Paducah is a great adventure! The museum there was designed expressly for quilts and only quilts. The museum purchases the winning quilt each year to go into the permanent exhibit. They also have special showings of quilters' work. In addition, there are exhibits all over town, quilts in every store-front window, art galleries, restaurants and the famous Hancock's of Paducah fabric warehouse. All quilters should go there once. I think Houston is too huge for l'il ole me and I am much happier at Paducah. Also, AQS now has venues in 3 other cities to help quilters see the show. Look at an AQS mag and see where they are going to be this year.