Web links to MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
that focus on folk art and crafts of the World.

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• California Indian Library Collections 
  The California Indian Library Collections (CILC) was funded with the aim of returning unique cultural materials to California's Native Americans and making the collections available to all citizens through their local libraries.
• DIEGO RIVERA Virtual Museum 
  Diego Rivera (1886-l957), Mexico's muralist painter, was one of the greatest artists in the 20th century. His legacy to modern Mexican art was decisive in murals and canvas; he was a revolutionary painter looking to take art to the big public, to streets and buildings, managing a precise, direct, and realist style, full of social content.
• Mexican Museum, San Francisco  
  The soul and spirit of the arts and cultures of Mexico and the Americas are fundamentally linked. The Mexican Museum voices the complexity and richness of Latino art throughout the Americas.
• Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art 
  Mingei International presents dynamic, changing exhibitions of traditional and contemporary folk art, craft and design. All have the purpose of fulfilling its mission of "furthering understanding of art of people from all cultures of the world."
• Royal British Columbia Museum 
  No visit to Victoria is complete without a visit to the Royal British Columbia Museum. One of the world's top 10 museums, its first rate exhibits depict the magic and the majesty of British Columbia's natural and human heritage.
• San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles  
  The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles is to promote the art, craft and history of quilts and textiles.
• Seri Cultural Center  
  In Northern Mexico between the Sea of Cortez and the desert of Sonora live the last 200 pure blood (sangre puro) Seri Indians. The FolkArt & Craft Exchange in collaboration with Susan Blumenthal bring you their story.
• Smithsonian Museum Guide 
  The Smithsonian's 16 national museums and the National Zoo present a fascinating array of exhibitions and complementary activities.
• Virginia Quilt Museum 
  This museum, located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is open to the public as a resource center for the study of the role of quilts and quilting in the cultural life of society. The museum offers opportunities to view significant work by both early and contemporary quilt artisans.
• Voodoo Cultural Center & Museum  
  Webster defines Voodoo as "a body of primitive rites and practices, based on a belief in sorcery and in the power of charms, fetishes, etc., found among native of the West Indies and in the southern United States, and ultimately of African origin." However, these Magickal Dolls and Gris-Gris Kits offer lots of fun as a unique gift or personal novelty item or keepsake.

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