The Hoffer Collection

Based in Toledo, Ohio, The Hoffer Collection is a historical archive dedicated to preserving a unique piece of American popular culture and Toledo’s creative legacy. The collection features hundreds of original Craft Master and Paint by Numbers production printing blocks, offering a rare glimpse into the process behind the hobby that brought painting into millions of American homes. With deep roots in Toledo, where the Paint by Numbers phenomenon began, The Hoffer Collection seeks to preserve, document, and share these remarkable artifacts for collectors, historians, institutions, and future generations.