- American Museum of Fly Fishing
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established=1968 citation | title= American Museum of Fly Fishing: About | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2008 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/22415/8933/about/american-museum-of-fly-fishing-manchester/ | accessdate=2008-07-25 ]
location= 4104 Main StreetManchester, Vermont 05254 United States
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website= [http://www.amff.com/ American Museum of Fly Fishing]The American Museum of Fly Fishing, an educational and non-profit institution, was established in
1968 inManchester, Vermont ,USA , by a group of interested anglers. It was created to preserve and exhibit the treasures of Americanangling .Today, the Museum serves as a repository for, and conservator to, the world's largest collection of angling and angling-related items, numbering in the thousands. Our collections and exhibits thoroughly document the evolution of
fly fishing as a sport, art form, craft and industry in the U.S. and abroad, dating as far back as the 16th Century. Rods, reels, flies, tackle, art, photographs, manuscripts and books form the major portions of the Museum’s collections.The Museum, a nationally accredited, nonprofit, educational institution, supports a publications program where books, catalogs, prints, art and a national quarterly journal, "The American Fly Fisher", are made available to the public.
Visitors to the Museum may access in-house exhibits, related interpretive programming and research services year-round. Members of the Museum help support the Museum and its initiatives through membership dues and active involvement.
Location
The Museum is located on Historic Route 7A south in Manchester, Vermont, just south of Manchester Center.
Exhibits and collections
The Museum contains extensive exhibits and collections of fly fishing history to include exhibits on the literature, people and tools of fly fishing over the years. The museum's collections are purportely "The world's largest collection of fly angling art and artifacts..." that contains more than 1,200 rods, 400 reels and 20,000 flies, including the oldest documented flies in the world. [ [http://www.amff.com/collections/ Museum Collections Summary] ] .
The Museum is a Founding Sports Partner of the
Sports Museum of America , joining more than 50 other single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, Museums and other organizations across North America to richly celebrate the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture. Set to open in New York City in May 2008, the Sports Museum of America will showcase the American Museum of Fly Fishing in its Hall of Halls Gallery (along with providing an annual donation) in return for sharing some of the museum's valuable fly fishing artifacts and it's support of the creation of the Nation's first all-sports museum experience.Publications
Since 1974 the American Museum of Fly Fishing has published "The American Fly Fisher Journal [cite book |last=Duffy |first=John J. |coauthors=Hand, Samuel B., Orth, Ralph H. |title=The Vermont Encyclopedia |publisher=University of Vermont Press |location=Burlington, VT |year=2003 |isbn=1584650869 |pages=40] ." Pulbished four times each year, the journal brings the Museum and its rare bounty to life. Mixing features on the collection with articles written by some of the most respected fly-fishing historians today, the journal also reprints rare literature from a vast body of fishing writers. It also keeps readers apprised of the museum's latest acquisitions and events.
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Annotated bibliography of fly fishing
*Fly fishing
*Fly tying References
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External links
* [http://www.amff.com/ The American Museum of Fly Fishing website]
* [http://www.sportsmuseum.com/ Sports Museum of America website]
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