JJWQC.htm

Northern Ireland

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

• Cultra, near Belfast
• http://www.nmni/uftm
• Cross-listed under Ireland in International Quilt Collections.