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Kitchens, Houses and Museums
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

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:   Just updated!
Wasch & Strijk Museum | info@waschenstrijkmuseum.nl
    Stationsstraat 39
    5281 GA Boxtel
    Tel. 0411-671884
    Open on Monday and Wednesday 14.00 - 17.00 hour.
    Other days only by appointment
    In addition to the iron collection, it has an excellent collection
        of paintings of ironing and washing women.
Nederlands Strijkijzermuseum | strijkijzer@planet.nl
    Noorderstraat 4
    9635 TG Noordbroek
    Tel. 0598-452075
    Visits by appointment only
Museum "De Wascht en Strekt" | joke.waschtenstrekt@mail.com
    Nieuwstraat 96
    5126 CG Gilze
    Tel. 0161-451863
    Visits by appointment only

Norway, & Denmark:
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.

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