Websites
Links to Collections
These are Museums with
collections of samplers and schoolgirl needlework, which you can
visit online or in person.
Old Sturbridge
Village
MFA Boston
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Folk Art Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum of
Welsh Life
National
Museum of American History
Colonial
Williamsburg's eMuseum
For an excellent education and information
regarding antiques samplers please visit www.antiquesamplers.org.
A new site is now available
from the Tennessee Sampler
Survey to document samplers made prior to 1900.
Or a new site, which is
still in the works cataloging all online reference information,
and bringing together all sampler enthusiasts and connesieurs is
The Sampler Consortium.
And for those who would like to know
what is happening in the UK please visit www.thesamplerguild.co.uk.
Another interesting website,
which we have just come across is D*Hub
from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.
Genealogy Research
M. Finkel & Daughter is known for the amount of research
we do on each sampler we acquire. Here are websites which can help
you do the same kind of research on the samplers you own.
http://www.ancestry.com
http://www.familytreemaker.com
http://www.rootsweb.com
If you are
seeking a sampler with a particular family name,
or a sampler from a certain town or geographic location, let us
know. We will inform you when we find it. You can email
us or call us at 215-627-7797.
Philadelphia and Environs
Our shop is located in Philadelphia
- a fascinating and historic place to visit. Here are websites which
list events and provide information about this wonderful city.
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