Tour Gee’s Bend
On the Gee's Bend Heritage Trail, visitors can learn about the quiltmakers whose work was featured on a set of 10 commemorative stamps issued by the US Postal Service in 2006 as part of the American Treasures series. Located near where their makers lived and worked, Heritage Trail markers feature full-size reproductions of the quilts, along with biographical information, stories, and photographs of the women who created them.
Discover Gee’s Bend through Bloomberg Connects, with stories, history, and insights that deepen your experience as you explore the community in person or connect from home. Start exploring before you arrive and continue learning long after your visit.
Craft your own unforgettable journey! Led by Andre Pettway, son of renowned quilter Mary Leathea Pettway, these tours offer a deeply personal and authentic experience. Famous for its vibrant quilting heritage, this charming community invites you to explore its storied past and creative present.
Tour the history of the Freedom Quilting Bee, a Black women-owned cooperative founded in 1966 that built a national quilting business while advancing civil rights, voting rights, and school desegregation. Group and bus tours are available by reservation.