The American Museum of Fly Fishing is a
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
in
Manchester, Vermont
Manchester is a town in, and one of two shire towns (county seats) of, Bennington County, Vermont. The population was 4,484 at the 2020 census.
Manchester Village, an incorporated village, and Manchester Center are settlement centers within t ...
, United States, that preserves and exhibits artifacts related to American
angling
Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ...
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Exhibits and collections
The American Museum of Fly Fishing was established in 1968 in Manchester, Vermont, by a group of anglers who believed that the history of angling was an important part of American culture and tradition. The Museum was created to serve as an institution to research, preserve, and interpret the treasures of angling history.
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. The collections and exhibits document the evolution of fly fishing as a sport, art form, craft, and industry in the United States and abroad, dating as far back as the sixteenth century. Rods, reels,
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced m ...
, tackle, art, photographs, manuscripts, and books form the Museum's permanent collection, including the oldest documented flies in the world.
The Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1993 and received reaccreditation in 2009. The Museum is one of approximately 776 museums across the nation with this designation and one of only five in the state of Vermont.
Publications
Since 1974 the American Museum of Fly Fishing has published the journal ''The American Fly Fisher''.
See also
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Bibliography of fly fishing
This general annotated bibliography page provides an overview of notable and not so notable works in the English language regarding the sport of fly fishing, listed by year of first publication. Although not all the listed books are devoted excl ...
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Fly fishing
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Fly tying
References
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Notes
External links
The American Museum of Fly Fishing websiteSports Museum of America website
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Fly fishing
Sports museums in Vermont
Buildings and structures in Manchester, Vermont
Museums in Bennington County, Vermont
Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums
Recreational fishing in the United States
1968 establishments in Vermont
Museums established in 1968
Fishing museums