Museums - THTR 3763 - Scene Design - LibGuides at Youngstown State University

Online Museums

Daphne Dare Collection
This collection includes costume and scene designs from more than fifty productions by British designer Daphne Dare (1929-2000). Dare designed for major theatres on both sides of the Atlantic as well as for television and film.
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
The mission of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection is to further "the understanding of human beings within their material and social environments through the study of textiles of artistic, cultural, and historic significance." It is primarily a teaching collection serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Human Ecology's Design Studies Department. It includes 13,000 textiles and related objects spanning spanning various places, techniques, and time periods.
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The Digital Collections database provides open access to images and cataloging information for almost 9,000 items in the HLATC. This unique trove is very useful for research and instruction in the study of textiles. The collection is especially strong in ethnographic textiles and costumes from all over the world, especially Latin American, African, South and Southeast Asian, and Turkish objects. It is also strong in 19th- and 20th-century American and European home furnishing and apparel fabrics. The database is fully searchable by keyword, title, subject, and geographic area. (Y. Cortes, Skidmore College for CHOICE)
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art - Set Design
A collection of narrative art that tells stories from many places and times—some you will recognize, others that will become new favorite tales.
Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
The digitized version of the Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design is based on originals housed in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Motley Collection consists of over 5000 costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric. The collection documents 150 productions of Shakespeare and modern classics, dating from 1932 to 1976, staged in England and the United States, from the West
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The majority of the collection has been digitized, and can be searched by play title, theater name, actor and director names, as well as medium. In addition, production notes have been compiled for selected plays; for example, a researcher interested in a 1954 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream can view excerpts of reviews, commentary from the set and costume designer, Margaret Harris, and a cast list including Vanessa Redgrave who played Helena.
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New York Public Library Digital Collections
This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring over 700,000 prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
Virtual Tours: Museums
Over 300 virtual tours and museums around the world.

Youngstown Museums

McDonough Museum of Art
Youngstown State University's Center for Contemporary Art
(FREE - Suggested $5 donation)
Butler Institute of American Art
The Butler Institute was the first museum dedicated exclusively to American art.
(FREE)
Rose Melnick Medical Museum
Dedicated to the collection and preservation of objects that document the history of medicine (including dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy), especially as it relates to Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley from the 18th century to the present.
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
The "Steel Museum" preserves the history of the steel industry and is operated by the Ohio Historical Society.
(FREE)
OH WOW!
The Children's Center for Science & Technology
(Admission -- $8)
Arms Family Museum of Local History
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society's museum of handicrafts and medieval architecture and design.
($6 for college students)

Mahoning Valley Museums

Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association
Formed in 1985 to preserve the railroading history and heritage of the Mahoning Valley in Ohio.
(FREE)
McKinley Memorial Library
Memorial, Public Library, & Home of William McKinley (the 25th U.S. President) in Niles, OH.
(FREE)
National Packard Museum
Preserving the legacy of the Packard automobile.
(Admission -- $8)
The Sutliff Museum
An authentic recreation of the Victorian period in our country’s history, circa 1830-1900, with changing displays to show the furnishings, traditions and atmosphere of the times.
(FREE)
The War Vet Museum
A collection of over 36000 artifacts that can be handled, read, and touched. Features photo galleries.
(FREE)

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