The American
Saddlebred Horse Museum - The American Saddle Horse Museum offers a panorama
of the exhilarating sights and sounds of the American Saddlelbred world from the
Saddlebred's role in American history to modern day horse show excitement to tranquil
trail rides.
American
Work Horse Museum - Virginia
Appaloosa
Museum - in Moscow ID
Australian
Racing Museum - Melbourne, Australia
Brunk-Morgan
Horse Museum - Springfield, IL
Dartfield
(Irish Horse) Museum - County Galway, Ireland
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Equestrian
Culture and Horse Racing in Japan - [archived
version via "Thewaybackmachine." The Equestrian
Culture and Horse Racing in Japan exhibit opened
in September of 1996. The horse has played an important
part in Japanese history since antiquity. Fighting
horseman often became clan leaders based on the
prowess of their mounts. When dignitaries from the
mainland visited the ancient Japanese court, gifts
of horses were often exchanged.
Epona
/ Rhiannon - The Mare Goddess. She was the Gallo-Roman and Welsh Great Queen,
venerated at woodland altars (nemeton) across Celtic Europe, and especially near
Alesia in central France. Horse worship and sacrifice were rites associated with
the migration memories of ancient peoples from India to Spain. From the Encyclopedia
Mythica.
Fort
Garry Horse Museum - Winnipeg, Manitoba Province,
Canada
Fossil
Horse Cybermuseum - the first virtual museum exhibit developed by the Florida
Museum of Natural History.
German
Horse Museum - Germany
Harness
Racing Museum & Hall of Fame - Goshen NY
Heavy
Horse (Suffolk Horse) Museum - England
International
Museum of the Horse - Lexington, Kentucky -
The International Museum of the Horse, is the largest
and most comprehensive equestrian museum in the
world. It is dedicated to telling the intriguing
story of the horse and his relationship with man.
Kentucky
Derby Museum - Derby History, Derby Parties,
Past Winners, Derby Memberships, Thinks for Kids
to Do and Churchill Downs.
Living
Museum of the Horse - France
5th
Light Horse Museum - Australia
National
Cowgirl Hall of Fame - Fort Worth, TX
National
Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame - Their mission is to interpret the history
and convey the excitement of Thoroughbred racing in America to the broadest possible
audience. Use the links on their web site to discover the past, present and history
of horseracing.
National
Morgan Horse Museum - Shelburne, VT
National
Steeplechase Museum - Camden, South Carolina
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Native
American Galleries - both non-profit and commercial galleries listed.
Photographs
& Clip Art - See "Celebrate the Horse" section.
The
Aberdeen Bestiary Project - A Bestiary is
a collection of short descriptions about all sorts
of animals, real and imaginary, birds and even rocks,
accompanied by a moralising explanation. The Aberdeen
Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24) is
considered to be one of the best examples of its
type. The manuscript, written and illuminated in
England around 1200, is of added interest since
it contains notes, sketches. Webmaster's note: I
have included information here solely regarding
horses.
Folio
22R - mentions Alexander the Great's Horse;
some heroic horses and their loyalty to their masters.
Article 2 - mentions the existence of wild horses,
and describes their colors
Folio
22V - physical and temperamental attributes
of the horse.
Folio
23R - attributes of the horse. The mule, a grinder
of corn. How to create a hybrid
Museum
of Hounds and Hunting - Leesburg VA
Phar
Lap Museum
- Australia
Wild
Horse Museum - Virginia City, NV
Listing
of Horse Museums in the United States