| Welcome to the Broom & Basket Shop online. We encourage you to visit us in person to see brooms and baskets being made by hand in West Amana, Iowa.
We offer a wide variety of hand-made brooms and baskets that are useful as well as decorative.
If you have any questions or comments please contact us.
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Broom & Basket Shop
618 8th Ave.
West Amana, IA 52203
319-622-3315
Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm, (central time) |
The art of broom making was revived in 1972 by Norman and Joanna Schanz in a small shop in West Amana that is still here today. The art of willow basket making and the cultivation of willow patches in the Amana Colonies was also revived by Joanna Schanz in 1977 under the guiding hand of Philip Dickel (1900-1981) the last active basket maker of the Amana Colonies.
To learn more about broom and basket history click here, History. |
