Links to Off-site Resources

Museums

• Search the World's Museums
• WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world

Minneapolis/St. Paul

• The Oakeshott Institute
• F.R. Weisman Museum
• Minnesota Science Museum
• Minnesota Museum of Art
• Walker Art Center
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Rest of the World

• The Wallace Collection Web Page
• Cleveland Art Museum
• Cleveland Art Museum: Armor
• Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art—The Arms and Armor Collection
• Higgins Armory Museum
• Art Institute of Chicago
• FCDM - CULTURE: The Fire and the Forge
• Smithsonian Institution
• Royal Armouries-UK
• The British Museum
• The Laneseughaus Graz
• Royal Armoury: Sweden
• Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms & Armor
• Paris Monuments
• Hermitage
• Wawel Castle
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Archaeology Service
• The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
• THE MAP CASE
• NMS Scotland
• Galleria degli Uffizi

On-line Museum Visits
by great people who have put forth a lot of work to share their journeys

• Dragon Preservation Society- the Doges Palace, Brussels R A, Vatican Armoury, Etruscan Arms
• MacLean Online Museum, The Met, Chicago Art Inst., Glascow
• Kelvingrove Weapons Research Trip
• Higgins Visit by Crockerfarm School

On-line Discussions and Resources for Armor and Weapons

• myArmoury.com: Forums, photo galleries, reviews, and the famous weapons comparison tool
• Sword Forum International
• Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
• Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
• Armour Archive
• Arador Armoury Library Guild Hall and Discussion
• Medieval and Ethnographic Sword Forums
• NetSword: Medieval Weapons Discussion Group
• Sword Collectors Forum

Sword Historical Reference:

• The Oakeshott Institute
• Elizabethan Fencing
• English Literature: Early 17th Century(1603-1660)
• Primary Sources for Rapier and Dueling
• Online historical Manuals: Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
• Joachim Meyer Translation Project
• The Expert Swordsman, Donald McBane, 1728
• Die Freifechter (in German)
• Rapier info
• Sutor Transcript
• Dragon Preservation Society: some manuals and sculpture
• The Sword Collector Home Page

Personal Sword Pages:

• Bjorn Hellquist's Sword page
• Swords by Stephen Marsh

Historical Reference:

• A Knight to Remember, Historical presentations for education and events
• Directory of Historical Resources
• Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
• Renaissance, The Elizabethan World
• The Saxon Shore
• Medieval Ref 350-1450
• Medieval text
• Elizabethan Heraldry

Reanactment & Combat/Martial Art Groups

• Association for Historical Fencing
• St. Martin's Academy of Medieval Arms
• Routier Home Page
• Martinez Academy of Arms
• Stoccata School of Defence
• Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
• Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
• La Compagnia della Spada
• The Red Company - 1471
• BRIGANTIA
• Compagnia De' Malipiero

Literary Swordsmen

• The Four Musketeers
• Cyrano de Bergerac

Theatrical Combat

• The Swordsmen: Bold & Stupid Men.. At Your Service
• SAFD- Soc. of American Fight Directors
• Los Angeles Fight Academy
• British Academy of Dramatic Combat
• Peter G Hurley
• The Seattle Knights
• Academy of the Sword: Historical Swordfighting and Theatrical Swashbuckling
• Order of the Black Rose Renaissance Guild
• The Atlanta Stage Combat Studio
• Babes w/ Blades
• Noble Blades
• The Royal Chessmen Website
• Free Lancers

Japanese Martial Arts & Sword

• Koryu.com Guide to Naginatajutsu
• Japanese Sword Museum
• The Japanese Sword: Material, manufacturing quenching
• The Japanese Sword Index

Classical Fencing

• Academy Online- Fencing, Epees, Rapiers, Sabres, Foils, Smallswords
• Martinez Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship
• In Ferro Veritas Adam Crown

Metal Working

• The Guild of MetalsmithsSome of the best info and links to get started. Great gallery as well. 
• The Knot Home Page (Great page with lots of info)
• What are Martensites?
• The Bainite Reaction
• The Metal Galleries including metal sculpture, armor, decorative iron work
• ABANA Search
• Art Metal resources

Arch-Metal References

• Resources-Damascus Steel
• Sheffield Project
• Hist-metalurgical Society
• Journal of Hist Metallurgy Soc.
• arch-metals discussion list
• Asemblege Arch news letter
• CPSA
• What are Martensites?
• Iron
• Wales Iron

Archaeology

• Archaeological Portal
• The WWWorld of Archaeology
• Alternative Archaeology
• Doug's Archaeology Site

Booksellers

• Chivalry Bookshelf
• Ken Trotman Antiquarian Books
• Lindsay books: everything to do with metal
• Military Bookman, Ltd.
• Arms Books
• VMP - Contemporary Books
• Eurodocs

Period Item Suppliers

• Revival Clothing
• Chivalry Bookshelf
• New World Arbalest
• Handgonnes.com

Festivals and Events

• The Directorie of Renaissance Faires
• Blackwell's Links

Long Bows

• Traditional Archery- A great site for the do it yourselfer
• Pacific Yew, Inc. - - Maker of yew longbows
• The Medieval English Longbow
• Bear's Paw Bows-custom longbows

Misc and Interesting

• KwMap.com - browse the Keyword Map of Armor.com
• L3xicon.com: a thesaurus and lexicon listing Armor.com under Swords, Rapiers and Daggers
• Savage Aural Hotbed