Visit or Write Us

Visit or write to us at Laurel Arts, in the Philip Dressler Center for the Arts. In 2009, the Guild established a National Museum in affiliation with Laurel Arts at the home of the Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, Somerset, Pennsylvania. This is the first American museum devoted to the art form of papercutting. The museum has a permanent collection of papercut work as well as changing exhibitions twice a year, and a small library of books on papercutting.

Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, National Museum of Papercutting

Guild of American Papercutters
P.O. Box 384
214 S. Harrison Avenue
Somerset, PA 15501
USA

Website: www.papercutters.org
Email: gap@papercutters.org

Gallery Hours at the Museum:
10am – 8pm Tuesday-Thursday
10am – 4pm Friday
Noon – 4pm Saturday
Closed Sunday and Monday

A Home for Paper Artists

Through its publications, traveling exhibits, papercutting conferences, workshops, and demonstrations, members of the Guild of American Papercutters (GAP) seek to spread and celebrate the art of cutting paper. Whether you actively design and cut in paper, or simply appreciate the finished works of papercutters, we invite you to join our community. Our worldwide membership embraces all styles, materials, cutting methods, and experience levels. However you work, whatever your style, you will find kindred artists in the Guild of American Papercutters.