Mission: The Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum advances creativity and the understanding and appreciation of fiber arts through exhibitions, collections, and community-centered learning and connects cultural traditions.

Vision: We envision the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum as an innovative center for the exhibition, preservation, and interpretation of fiber arts. Through collections stewardship and educational programs, the Museum will nurture creativity and deepen understanding of fiber traditions across cultures and generations. Our work will provide a vibrant gathering place where artists, scholars, and communities connect through the shared language of fiber.

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The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum is the official interpretive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, designated by the US Congress in 1986.

The Museum’s multisensory and wheelchair-accessible exhibitions explore thousands of years of cultural and natural history with the mission to inspire stewardship of the Columbia River Gorge and Wasco County, and to encourage active life-long learning about our shared environment and the preservation, collection and interpretation of the cultural and natural history of the region.

Collections include hundreds of historic objects, Native American baskets, photographs, local genealogical files and much more available for research. The Raptor Program enables visitors to experience first hand the magnificent creatures flying through the Gorge today.

The Museum’s educational programs serve thousands of local school students and visitors through hands-on ecology and outdoor experiences that share the history and science of this unique region.

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Waterworks Visual Arts Center aspires to enhance the creative capacity of individuals and communities through extraordinary visual arts experiences that foster creativity and learning.

We strive to be a leader and innovator in the exhibition of the art of our time and in museum education. Waterworks is an exciting space where ideas, issues, and communities converge to expand traditional ways of thinking and explore the complex, unfolding patterns between artistic and cultural spheres.

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The Nichols House Museum on Boston’s historic Beacon Hill was home to an early 20th-century family of artists and social activists. Preserved as a museum by Rose Standish Nichols, a pioneering woman landscape architect, the 1804 townhouse is furnished with an original collection, including pieces created by Rose and her sister Margaret. Rose was an embroiderer and woodcarver, whose historically-inspired designs enlivened her living spaces. Margaret was a furniture maker, designing and building pieces for her family, as well as for her business, Pegleggers. Both were inspired by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement, combining their love of craft with their efforts to build a better world.

The Nichols House Museum fosters curiosity, creativity, and change-making, inspired by the trailblazing work and legacy of the Nichols sisters. Visitors are welcome for tours, programs, and special events throughout the year.

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The Gibbes enriches lives through art. We are committed to telling the story of Charleston’s ever-changing landscape and its people. Including historical, modern, and contemporary works, our collection spans 350 years and features some of the country’s most celebrated artists.

With world-class rotating exhibitions and a dynamic visiting artist residency program, there’s so much to see inside. Set in the heart of downtown Charleston, the Gibbes is a southern museum with a global perspective.

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The Hunter Museum of American Art collects, preserves, and presents American art and connects the community through inspiring educational and visitor-focused experiences for all.

With its iconic campus, exceptional collection of American art, and engagement with the community, the Hunter is an essential space where everyone is welcome to experience creativity, connect, and share ideas.

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Founded by American artist Edith C. Barry in 1936, the Brick Store Museum ignites personal connections to local history and arts through exhibitions, education and programs illustrating the human experience in Kennebunk and the southern Maine region. For 90 years, the Museum has inhabited a campus of five historic buildings, including an 1825 dry goods store built of brick (hence our name!).

The Museum presents a blend of history and art exhibitions and related programming for all ages and learning levels; including arts workshops led by regional teaching artists. The Museum offers a hands-on learning gallery for young visitors, a contemporary arts gallery, and six main galleries to explore. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Kennebunk, providing a gateway to engaging with the seacoast region and its deep history and artistic heritage.

In 2026, the Museum’s contemporary art gallery, the Bauman Center, will host rotating exhibitions of York County artists presenting their work in a variety of media such as fiber, glass, metal and wood.

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The Workhouse Arts Center is a vibrant 55-acre arts campus housed in a former historic prison. We offer art classes, exhibitions, and artist studio spaces for 70+ working artists, as well as professional theater and music performances, historic tours, and seasonal family-friendly experiences. We strive to harness the power of the arts to engage, heal, and inspire communities through creativity, cultural enrichment, historic preservation, and positive social impact.

2026 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Washington DC Corrections Office’s Lorton Correctional Complex (1910-2001). The Workhouse Arts Center is located on 55 acres of the former 3,500-acre prison and is home to the Lorton Prison Museum, dedicated to sharing the 91-years of this former Washington DC prison’s history, including events of the women’s suffrage movement.

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Founded in 1961, the American Folk Art Museum is a global leader dedicated to the preservation and promotion of folk and self-taught art across time and place.

Candid, genuine, and unexpected, the Museum celebrates the creativity of individuals whose singular talents have been refined largely through personal experience rather than formal artistic training.

With a collection spanning 7,500 works of art from four centuries and nearly every continent, AFAM engages people of all backgrounds through its collections, exhibitions, publications, and public programs as the leading forum shaping the understanding and appreciation of folk and self-taught art.

Thanks to the generous support of our members, patrons, and donors, admission to the Museum is always free.

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MUSAN is dedicated to the preservation, research and exhibition of Puerto Rican arts, crafts and intangible cultural heritage. MUSAN celebrates Puerto Rico’s artistic patrimony as an inspiration for contemporary art and its relevance to society.

Museo de los Santos: Carvings that reflect our Puerto Rican spirit, pride and identity.

Legacy Collection: antique religious carvings from 1765–1965 used in household altars in the mountains of Puerto Rico.

Transitional Collection: carvers known as santeros segued from religious subjects to commercial carvings sold as souvenirs, folk art and personal expression from 1960-2020.

Contemporary Showcase: current generation of artisans pay homage to the past while interpreting santos with exciting, innovative new works.

MUSAN Gallery: Curated exhibitions of emerging artists and special events.

Zulma Santiago Gallery: Puerto Rican handwork such as lacemaking, ceramics, carnival masks, musical instruments, toys and specialized carvings such as roosters and birds.

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The Nevada Museum of Art is a museum of ideas.

Founded in 1931 and as the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada, the recently expanded Museum offers world-class exhibitions, engaging public programs, and a distinctive focus on the relationships between people, place, art and the environment.

Located in the heart of Reno’s vibrant cultural district, the Museum features an ever-changing array of exhibitions spanning contemporary art, photography, design, and the environment as well as more than 1,600,000 items in the archive.

Visitors can enjoy four floors of galleries, enjoy panoramic city views from the rooftop, expansive research facilities, shop for unique gifts and art books, and relax at the Museum’s Cafe.

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The mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. Founded by philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges is a public non-profit charitable organization. The museum opened on November 11, 2011, and welcomes all with free admission.

Crystal Bridges takes its name from a nearby natural spring and the bridge construction incorporated in the building, designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. A series of pavilions nestled around two spring-fed ponds house galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, and a large, glass-enclosed gathering hall. Guest amenities include a restaurant (Eleven) and Coffee Bar on a glass-enclosed bridge overlooking the ponds, a Museum Store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, and a library featuring more than 50,000 volumes of art reference material. Five miles of sculpture and walking trails link the museum’s 134-acre park to downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. In 2023, the museum welcomed nearly 785,000 visitors.

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The Smithsonian Women’s Committee is an all-volunteer auxiliary organization within the Smithsonian Institution.  To fulfill its mission of supporting the Smithsonian, the Committee produces the spring Smithsonian Craft Show as well as Craft2Wear, a fall show.

The Craft Show is a premier showcase for the finest American hand-crafted contemporary craft and design. Held in Washington, DC, annually, the Craft Show features a show and sale of works by 120 superb craft artists who are selected by independent jurors.  Also at the Craft Show, the Smithsonian presents its Visionary Award to a craft artist who is at the pinnacle of his or her medium.

The Craft2Wear show provides collectors and casual shoppers the opportunity to acquire unique and interesting wearables created by outstanding craft artists. Proceeds from both shows are used to fund grants to the Smithsonian for its museums, research centers, and the National Zoo.

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Plains Art Museum is the largest and only American Alliance of Museums accredited art museum in the state of North Dakota. It is also the first, and only, Smithsonian Affiliate. We bring people and art together in ways that spark connection, conversation, and change.

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Established in 1793, Lowell’s Boat Shop is the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the United States and is cited as the birthplace of the legendary fishing dory. Lowell’s is the only remaining survivor of Amesbury’s world-renowned dory manufacturing industry that produced in excess of a quarter of a million dories over a period of two centuries. We are a National Historic Landmark.

In its third century of operation, Lowell’s Boat Shop is both a working boat shop and a museum, and the preservation of each part is essential to our mission. We continue to build dories and skiffs for clients in the time-honored tradition of seven generations of the Lowell family that owned and operated the Boat Shop. The rich history of the building, collections, and our role in the community are conveyed through woodworking classes, our Apprentice program, programming for local schools, lively social gatherings, partnerships with other local museums, our YouTube channel, and the fleet of watercraft available for members who row their river.

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