Wholesale Jewelry-Making Supplies for Professional Craftspeople
1 (800) 366-2156

Bead Resources

• Bead Societies
• Bead Museums
• Bead Research Organizations
• Bead-Related Publications
• Related Organizations

Bead Museums:

• The Bead Museum (Arizona) (updated 10/07)
  5754 W. Glenn Drive
  Glendale, AZ 95301
  (623) 930-7395
  More Info

• The Bead Museum in DC (updated 10/07)
  400 Seventh Street NW, ground floor
  Washington, DC 20004
  (202) 624-4500
  More Info

Bead Research Organizations:

• The Bead Study Trust (updated 10/07)
  http://www.beadstudytrust.org.uk/
  Dr. St. John Simpson
  Department of the Ancient Near East
  British Museum, London WC1B 3DG
  Quote: The study of beads can throw new information on societies past and present. The Bead Study Trust was founded in 1980 to promote research using archaeological, ethnographic and scientific techniques on beads, past and present, from all parts of the world.

• The Center for Bead Research (updated 10/07)
  Founded by the late Peter Francis, Jr.
  Please refer to the Center for the Study of Beadwork and the Bead Museum (Arizona).

• The Center for the Study of Beadwork(updated 10/07)
  PO Box 13719
  Portland, OR 97213
  Alice Scherer 503-655-3078

• The Society of Bead Researchers (updated 10/07)
  PO Box 7304
  Eugene, OR 97401
  More Info

Bead (and Related) Publications:

• Beads, The Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
  Alice Scherer, SBR Secretary-Treasurer
  PO Box 13719
  Portland, OR 97213
  USA
  Email: alice@europa.com More Info

• The Crafts Report Online (updated 10/07)
  'The Business Journal for the Crafts Industry'

• Ornament magazine (updated 10/07)
  PO Box 2349
  San Marcos, CA 92079-2349
  619-599-0222

• Threads magazine (updated 10/07)
  The Taunton Press Inc
  PO Box 5506
  Newton, CT 06470-5506

Related Organizations:

• The Corning Museum of Glass (updated 10/07)
  One Museum Way
  Corning, NY 14830-2553
• Gemological Institute of America (updated 10/07)
  World Headquarters
  The Robert Mouawad Campus
  5345 Armada Drive
  Carlsbad, CA 92008
  USA
• The Society for Historical Archaeology (updated 10/07)
  15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 130
  Rockville, MD 20850
  USA
• California Purse Collectors Club (updated 10/07)
  c/o Molly Klumpfell
  PO Box 572
  Campbell, CA 95009
  USA
• The Potomac Craftsmen Fibre Guild (updated 10/07)
  Jean Beaudry
  7921 Deepwell Dr.
  Bethesda, MD 20817-1927
  USA
  
• National Polymer Clay Guild (updated 10/07)
  1350 Beverly Rd., Ste. 115-345
  McLean, VA 22101
  USA

If you know of a bead society or other organization that is not on this list, or corrections to this list, please let us know. E-mail us your Bead Society or Polymer Clay Guild information. Thank you!