Event Profile

Organization: Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre Location: Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre Phone: 403-502-8793 Email: esplanade@medicinehat.ca Website: Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre Event Dates:  

• SAT, DEC 3112:00:am to 5:00:pm

• MON, JAN 0210:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, JAN 0310:00:am to 5:00:pm
• WED, JAN 0410:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, JAN 0510:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, JAN 0610:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, JAN 0712:00:am to 5:00:pm
• MON, JAN 0910:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, JAN 1010:00:am to 5:00:pm
• WED, JAN 1110:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, JAN 1210:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, JAN 1310:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, JAN 1412:00:am to 5:00:pm
• MON, JAN 1610:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, JAN 1710:00:am to 5:00:pm
• WED, JAN 1810:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, JAN 1910:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, JAN 2010:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, JAN 2112:00:am to 5:00:pm
• MON, JAN 2310:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, JAN 2410:00:am to 5:00:pm
• WED, JAN 2510:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, JAN 2610:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, JAN 2710:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, JAN 2812:00:am to 5:00:pm
• MON, JAN 3010:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, JAN 3110:00:am to 5:00:pm

• WED, FEB 0110:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, FEB 0210:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, FEB 0310:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, FEB 0412:00:am to 5:00:pm
• MON, FEB 0610:00:am to 5:00:pm
• TUE, FEB 0710:00:am to 5:00:pm
• WED, FEB 0810:00:am to 5:00:pm
• THU, FEB 0910:00:am to 5:00:pm
• FRI, FEB 1010:00:am to 5:00:pm
• SAT, FEB 1112:00:am to 5:00:pm

Description:  

Closing Reception on Sunday February 5th, 2012 at 1 PM. First Discoveries family art activity at 2 PM in the Discovery Centre.

These remarkable quilts are safeguarded for posterity in the Esplanade Museum Collection. Many were used and loved here in Medicine Hat, from as early as 1910 onwards, while others made their way here over time. The provenance of the quilts is sparse but intriguing - we know for instance that one is the tulip design quilt of Miss Jean McGregor, Medicine Hat’s first woman RCMP dispatcher, and another patchwork quilt, with WW I and other commemorative badges, may have originated in Huron County, Ontario and was finished in Medicine Hat. This is a rare opportunity to see unique pieces of our heritage brought to life by the skill, creativity and countless hours of dedication of their makers.