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Medieval Stained Glass in Great Britain

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Museum Collections Outside Great Britain

Cologne, The Schnütgen Museum
Housed in a disused medieval church this museum specializes in medieval art. Its website includes good images of stained glass and has pages in English.
http://www.museenkoeln.de/museum-schnuetgen/
Corning, Corning Museum of Glass
The museum is devoted to glass in a broad sense. The site includes guides to the collection, and articles on glass and glass-making.
http://www.cmog.org
Linnich, Glasmalerei-Museum
Site of the German stained glass museum, devoted to stained glass from the middle ages to the present day. Information in English.
http://www.glasmalerei-museum.de
New York, The Cloisters Museum
This New York museum, a branch museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, specializes in art from the Middle Ages. The website includes images of stained glass.
http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/
Paris, Louvre Museum
http://www.louvre.fr
Paris, Musée National du Moyen Age
The Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris is housed in the former Parisian mansion of the abbots of Cluny. Exhibits include an important collection of stained glass, some of which can be viewed on the museum website. The site has pages in English.
http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/esp/index.html
Romont, Stained Glass Museum
Information about the activities and exhibitions of the museum, which houses a significant collection of ancient and modern glass.
http://www.vitromusee.ch
St Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum
This museum has an important collection of medieval stained glass. Selected examples from its collection can now be viewed on line.
http://www.arthermitage.org/Mosaics-and-Stained-Glass/index.html
The Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/stained_glass/
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