- San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum - http://www.folkart.com/~latitude/museums/m_sfcfam.htm
Features contemporary craft, folk, and ethnic art from around the world. Site lists upcoming exhibitions, publications, and museum information.
- Mint Museum of Craft and Design and Mint Museum of Art - http://www.mintmuseum.org/
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."
- Teddy Bear Museum - Stratford, England - http://www.theteddybearmuseum.com/
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.
- The Craftmuseum of Finland - http://www.craftmuseum.fi/eng/
Covers all techniques of handicraft from house building to lace making.
- Victoria and Albert Museum. - http://www.vam.ac.uk/
The V&A in London is a museum of the decorative arts. Founded in 1852 to support and encourage excellence in art and design, it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria.
- American Craft Museum - http://www.americancraftmuseum.org
New York museum displays crafts by American artists. Exhibits include furnishings, glass, and jewelry.
- Index of American Design - http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm
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.
- Society for Contemporary Craft - http://www.contemporarycraft.org/
Exhibition and lecture schedule, membership information, and museum store. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Heard Museum - http://www.heard.org/
Native American crafts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - http://ndm.si.edu/
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.
- Canadian Craft Museum - http://www.vancouverplus.ca/profile/383132/
Basic museum information such as hours and location.
- Bead Museum and Study Center - http://www.beadmuseumdc.org/
Located in Washington D.C. Site includes information on events, membership, exhibits, a newsletter, and activities.
- Crafts Study Centre - http://www.craftscentre.surrart.ac.uk
Houses a collection of 20th-century and contemporary objects, including ceramics, textiles, wood and calligraphy, reference books, documents, photographs and craftspeople's working notes. Located in The Surrey Institute of Art and Design.
- White House Collection of American Crafts - http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/whc/
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.
- Renwick Gallery - http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/
Part of the National Museum of American Art, the gallery features "decorative arts and crafts from early America to the present."
- Craftsman Farms - http://www.parsippany.net/
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.
- Old Crafts and Toy Museum - http://www.ambachtenmuseum.nl/
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]
- Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design - http://www.etdm.ee/en/
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.
- Musa Heritage Gallery (Mus'Art) - http://www.freewebs.com/musart/
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.
- COPA - http://www.copa-puppets.org/
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.
- Open Hand Theater - http://www.openhandtheater.org
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.
- The Dowse - http://www.dowse.org.nz/
Provides exhibitions, events and a cafe. Includes details of events, workshops, news and directions to the location in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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