Websites with pewter interest

One of the joys of any passion is having the means to pursue it further, which today probably means 'surfing' the World Wide Web.  There are so many interesting locations we want to introduce to our fellow pewter buffs.  We hope you will find the time spent visiting them is productive.  Not only that, but it is also convenient from the comfort of home or library, and cheaper than real time travel.  Most of the following websites have a search facility, and some provide amazing results when you type in 'pewter', including image galleries of pewter, and other historic objects.  
  
For the best general source of information on many aspects of collecting pewter:

Click on the link to the left to visit pewterbank.com
For clubs for pewter collectors: 

Pewter Society, UK

Pewter Collectors Club of America, USA 

Dutch Pewter Club, Holland

 
For museums & historic houses in the UK:
Museums: address and other visitor information
National Trust: for visitor information about locations *
National Trust Scotland

http://www.nts.org.uk/Home/
For individual locations that have antique pewter:
Albany Institute of Art, NY

http://www.albanyinstitute.org/
American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath

http://americanmuseum.org/

Arlington Court *, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4LP
Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford http://www.ashmolean.org/
Auckland Museum, New Zealand http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/
Bennington Museum, VT

http://www.benningtonmuseum.com/index.aspx
Benthall Hall *, Shropshire
Berwick Museum & Art Gallery, Northumberland http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/site/things-to-do/berwick-upon-tweed-museum-and-art-gallery-p25511
Bewdley Museum,  Worcs DY122AE http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk
Birmingham Museums & Art Galleries, UK

http://bmag.org.uk/
Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford

http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/bollinghall/index.htm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, USA

http://mfa.org/
Brecknock Museum, Brecon, Wales

http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=2114&L=0
Bridewell Museum, Norwich

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.2
Bristol City Museum

www.bristol.gov.uk/museums
British Museum, London UK

http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Brooklyn Museum, New York USA

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
Buckland Abbey *, Plymouth
Burrell Collection, Glasgow

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=1
Canons Ashby House *, Daventry, NN113SD
Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford

http://www.cecilhigginsartgallery.org/

Chastleton House *, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
Chelsea Royal Hospital Museum, London

http://www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk/
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham GL503JT

http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/
Chester County Historical Society, PA

http://www.cchs-pa.org/index.php
Chichester Cathedral Treasury

http://www.chichestercathedral.co.uk/
Christchurch Cathedral Treasury, Oxford

http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php
Clandon Park *, Guildford
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

http://www.history.org/
Concord Antiquarian Society, MA

http://www.roadmuseums.com/museum/Massachusetts/Concord
Connecticut Historical Society

http://www.chs.org/
Connecticut Landmarks

http://www.ctlandmarks.org/
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, MA

http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/

Cotehele House *, Saltash, Cornwall

Coughton Court *, Alcester, Warwickshire
Currier Museum of Art, NH

http://www.currier.org/
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

http://www.dia.org/default3.asp
Devon Museums

http://devonmuseums.net/
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester

http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/

Dunham Massey *, Altrincham, Cheshire

East Riddlesden Hall *,  Keighley, Yorkshire BD205EL
Erddig Hall *, Nantwich, Cheshire
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/

Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E28EA

http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/
Gloucester Folk Museum

http://www.glos-city.gov.uk/folkmuseum
Greenwich Maritime Museum, London

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
Guernsey Folk Museum

http://www.aboutbritain.com/guernseyfolkmuseum.htm
Guernsey Museums & Galleries

http://www.museum.guernsey.net/
Gunby Hall *, Spilsby

Hardwick Hall *, Chesterfield, Derbys

Hall Croft, Stratford-upon Avon, Warks

http://houses.shakespeare.org.uk/halls-croft.html
Hampton Court Palace

http://www.hrp.org.uk/hamptoncourtpalace/
Harvard House & Museum of British Pewter, Stratford-upon Avon

http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

Henley-in-Arden Guildhall, Warwickshire

http://www.henley-in-arden.co.uk/our-town/places-to-visit/guild-hall/
Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn MI

http://www.hfmgv.org/
Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, Coventry, Warwickshire

http://www.theherbert.org/
Hershey Museum, PA

http://www.hersheymuseum.org/
Hever Castle, Kent

http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, PA

http://www.hsp.org/
Historic Deerfield, MA

http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/home
Historic Hudson Valley, inc Van Cortland Manor, NY

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/
Historic New England, Boston MA

http://www.historicnewengland.org/
Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR231AB http://www.holkham.co.uk/
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX

http://www.mfah.org/
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow

http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/
Museum of Edinburgh, Canongate

http://www.cac.org.uk/

Ightham Mote *, Sevenoaks, Kent TN150NT
Inverness Museum

http://inverness.highland.museum/
Ipswich Museum

http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/Services/Museums+and+Mansion/
Jersey Museums Service

http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/
Jewish Museum, London

http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow G38AG

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4
Knole House *, Sevenoaks, Kent
Laing Gallery, Newcastle-on-Tyne

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/
Leicester Museum

http://www.leicester.gov.uk/museums 
Letchworth Museum

http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/
Lincoln Cathedral

http://www.lincolncathedral.com/

Lindisfarne Castle *, Holy Island, Northumberland
Litchfield Historical Society & Museum, CT

http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/museum.html

Little Moreton Hall *, Congleton, Cheshire
Liverpool Museum

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/
Ludlow Museum, Shropshire

http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums
Maidstone Museum, Kent

http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/#

Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth PO13LX

http://www.maryrose.org/
McManus Gallery, Dundee

http://www.mcmanus.co.uk/

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA

http://www.metmuseum.org/
Millennium Galleries, Sheffield

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/WPM.asp
Monmouth Museum

http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/
Montacute House *, near Yeovil, Somerset
Moseley Old Hall *, Wolverhampton

Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/moyses-hall.cfm
Museum of London, London Wall EC2Y5HN

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
Museum of Barnstaple & N. Devon, Barnstaple, Devon EX328LN

http://devonmuseums.net/
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC

http://www.oldsalem.org/
Museum of Somerset, Taunton Castle

http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/

National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin

http://www.museum.ie/
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh EH11JF

http://www.nms.ac.uk/
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/
New Canaan Historical Society, CT

http://nchistory.org/
New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH

http://www.nhhistory.org/
New Haven Colony Historical Society, CT

http://www.newhavenmuseum.org/
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ

http://www.nj.gov/state/museum/
New York Historical Society, NY

https://www.nyhistory.org/web/
Newport Historical Society, RI

http://www.newporthistorical.org/

Norris Museum, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE275BX

http://www.norrismuseum.org.uk/
Northampton Museum

http://www.northampton.gov.uk/museums
Old Sturbridge Village, MA

http://www.osv.org/
Old Wool Market & Hall, Chipping Campden

http://www.chippingcampden.co.uk/
Parham House, Pulborough

http://www.parhaminsussex.co.uk/
Peabody Essex Museum, MA

http://pem.org/homepage/index.php
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

http://www.philamuseum.org/
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA

http://www.deerfield-ma.org/
Powysland Museum, Welshpool SY217AQ

http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=2117
Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia PA

http://www.history.pcusa.org/
Preston Hall Museum, Stockton-on-Tees TS183RH

http://www.stockton.gov.uk/contact/locations/preshallmandp/
Reading Museum

http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence RI

http://www.rihs.org/
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon

http://www.exeter.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2650

Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro TR12SJ

http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ 
St Andrews University

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/MuseumsandCollections/
St David's Cathedral

http://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/
St Fagin's National History Museum

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/
St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

http://www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/
St Nicholas Priory, Exeter

http://www.exeter.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2949
Salisbury Museum, St Anne Street, Salisbury, Wilts

http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/
Saltram House *, Plymouth, Devon
Scotney Castle *, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN38JN
Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN)

http://www.scran.ac.uk/
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford UK

http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/
Shelburne Museum, VT

http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/
Sherborne Museum, Dorset DT93BP

http://www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk/
Shibden Hall, Halifax

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/museums-galleries/shibden-hall/index.html
Smithsonian Institute, USA

http://www.si.edu/
Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling FK82RQ

http://www.smithartgallery.demon.co.uk
Southampton Museums, Hampshire

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/
South Molton Museum, Devon

http://devonmuseums.net/
Springfield Art & Historical Society, VT

http://www.vmga.org/windsor/springfieldart.html
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

http://www.statemuseumpa.org/

Strangers Hall Museum, Norwich NR24AL

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?document=200.23
Stranocum Hall, Ballymoney, Ireland BT538JH

http://www.stranocumhall.com/pewter.htm
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Glos

http://www.sudeleycastle.co.uk/

The Fleece Inn *, Bretforton, Warwickshire

The Yorke Arms, Ramsgill in Nidderdale

http://www.yorke-arms.co.uk/
Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon

http://www.torreabbey.co.uk/

 
Townend House *, Troutbeck
Tunbridge Wells Museum, Kent

http://www.tunbridgewellsmuseum.org/
Ulster Museum, Belfast

http://www.ulstermuseum.org.uk/
Usher Gallery, Lincoln

http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW72RL

http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT

http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/
Wallington Hall *, Morpeth
Warwick Castle, Warwick

http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/
Washington Old Hall *, Durham
Wells Cathedral, Somerset

http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/
West Berkshire Museum, Newbury

http://www.westberkshiremuseum.org.uk/

Weston Park Museum, Sheffield S102TP

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/WPM.asp
Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes

http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/
Winchester City Museums

http://www.winchester.gov.uk/
Winslow Crocker House, Yarmouth, MA

http://www.hsoy.org/historic/crockerhouse.htm
Winterthur Museum, USA

http://www.winterthur.org/
Worcester Art Museum, MA

http://www.worcesterart.org/
Worshipful Company of Pewterers, London

http://www.pewterers.org.uk/
Worthing Museum & Art Gallery

http://www.worthing.gov.uk/
Yale University Art Gallery, CT

http://www.artgallery.yale.edu/
York Castle Museum

http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/Index.aspx
York Minster Cathedral Treasury, York

http://www.yorkminster.org/