I was at the Paducah museum only once...I loved the show I got to see, which was mostly older quilts, but also quilts that had won awards at the Paducah quilt shows. Museum to me means collections, and they can be old, new, and any age inbetween. I am a traditional quilter, but always am also impressed by more modern quilts and love looking at any quilt.
Hope if and when you get back to the museum, that there will be a more traditional quilt show for you to see...they probably have a schedule so you can choose when to go so you can see the quilts you expected to see this time.