Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals Plus Clubs, Organizations & Annual Shows

Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals Plus Clubs, Organizations & Annual Shows

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The Doll Directory is a detailed, state-by-state guide listing the museums and collections of antique, art, baby, contemporary, fashion, and miniature dolls, plus special category collections including the W.P.A. dolls found in museums, libraries, and historical societies, bed and breakfast inns, and other venues that have permanent quality collections of dolls for public viewing. The book includes listings of doll hospitals and their specialties, plus directories of national doll organizations and clubs and a guide to annual doll shows. Interviews with a doll museum curator, doll doctor, costumer, show director, and artist, plus in-depth articles on selected collections, will give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the doll world from many different perspectives. Doll 'dream destinations' will be included as well. The Doll Directory is the indispensable guide every doll lover/collector needs to find museums and collections to visit, hospitals for doll reconstruction and restoration, doll clubs and organizations to join, and doll shows to attend. This book is brought to you by Kathryn Witt, author of Contemporary American Doll Artists and Their Dolls.

Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals Plus Clubs, Organizations & Annual Shows,Kathryn Witt,Collector Books,1574324152,Antiques & Collectibles,Antiques / Collectibles,Antiques/Collectibles,Dolls,Reference - General

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