Modern Day Interest in The Prairie School
Interest in the ideas and designs of the Prairie School artists and architects has grown since the late 1980s, thanks in large part to celebrity collecting habits and high-profile auction results on many of the decorative designs from buildings of the era. In addition to numerous books, magazine articles, videos and merchandise promoting the movement, a number of original Prairie School building sites have become public museums, open for tours and special interactive events. Several not-for-profit organizations and on-line communities have been formed to educate people about the Prairie School movement and help preserve the designs associated with it. Some of these organizations and sites include:
- The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
- The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
- Wright In Wisconsin
- Taliesin Preservation Commission
- Walter Burley Griffin Society of America
- Unity Temple Restoration Foundation
- "George Washington Maher"; bio, photos of projects and career information
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts "Unified Vision - the Architecture and Design of the Prairie School"
- Pleasant Home Foundation for Maher's Farson House
- Prairie School Traveler weblog
- PrairieMod weblog
- Figge Art Museum's Frank Lloyd Wright gallery
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