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Keep Homestead Museum

Visit the Keep Homestead Museum and view the one of the largest collections of Antique and Vintage Buttons on display in the Northeast.

The buttons are exhibited on a rotating basis, but on permanent display is the fantastic collection of Mosaic Buttons. They depict flowers, birds, animals, people, common buildings and not-so-common building scenes.

Man's Odd Collection Worth Fortune

Pilson, a "mudlark," collected over 2,500 buttons and cuff links from the banks of the river Thames in England. He donated the collection to the Museum of London for an exhibit unveiled Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported.

Button Collecting, A Lifetime Voyage of Discovery

Most people are first attracted to buttons by their surprising beauty. From the wonderful paintings on ivory under glass of the 18th Century, to the finely executed and colorful enamels, to the great brass picture buttons of the 19th Century, and even to the 20th Century additions of fine porcelains, the whimsical Bakelite realistics, and some really innovative work with glass and plastics - there is something to please the eye of anyone.