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USA:

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan

Joshua Hempsted House, New London, Connecticut

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Old Salem Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, New York

Antique Stove Museum, Hoosick, New York

Biltmore Estate (laundry room), Asheville, North Carolina

Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, New York

Museum of History & Technology, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Carstens 1880 Farmstead - Preserving & Celebrating Iowa's farm history. Western Iowa, near Omaha, Nebraska

Excellent pictures of the "Summer Kitchen", now know as the "Laundry Room"

United Kingdom - London & South-East:

Anne of Cleves House, Southover, Lewes, Sussex

Blacksmiths Museum, Alfriston

Clandon Park, Surrey (National Trust)

Cranbrook Museum, Kent

Gunnersbury Park Museum, London W3 8LQ

"How We Lived Then", Eastbourne, East Sussex

Mitchell Collection of Ironstands and other Laundry Equipment, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (view by appointment only)

Yesterday's World, Battle, East Sussex

The Science Museum, South Kensington, London SW7

The Geffrye Museum Kingsland Road, London E2
      English Domestic Interiors Description

The Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, Sussex

United Kingdom - East:
Abbots Hall Museum of Rural Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Cambridge and County Folk Museum, Cambridge

Easton Farm Park, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

The Mustard Shop, Bridewell Alley, Norwich

Strangers' Hall Museum, Charing Cross, Norwich

United Kingdom - West:

The American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath

Cotswold Folk and Agricultural Museum (open by appointment), Burford, Oxon

Filkins and Boughton Poggs Museum, Lechlade, Gloucestershire

Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, Berkshire

Sulgrave Manor, Banbury, Oxfordshire

United Kingdom - South - West:

Cotehele, Saltash, Cornwall (National Trust)

The Finch Foundry Trust, Okehampton, Sticklepath, Devon

Killerton, Broadclyst, Devon

Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne, Dorset

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire (National Trust)

Lanhydrock House, Cornwall (National Trust)

Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire

North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford, Cornwall

Museum of Rural Life, Glastonbury, Somerset

Saltram House, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon (National Trust)

The William Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Devon

United Kingdom - Midlands:

Blakesley Hall, Birmingham

The Birmingham City Museums, Birmingham

Brewhouse Yard Museum, Nottingham

Charlecote Park, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire (National Trust)

The Country Life Museum and Stedman Homestead, Aston Munslow, Shropshire

Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (National Trust)

Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire

The Museum of Staffordshire Life, Shugborough, Great Haywood, Staffordshire

Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire

United Kingdom - North:

Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire

Bramall Hall, Stockport, Cheshire

The Castle Museum, York

Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire

Horsforth Village Museum, Near Leeds, Yorkshire

Manchester City Art Gallery

Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester

Opie's Museum of Memories, Wigan Pier, Tel: 00 44 1942 323 666

Ordsall Hall Museum and Peel Park, Salford, Lancashire

Port Sunlight, Liverpool

Quarry Bank Mill, near Manchester

Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole, York

Shibden Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire

Temple Newsam, near Leeds, Yorkshire

Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland (National Trust)

Washington Old Hall, Tyne and Wear (National Trust)

West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Halifax, Shibden Hall

Wales:
Blacksmiths Museum, Cenarth, near Cardigan

Castle Hill Museum, Pembroke

Museum of Welsh Live, St. Fagans, Cardiff

Penrhos Cottage, Pembrokeshire

Scolton Country Park, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

The Welsh Folk Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff, Glamorganshire

Wilson Museum, Naberth, Pembrokeshire

Northern Ireland:
Castle Ward, Co. Downpatrick (National Trust)

Ireland:
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, near Shannon

Corofin Museum, Co. Clare

Johnstown Castle Agricultural Museum , Co. Wexford

Sunlight Chambers, Parliament Street, Dublin

Scotland:
Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Callendar House, Falkirk

Carron Ironworks, Falkirk

Grahamston Iron Co., Falkirk

Hill of Tarvit, Fife

Huntley House, Canongate, Edinburgh

Smith Institute, Stirling

Summerlee, Coatbridge (near Glasgow)

Holland, Norway, & Denmark:
Dutch Museum of Ironing Instruments | Email
Additional Website Address
     LOTS of excellent pictures!
     Het Nederlands Srijkijzer-Museum
         (visits by appointment only)
     Noorderstraat 4, 9635 TG Noordbroek, Holland
     Tel.: 0598-452075, Fax: 0598-451181

Het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem, Holland

Dansk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Haugesund Museum, Haugesund, Norway

Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norway

France:

Musée le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen, France

Musée fers à repasser, Ville de Longwy | Email
    54400 Longwy, France.
    3,000 irons, all different, from the 16th to the 20th century.
    Near the border of Luxemburg and Belgium

Musée Municipal Eugène Boudin, Place Erik-Sate, B.P. 80049, 14602 Honfleur, Cedex (Normandy), France. Phone: 02 31 89 54 00. Mme Bergeret, Curator. Wonderful collection of Normandy ethngraphy, headwear, dress and furniture. Very nice laundry room display with irons & crimpers.

Sources: "Kitchen Antiques" by Mary Norwalk; "Smoothing Irons" by Brian Jewell"; various publications and referrals by collectors.