This cooper's froe was used for shaping or shaving the interior of barrels.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on cooperage, only the best of the sites that we visited! Mystic Seaport Cooperage Web page at: http://www.mysticseaport.org/ visiting/exhibits/craftsmen/cooperage.html The Canadian Museum of Civilization-Canada Hall-The Cooper's House Web page at: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmceng/ca10eng.html

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is not available for the topic of cooperage. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: At this time, the Museum Explorers Library contains no books on cooperage. Please check back. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about cooperage which may be available through your library: Kilby, Kenneth. (1971). The Cooper and His Trade. Publisher: J.Baker. ISBN#: 0-212-98399-7

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. There are no previous school projects on cooperage. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is a model of a wooden "hoop pole" barrel. It was made by WPA project employees.