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Museums

• Search the World's Museums 
• Our List of Museums 
• WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world

Minneapolis/St. Paul

• The Oakeshott Institute
• F.R. Weisman Museum
• Minnesota Science Museum
• Minnesota Museum of Art
• Walker Art Center
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Rest of the World

• The Wallace Collection Web Page 
• Cleveland Art Museum
• Cleveland Art Museum: Armor
• Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Collection: Arms and Armor:
• Higgins Armory Museum
• Art Institute of Chicago
• FCDM - CULTURE: The Fire and the Forge
• Smithsonian Institution
• Royal Armouries-UK
• The British Museum
• The Laneseughaus Graz 
• Royal Armoury- Sweden 
• Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms & Armor 
• Paris Monuments
• Hermitage
• Wawel Castle
• Royal Ontario Museum - Home Page
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Archaeology Service
• The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
• THE MAP CASE
• NMS Scotland HOME
• Galleria degli Uffizi

Online Museum visits by great people who have put forth a lot of work to share their journeys

• Dragon Preservation Society- the Doges Palace, Brussels R A, Vatican Armoury, Etruscan Arms
• MacLean Online Museum, The Met, Chicago Art Inst., Glascow
• Kelvingrove Weapons Research Trip
• Higgins Visit by Crockerfarm School
• Armour Travel -Michael Lacy several collections sampled and schedule your own trip

Online Discussions and Resources for Armor and Weapons

• My Armoury- Forums, Photo Galleries, Reviews,and the famous sword comparison tool.
• Sword Forum Magazine Online and Discussion Forum
• TheHistorical Armed Combat Assosiation
• Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
• Armour Archive
• Arador Armoury Library Guild Hall and Discussion
• Medieval and Ethnographic Sword Forums
• NetSword: Medieval Weapons Discussion Group
• Sword Collectors Forum

Sword Historical Reference:

• The Oakeshott Institute
• Elizabethan Fencing 
• English Literature: Early 17th Century(1603-1660) 
• Primary Sources for Rapier and Dueling
• Online historical Manuals- HACA - The Historical Armed Combat Asso.  
• Joachim Meyer Translation Project 
• The Expert Swordsman, Donald McBane, 1728 
• Die Freifechter- in German
• Rapier info 
• Sutor Transcript 
• Dragon Preservation Society- some manuals and sculpture
• The Sword Collector Home Page 

Personal Sword Pages:

• Bjorn Hellquist's Sword page 
• Sarpedon Guide to Swords & Swordsmanship 
• Swords by Stephen Marsh  

Historical Reference:

• A Knight to Remember, Historical presentations for education and events  
• Directory of Historical Resources  
• Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library 
• Renaissance, The Elizabethan World 
• The Saxon Shore
• Medieval Ref 350-1450 
• Medieval text 
• Elizabethan Heraldry  

Reanactment & Combat/Martial Art Groups

• The Higgins Armoury Sword Guild
• Association for Historical Fencing
• St. Martin's Academy of Medieval Arms
• Routier Home Page
• Martinez Academy of Arms 
• Stoccata School of Defence
• HACA - The Historical Armed Combat Association 
• Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
• La Compagnia della Spada  
• The Red Company - 1471
• BRIGANTIA home page
• Compagnia De' Malipiero

Literary Swordsmen

• The Four Musketeers 
• Cyrano de Bergerac 

Theatrical Combat

• The Swordsmen - BOLD & STUPID MEN...At Your Service 
• SAFD- Soc. of American Fight Directors 
• Los Angeles Fight Academy 
• British Academy of Dramatic Combat 
• Peter G Hurley
• The Seattle Knights 
• The Academy of the Sword: Historical Swordfighting and Theatrical Swashbuckling. 
• Order of the Black Rose Renaissance Guild 
• The Atlanta Stage Combat Studio 
• Babes w/ Blades 
• Noble Blades 
• The Royal Chessmen Website
• Free Lancers  

Japanese Martial Arts & Swords

• Koryu.com Guide to Naginatajutsu 
• Japanese Sword Museum 
• The Japanese Sword-The Material, Manufacturing and Simulation of Quenching Process 
• The Japanese Sword Index 

Classical Fencing

• Academy Online- Fencing, Epees, Rapiers, Sabres, Foils, Smallswords
• Martinez Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship
• In Ferro Veritas Adam Crown 

Metal Working

• The Guild of MetalsmithsSome of the best info and links to get started. Great gallery as well. 
• The Knot Home Page Great Page lots of info 
• What are Martensites? 
• The Bainite Reaction 
• The Metal Galleries including metal sculpture, armor, decorative iron work  
• ABANA Search 
• Art Metal resources 

Arch-Metal References

• Resources-Damascus Steel
• Sheffield Project 
• Hist-metalurgical Society 
• Journal of Hist Metallurgy Soc. 
• arch-metals discussion list 
• Asemblege Arch news letter 
• CPSA 
• What are Martensites? 
• Iron 
• Wales Iron 

Archaeology

• Archaeological Portal
• The WWWorld of Archaeology 
• Alternative Archaeology 
• Doug's Archaeology Site: 

Booksellers

• Ken Trotman Antiquarian Books
• Lindsay books- everything to do with metal
• Military Bookman, Ltd.
• Arms Books
• VMP - Contemporary Books
• European Art & Architecture ca. 1500 - ca. 1900 Part 1
• Eurodocs

Period Item Suppliers

• Mail by Erik Schmid 
• New World Arbalest 
• Handgonnes.com 
• Blackwell's Links 
• Ren Merchant Group
• MILIEUX: Online Costume Sources/Supplies 

Festivals and Events

• The Directorie of Renaissance Faires 
• Blackwell's Links 

Long Bows

• Traditional Archery- A great site for the do it yourselfer 
• Pacific Yew, Inc. - - Maker of yew longbows 
• The Medieval English Longbow 
• Bear's Paw Bows-custom longbows  

Misc and Interesting

• KwMap.com - browse the Keyword Map of Armor.com
• L3xicon.com - a web thesaurus and lexicon listing Armor.com under Swords, Rapiers and Daggers
• Savage Aural Hotbed 
• Elite Defense 

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