Crafts Center - Related Links
Art | Basketry | Composite Materials | Indian Lore.
Leatherwork | Wood Carving | Neckerchief Slides / Woggles.
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Art
- Art Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - Art Museums in the United States
A listing of museums in the USA, maintained by Artcyclopedia. - Careers in the Arts
A brief overview from Oswego State University of New York. - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Located in Providence, RISD offers higher education programs in many arts and has its own museum. - World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art
A directory of links to resources in many art forms.
Basketry
- Basketry Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - National Basketry Organization (NBO)
A membership organization that promotes education in the art, skill, heritage and appreciation of traditional and contemporary basketry. Be sure to visit the gallery. - Virtual Basketry Exhibits
Online presentations of basketweaving exhibitions held in museums, studios and galleries from around the world. (BasketMakers.org) - Basketry Kits
- BSA®: Scoutstuff.org
- V. I. Reed & Cane (commercial site)
Composite Materials
- Composite Materials Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
A trade association that offers a merit badge section on its web site. - US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Indian Lore
- Indian Lore Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - NativeWeb
Resources for indigenous cultures around the world. Includes links to Native American tribes. - World Wide Web Virtual Library: American Indians
An index of Native American resources on the Internet. - Narragansett Indian Tribe
The Narragansetts are the Native Americans of Rhode Island. - Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
Exeter, Rhode Island
Maintains a collection of Native American artifacts from across the continent. - Mashantucket Museum and Research Center
Ledyard, Connecticut
The Pequots are Native Americans of southeastern Connecticut. - The Indian and Colonial Research Center
Old Mystic, Connecticut
Maintains geneological, cultural and historical information, with an emphasis on Connecticut. - Native Languages of the Americas
A directory of online resources for Native American languages and cultures, including Plains Indian Sign Language and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. - Indian Lore Craft Kits
- BSA®: Scoutstuff.org
- CraftKits (commercial site)
Leatherwork
- Leatherwork Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - International Internet Leathercrafter's Guild (IILG)
Membership organization that promotes the art and craft of leather through the exchange of information, patterns and tips. Visit the scrapbook to view examples of members' work. - Leatherwork Kits
- BSA®: Scoutstuff.org
- Tandy Leather Company (commercial site)
Wood Carving
- Wood Carving Merit Badge Requirements
Boy Scouts of America® - American Red Cross: First Aid, CPR and AED Courses
- National Wood Carvers Association (NWCA)
A membership organization dedicated to the interests of amateur and professional carvers and whittlers. - New England Woodcarvers (NEWC)
A local membership organization. - Wood Carving Kits
Neckerchief Slides / Woggles
- The Origins of the Woggle (PDF)
They apparently began as "Boon Doggles" in the USA. (ScoutBase UK) - Woggle World
A site, maintained by Russ Strenk, with many ideas for neckerchief slides, including reprints of "Slide of the Month" from Boy's Life magazine. - The Slide Show
Even more ideas, collected by Lorie McGraw. - Scouting With a Neckerchief
Reprint of a pamphlet written by Commodore W. E. Longfellow for the Boy Scout Service Library in 1927. (The Pine Tree Web) - BSA®: Scoutstuff.org
Offers various slides, especially as craft kits.