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VIRGINIA IS FOR textile LOVERS

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Textile enthusiasts have two new exhibits to enjoy at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, one of the two expanded Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.

in the Foster and Muriel McCarl Gallery is open now while opens in the Mary B. and William Lehman Guyton Gallery in early August. Both exhibits fit snuggly with the ever-popular exhibitions displaying Colonial Williamsburg’s renowned quilt collection. Since opening in 2018, visitors have embraced Navajo Weavings, the first exhibition at Colonial

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