Can you search for names on the AIDS quilt?

When viewing the interactive quilt, users can either appreciate the enormous mosaic in its entirety or zoom in on specific panels, which often include individuals’ names and messages of love. Additionally, virtual visitors can search the quilt for specific names, keywords or block numbers.

What happened to the AIDS Memorial Quilt?

The Quilt returned to San Francisco in November 2019 when the National AIDS Memorial became its permanent steward. The Quilt’s archival collection of 200,000 objects, documents, cards, and letters sent in by people from across globe now live in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Is the AIDS quilt still going?

Each panel is 3 feet (0.91 m) by 6 feet (1.8 m), approximately the size of the average grave; this connects the ideas of AIDS and death more closely. The Quilt is still maintained and displayed by The NAMES Project Foundation.

What was the purpose of the AIDS quilt?

Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. This meeting of devoted friends and lovers served as the foundation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Is the AIDS Memorial in San Francisco a quilt?

The National AIDS Memorial has worked together with Quilt partners from across the country to create this exhibition which includes digital images from thousands of hand-sewn Quilt panels, each visually telling the story of loved ones lost to AIDS. “Thousands of people have died in San Francisco, millions in the world.

How many panels are on the AIDS Memorial?

The Atlanta-based foundation also revealed plans to send the quilt home to San Francisco under the stewardship of the National AIDS Memorial. Today, the quilt features more than 48,000 panels. (Courtesy of the National AIDS Memorial / NAMES Project)

How big is the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Atlanta?

The AIDS Memorial Quilt itself is also warehoused in Atlanta when not being displayed, and continues to grow, currently consisting of more than 48,000 individual memorial panels (over 94,000 people) and weighing an estimated 54 tons.

When was the AIDS Memorial first displayed on the National Mall?

When the AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed on the National Mall in 1987, it contained 1,920 panels commemorating people who had died of the disease.