The Gallery
The McCarl Coverlet Gallery is a nonprofit cultural organization that collects, preserves, interprets, and disseminates the history of weaving and folk traditions in the Northeastern region of the United States.
The McCarl Coverlet Gallery will also foster a knowledge and appreciation of that history among the members of the Saint Vincent Community and the general public.
The McCarl Coverlet Gallery will foster and carry out research, exhibits, publications, education, and interpretive projects to carry out its purpose.
The McCarl Coverlet Gallery will also engage the academic faculty and student community to the fullest extent and make the exhibit space and collections into a tool for learning and practice of many different disciplines.
The Gallery may, from time to time, acquire artifacts and other objects consistent with its purpose, according to generally accepted museum practice and in keeping with proper operation of The McCarl Coverlet Gallery.
Collections Policy
The McCarl Coverlet Gallery collects coverlets and other weaving examples that exemplify weaving traditions in the colonial to post-antebellum Northeastern United States. If an artifact is particularly unique, the gallery will consider accepting weavings that fall outside of the noted geographic range. In addition, The McCarl Coverlet Gallery collects items dealing with the history, genealogy, and trade practices of weavers associated with the collections. Weaving equipment and other material dealing with folk life from the 1830s to the 1860s Northeastern United States may also be accepted at the discretion of the curator. The McCarl Coverlet Gallery will accept these items through the gift, donation, or bequest from the donor.
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays: By appointment depending on staff availability • Closed Mondays •
Tuesdays to Fridays: Noon to 4 p.m.
Summer Hours: (Memorial Day to Labor Day): Tuesdays to Sundays Noon to 3 p.m. • Closed Mondays •
Wednesdays and Thursdays 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery • Saint Vincent College • 300 Fraser Purchase Road •
Latrobe, PA 15650 • info@mccarlgalley.org