Arts & Crafts Tours

The Arts and Crafts Movement was begun over 150 years ago and artisans, designers, architects, and the public still finds many aspects of its ideals and ideas continue to have contemporary resonance. In Great Britain in the mid-19th century during the tumultuous days when industrialization was changing forever what was primarily a rural, agricultural way of life, many recognized that while there were positive benefits there was also a loss. They felt that that loss could be best addressed by returning, in terms of the domestic arts, to the ways in which artisans worked during the Middle Ages - collaboratively, collectively, and within guilds. Architects and designers such as A.W.N. Pugin, William Morris, Edwin Lutyens, Philip Webb, and William Burgess responded to these changes in ways that have created some of the most beautiful buildings and objects of the past two centuries. 

Arts & Crafts Tours offers highly individualized tours to sites and countries where the best of this work still exists and where new work is being created. We look at the past to help us understand the present - and we would like to have you join us. Take a short virtual tour through our site and then we hope you’ll take a real tour.

While most of our programs are offered through museums, art, craft and architectural organizations and institutions, we are always happy to prepare an itinerary for individual travelers and we are happy to work with small groups (6 - 12 people) to plan and arrange tours specifically designed to satisfy specific interests.

The brief descriptions of past tours offer suggestions of what we might plan for you. As with any hand tailored item, a tour planned by Arts & Crafts Tours, is one of a kind. We believe when you have read what we do and looked at what our past participants have said, you will see why we pride ourselves on tours which cater to travelers with discerning tastes and a keen intellectual curiosity - tours for those who would not consider taking a group tour. Your memories and pleasures will last a lifetime.

If you don't find a tour that answers your needs and interests, please contact us directly and let us work together to provide you with a unique and wonderful travel experience.

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