Rose Valley Museum to publish book about Arts and Crafts Movement

By Leslie Krowchenko, for the Daily Times

ROSE VALLEY – When the Rose Valley Museum learned of an available $23,000 grant through the Decorative Arts Trust, its board knew exactly how it could use the funds: compile a coffee table book.

“Rose Valley Arts & Crafts: 1901 – 1916,” a volume of approximately 300 pages, text and more than 200 images, will be a comprehensive look at the achievements of the early years of the utopian experiment. The hardbound edition, with a letter press dust cover, is slated to be available by July in time to be sold at the Pennsylvania Art Museum’s exhibit on the Arts and Crafts Movement in Philadelphia. A paperback version will be available by Christmas 2026.

“Learning about the grant pushed us to the precipice and the preface,” said Rose Valley Museum photo