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Museum of Arts & Design
New York museum displays crafts by American artists. Exhibits include furnishings, glass, and jewelry.
http://www.kintera.org/site/lookup.asp?c=d...
Renwick Gallery
Part of the National Museum of American Art, the gallery features "decorative arts and crafts from early America to the present."
http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/
The Craft Museum of Finland
Covers all techniques of handicraft from house building to lace making.
http://www.craftmuseum.fi/eng/
Craftsman Farms
Features the Gustav Stickley Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Parsippany, New Jersey. Provides details of the collection, the museum shop, a calendar of events, tour schedules, and directions.
http://www.stickleymuseum.org/
Teddy Bear Museum - Stratford, England
Museum and shop located in a heritage 16th century building in the heart of Shakespeares' Stratford Warwick. Photographs and details of the collection and bears for sale.
http://www.theteddybearmuseum.com/
Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery
Non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and education of fine crafts. Hosts a residency for ceramic artists, permanent collection, exhibition galleries, and a consignment gallery. Portland.
http://www.contemporarycrafts.org/
Mint Museum of Craft and Design and Mint Museum of Art
Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Mint Museum of Craft and Design features "objects in ceramics, glass, fiber, metal and wood." The Mint Museum of Art has "diverse permanent collections and changing exhibitions of regional, national and international artists and cultures."
http://www.mintmuseum.org/
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum: Arts and Crafts Collection
Features a collection of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, which includes furniture, pottery, silver, metalwork, jewellery, plasterwork, textiles and leatherwork.
http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk/
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Museum devoted exclusively to the study of historical and contemporary design. Located in New York, the museum features applied arts and industrial design, drawings and prints, textiles, and wallcoverings.
http://ndm.si.edu/
Crafts Study Centre
Houses a collection of 20th-century and contemporary objects, including ceramics, textiles, wood and calligraphy, reference books, documents, photographs and crafts people's working notes. Located in The Surrey Institute of Art and Design.
http://www.csc.ucreative.ac.uk/
Heard Museum
Native American crafts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
http://www.heard.org/
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of the decorative arts founded in 1852 to support and encourage excellence in art and design.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
White House Collection of American Crafts
This collection "features seventy-two works by seventy-seven of America's leading craft artists of today." You can view all the pieces in the collection on the web site, divided into categories for ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, and wood.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhi...
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
Collection, with over 13,000 exhibits, includes works of textile art, ceramics, porcelain, leather, glass, jewelry, metalwork, furniture, and product design. Includes a staff directory, hours, admission fees, and directions to location in Tallinn, Estonia.
http://www.etdm.ee/en/
Open Hand Theater
Collection includes masks and puppets, puppet theaters, folk toys and musical instruments and ancient, historical, and contemporary fine and folk art from around the world. Includes hours, admission fees, membership details, volunteer opportunities, links and directions. Located in Syracuse, New York, United States.
http://www.openhandtheater.org
Conservatory of Puppetry Arts
Non-profit center in Southern California promotes and preserves puppetry arts. Includes details of the collection, outreach and educational programs, and membership and contact forms. Located in Pasadena, California, United States.
http://www.copa-puppets.org/
Musa Heritage Gallery (Mus'Art)
Focusing on the arts and crafts of Cameroon's Western Grassfields. Contains highlights of the collection, photos, and contact details. Located in NWP, Cameroon, Africa.
http://www.freewebs.com/musart/
Crafts Council of England
Site includes information about exhibitions, events, and fairs.
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/
Old Crafts and Toy Museum
Displays over ninety ancient crafts,including a smithy, a clogmakers' workshop, and a farm of yesteryear. Located in Barneveld in the Netherlands. [Dutch and English]
http://www.ambachtenmuseum.nl/
Bead Museum and Study Center
Located in Washington D.C. Site includes information on events, membership, exhibits, a newsletter, and activities.
http://www.beadmuseumdc.org/
Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center, San Francisco
Site includes photos of some featured murals, information about the center, classes, and tours.
http://www.precitaeyes.org/
Society for Contemporary Craft
Exhibition and lecture schedule, membership information, and museum store. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
http://www.contemporarycraft.org/
Index of American Design
From the National Gallery of Art, this site allows you to take tours of their collections of costumes, textiles, dolls, furniture, folk art, pottery, Shaker crafts, toys, woodcarving, and metalwork.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad....
The Dowse
Provides exhibitions, events and a cafe. Includes details of events, workshops, news and directions to the location in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
http://www.dowse.org.nz/
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret the visual arts to a diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination, and lifelong learning.
http://www.philamuseum.org/
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