www.TextileMuseum.org . Washington ,D.C. Primary Western Hemisphere museum for carpets and textiles. Site provides selected exhibitions, a learning center, events schedules.

Current Exhibits:Pieces of a Puzzle:Classical Persian Carpet Fragements (until January 7, 2007. Mantles of Merit:Chin Textiles from Mandalay to Chittagong (until Feburary 25, 2007).

Associations/conferences

www.ICOC-orientalrugs.org (the International Conference on Oriental Rugs). Next (the 11 th ) conference will be in Istanbul, Turkey. April 19-22,2007. Recent events were the 10 th conference in Washington, D.C. in April, 2003 and a regional conference in Sydney , Australia , September, 2004.

www.acor-rugs.org (American Conference on Oriental Rugs) Most recent (ACOR 8) conference was held in Boston, Mass April 20-25, 2006. Among rug societies participating were Textile Museum Assoc, Southern California, New England Rug Society, Hajji Baba Club (www.hajjibaba.org)

www.textilesociety.org (Textile Society of America ) holds biennial symposia .Recent symposium October 11-14, 2006 in Toronto, Canada

PUBLICATIONS & BOOKS represented on line

www.HALI.com . Six issues a year international,research-focused magazine; fine color, auction analysis, book reviews, dealer advertising.In its 21st year. HALI also presents an annual HALI Fair in London each June.

www.GHEREH.org . - An international carpet and textile review published in Italy .

www.RugReview.com. - Putting the contents of the Oriental Rug Review (in print from 1981-1996) on the web is the formidable task being accomplished by its publisher Ro O'Callaghan.

www.Tribalarts.com - Quarterly magazine covers tribal arts from far flung cultures. A discussion board, book reviews, exhibitions.

www.RugBooks.com - Dennis Marquand Oriental Rug Books. On-line comprehensive catalogues of rug and textile books.

www.Abebooks.com - Shows listings of books from many booksellers. Lists Flat-woven Rugs of the World - Kilim, Soumak, and Brocading by Valerie Sharaf Justin (1980 Van Nostrand Reinhold).

SITES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ARTISANS AND WEAVERS

www.vanishingcultures.com - Foundation supporting the indigenous people of Peru in the spirit of Quechua "ayni" (reciprocity). Among its projects the rebuilding llama and alpaca wool production and quality.

GALLERIES

www.gailmartingallery.com - Ancient, antique and ethnographic textiles and Contemporary Fiber Art. Based in NYC. Curatorial, conservation and display services.

www.cloudband.com - Lively site with dealer Arcade and Gallery, Exhibitions, Newsletter.

INFORMATION AND MEETING PLACES

www.Jozan.net- Has become a major presence on the "rug" net From its start as a rug-photo guide (still growing) it provides an Oriental rug sales gallery, Oriental rug and textiles articles and news, auction announcements and an auction price data base.Its directory includes museums, magazines, rug clubs and dealers. Based in Denmark .

www.spongobongo.com - Rug Notes by Barry O'Connell. An extensive archive of one serious researcher's information and thoughts on Oriental Rugs and diverse subjects. Encourages interaction.

www.Turkotek.com - A non-commercial site devoted to collectible weavings; This clearing house of ideas provides an extensive archive and a forum of chat for Rug Bugs.