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.

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.

Contains over 40,000 objects representing 3,500 years of glass and glassmaking from Egyptian to 20th century. Collections, exhibitions, education, demonstrations, events.

Site includes information about exhibitions, events, and fairs.

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

Native American crafts from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Kyoto, Japan.

Exhibition and lecture schedule, membership information, and museum store. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Exhibits, documents, and preserves contemporary fine art in electric media and outstanding examples of neon signs. Located in Los Angeles.

Features film showing the entire process of the almond and the production of the marzipan on the premises, display of modeled marzipan and workshop area. Includes hours and entrance fee. Located in Israel. [Hebrew and English]

Museum information, photos, schedule of exhibitions.

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.

Site includes photos of some featured murals, information about the center, classes, and tours.

Features contemporary craft, folk, and ethnic art from around the world. Site lists upcoming exhibitions, publications, and museum information.

Basic museum information such as hours and location.

Located in Washington D.C. Site includes information on events, membership, exhibits, a newsletter, and activities.

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.

Covers all techniques of handicraft from house building to lace making.

New York museum displays crafts by American artists. Exhibits include furnishings, glass, and jewelry.

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.

Features a collection of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, which includes furniture, pottery, silver, metalwork, jewellery, plasterwork, textiles and leatherwork.