Hi Fellow Arachnids,
Please be aware that some of the lace and textile collection from the Victoria
and Albert Museum is now housed at Blythe House, nr Olympia in West London.
This belongs to the V A but has restricted access. See their website
Just want to thank you all for the fascinating discussion of lace museums.
I have had the joy of visiting a number of these places and am looking
forward to trip late spring to England so I have been furiously taking
notes. What a wonderful community this is!
Barbara in sunny and too dry
Wow - I just checked my email and yes I just want to write quickly with a
huge thank you to all who have made suggestions! I am like Barbara - here
in hot dry Southern California - Los Angeles to be exact. Barbara where
are you?
I am reading through your emails and taking notes as well - my
In response to Jo's note I was trying to enter data on our local museum to the
LOKK webpage. And I discovered that part of the Art Institute of Chicago's
lace collection is online. Unfortunately only 399 pieces out of over 1000 are
listed online, and only some of those have photos attached. And
I'm shocked to hear about the Brugge lace school and museum closing, it has
been a goal of mine to get there! On a positive note, I just found out about
the new lace museum that opened this year in Calais, which may have already
been discussed on Arachne but missed by me. The website is
Hi Jay,
When you are in the Barcelona area then you might like to catch a train
from
perhaps the station at Plaza de Cataluña station which plaza is in the
centre of the city and no doubt you will be staying nearby, the station
is
underground. Take a train going North to Arenys De Mar. Journey
Re-sending my list below as it bounced back from Jays's address and might
not have got through to the arachne list either. I hope Jay, and perhaps
others, find it useful.
Hi Jay,
When you are in the Barcelona area then you might like to catch a train
from
perhaps the station at Plaza de
In a message dated 8/25/05 6:22:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was talking with a friend today and she told me that the V A will be
receiving funds for revamping itself. Does anyone know if the lace rooms
will be
revamped or even retained?
Well, Devon, I
I wonder if the actual outcome at the Pitt Rivers Museum will be that they
will open their spiffy new building with brand new exhibits. Then they will
close the old one for refurbishment and when it reopens there will be no lace
at
all in it at all. I am pessimistic that a museum would
