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"You should go to picture-galleries and museums of sculpture to be acted upon, and not to express or try to form your own perfectly futile opinion. It makes no difference to you or the world what you may think of any work of art. That is not the question; the point is how it affects you. The picture is the judge of your capacity, not you of its excellence; the world has long ago passed its judgment upon it, and now it is for the work to estimate you." Anna C. Brackett (1836 - 1911) |
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Museums |
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| List of Museums: This page contains links to museums anywhere in the world. | |
| American Association of Museums: Publisher — American Association of Museums. Located in Washington, D.C., the AAM "represents museums of every kind, from art to zoo". One of its primary goals is to "help develop and promote the highest professional standards". Although there is a significant Members Only Area, a Press Release Area of news real eases is provided, as well as information about Programs, professional education and much more. | |
| Smithsonian: This is the "world's largest museum complex and research organization"... "Composed of 14 museums and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and 2 museums in New York City the Smithsonian's exhibitions offer visitors a glimpse into its vast collection numbering over 142 million objects." Find out here about all of these museums. | |
| Musee: This nonprofit site offers direct links to a long list of the museum's educational offerings with many ways to search for museums (by title, type, etc.). | |
| MuseumSpot: Links to thousands of museums worldwide. | |
| MuseumStuff: Very similar to MuseumSpot, this web site provides categorized links to virtual exhibits along with its extensive database of museum sites. | |
Aquariums |
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| American Zoo & Aquarium Association: A directory for zoos and aquariums located in the U.S. | |
| Aquariums of the United Kingdom: A directory of web links to various aquariums located throughout the United Kingdom. | |
| The Fish Information Service – Public Aquaria: World Wide listing of aquariums and aquatic habitat preserves. | |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium: Aquarium devoted to the aquatic life of the Monterey Bay Area of the California Pacific Coast. The main feature is a newly opened deep sea and open ocean open air/open water tank. The museum opened twenty years ago and is located on historic Cannery Row. The web site features some interactive games and several web cams. | |
| National Aquarium: The National Aquarium in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor seeks to stimulate interest in, develop knowledge about, and inspire stewardship of aquatic environments. | |
| The New England Aquarium: The New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts focuses on the aquatic habitats of the waters of the North Atlantic, both salt and fresh. Web site features web cams of the activities in various tanks in the Aquarium. | |
| Shedd Aquarium: The world’s largest and one of the oldest aquarium’s this museum has extensive collections of aquatic plants, and animals, and is dedicated to preserving the aquatic world through innovative leadership, exhibits, animal care, education, and management. The web site offers some interactive features. | |
| Tennessee Aquarium | |
Architecture |
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| Bauhaus Archives: The Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design in Berlin is concerned with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus school of architecture, design, and art of the 20th century. | |
| Galinsky: Galinsky is a free service for people enjoying buildings worldwide. The pages are searchable and designed to help you find and enjoy some of the world's most exciting modern architecture, both on-line and in real life. Galinsky is for anyone with an interest in modern buildings and architecture, at any level of knowledge. The site uses no obscure architectural terms and is obsessed with architecture that has turned into real buildings that people can see and appreciate - not designs for their own sake. Includes photographs, descriptions, and practical visitor information . | |
| Great Buildings Collection: This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds. | |
Archives |
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| Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript Illumination: An introduction to the art of manuscript illumination accompanies the gorgeous illustrations. The learning center includes a slide show, info on how medieval manuscripts were made, and an opportunity to design your own. | |
| Library History Buff: Links to fascinating bits of library history and regalia: bookplates, library buttons, postcards and postage stamps, a virtual tour of America's library heritage, the history of traveling libraries, and much more. | |
| Publisher's Bindings Online: A significant digital collection of the decorative bindings of books, along with a comprehensive glossary and guide to the elements of these objects. These bindings reflect not only social and cultural history, but bibliographic history as well. | |
| Theological Libraries: Historical Sources: A Webliography compiled by David Stewart of Princeton Theological Seminary. | |
Art |
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| Amon Carter Museum: This museum houses the single most important collection of works by American Artists Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. The collection has expanded and now encompasses a wide range of 19th and early 20th century paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, as well as a photography collection that covers the medium from its advent to the present. | |
| Art Institute of Chicago [Museum]: The Institute's museum is divided into the following areas: African & Amerinidan, American, Architecture, Asian, Ancient, European Painting, Photography, European Decorative Arts & Sculpture, Prints & Drawings, Textiles, Arms & Armors, and Modern and Contemporary. Find out about exhibitions (online included), collections (Art Access of online images provided), and much more. | |
| Carnegie Museum of Art: One of Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: This museum "offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film & video," as well as American art from the 19th century, "French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts of from the 17th century to the present." Find out also about the Heinz Architectural Center, the Hall of Architecture and the Hall of Sculpture (Parthenon). | |
| The Cleveland Museum of Art: CMA is "one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums." This web site provides online access to its collections through an extensive image database which can be browsed by Museum Level and then collection area, or by using the A-Z of artists names. Several Online Tours have also been provided, as well as much more information about the museum. | |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts: The DIA has "one of the largest, most significant art collections in the nation", the works within it ranging from "classic to cutting edge". Explore the External Links to museums, art directories, libraries and organizations. Find out about exhibitions and the collection (use the Visual Resources Art Image Database) and much more. | |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Entitled "Thinker," this FAMSF web site comprises both the de Young Museum in the Golden Gate Park (American, African, Oceanic, & art of the Americas) and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park (European, & ancient art). Together they "are the largest public arts institution in the City... and one of the largest art museums in the United States." | |
| Forbidden City: Take a virtual tour of Beijing’s Forbidden City. | |
| The Getty: Located in Los Angeles, the "J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic organization" which includes The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Getty Research Institute, The Conservation Institute, a Grant Program (visual arts & cultural heritage), and the Leadership Institute (museums & individuals). Find out about much more here, such as collections (database included) and exhibitions. | |
| The High Museum of Art: The High is the Southeast’s largest art museum. This interactive web site is the gateway to the museum’s virtual collections. | |
| Kimbell Art Museum: Opened in 1972, and located in Fort Worth, the building was designed by architect Louis I. Kahn, and is "widely regarded as one of the most outstanding modern public art facilities in the world." While a general art museum, it is "one of the only institutions in the southwest with a substantial collection of Asian arts." Find out more about the collections using the online database. English, Spanish | |
| LACMA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Located in Los Angeles, this is "the premier visual arts museum in the Western United States," with holdings "spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present." Find out more about its extensive collections (search them online using the growing image database), as well as exhibitions and the Balch Art Research Library. | |
| The Louvre: This museum is home to the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo, but if you can’t visit in person you can take a virtual tour using the web site. | |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art: Founded in 1870, and located in New York City, New York, the Metropolitan Museum’s collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. It contains about 6,500 objects. The web site can be search by artist, period, style, or keyword. Also has a timeline of art history. | |
| MOBA: Museum of Bad Art: "Art too bad to be ignored." | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The MFA "houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art." Search the collections using the online database, or use the "Guide," a database of images, to view a growing selection of images. Also find out about exhibitions and much more by either browsing the site or using the "search" feature. | |
| MFAH: the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Publisher -— Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The "largest art museum in America south of Chicago, west of Washington, D.C., and east of Los Angeles," MFAH is housed in several buildings. These include two house museums: decorative arts in Rienzi, and the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. Find out more here, such as about exhibitions (current, upcoming and past), and collections (images of highlights included). Search the database provided. | |
| National Gallery – London: This gallery houses one of the world’s greatest collections of European art from the thirteenth century through the 19th century. | |
| National Gallery of Art: This gallery has a "national role" to play in "preserving, collecting, exhibiting and fostering understanding of works of art"... Find out about the collection by searching the online database by artist, title, or keyword, or simply by browsing under the categories provided. Tour the collection online, either in "Gallery Highlights" or "Streaming Slideshows," or examine the virtual exhibitions. | |
| National Gallery of Canada: A Canadian Cultural Treasure / Musee des beaux-arts du Canada: un Trésor National: Located in Ottawa, this is a "visual arts museum of international stature, [that] holds its collection of art in trust for all Canadians." Find out about the its collections, which include Canadian & Aboriginal, Inuit, Media Arts, Photographs, and more. Use Cybermuse to search and see the collections. English, French. | |
| The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Publisher -— The Nelson Gallery Foundation. Located in Kansas City, this is "one of the country's premier art institutions. Its rich collections bring together masterpieces from every culture and period of the world, spanning over 5,000 years." While it has "prestigious collections of European and American Art,...it is known above all for its magnificent collection of Asian art, notably the arts of China." Find out about this and more. | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art: This huge museum has large collections of art from all over the world covering prehistory to the present. It also has a separate museum of Rodin sculptures. The web site allows virtual tours and has animated and interactive features. | |
| Rijks Museum – Amsterdam: This museum is home to an art collection that features over 400 great masterpieces of painting. It houses the world’s largest collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Era, as well as all kinds of decorative arts. The museum plans to break with tradition and integrate its collections so that all art works from a period will be shown together instead of separated by genre. The web site as animated and interactive tours and are lessons. | |
| The Uffizi Gallery: The Uffizi Gallery, founded by the De Medici family in Florence, Italy, in 1581, is one of the oldest museums in the world. It holds the largest existing collection of Tuscan Renaissance paintings in the world. The web guide contains pictures, comments, biographies and a glossary of artistic movements and techniques. | |
| The Van Gogh Museum: The Van Gogh Museum houses the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent Van Gogh. The museum also has a large collection of works by other 19th century artists who were friends and contemporaries of Van Gogh. The web site has a virtual tour of the Museum. | |
| Vatican Museums: This is the gateway to all the Vatican web sites. | |
| The Victoria and Albert Museum: Located in London, England, The Victoria and Albert Museum is home to one of the world’s greatest collections of applied and decorative arts. | |
| Winterthur: "The former country estate of Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur is a museum filled with his collection of American decorative arts made or used in America between 1640 and 1860; a 60-acre garden that features color throughout the year; and a research library for the study of American art and material culture." | |
Modern Art |
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| CAC: Contemporary Arts Center: Publisher — Contemporary Arts Center. Located in Cincinnati, this non-collecting museum is dedicated to "'the art of the last five minutes." It focuses on "new developments in sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new media." Find out about the center, its exhibitions, the building, designed by Zaha Hadid, educational opportunities, upcoming performances and much more. | |
| The Guggenheim Museums: Now consists of five museums located in New York, Berlin, Bilbao, Las Vegas and Venice. Collections focus on non-objective art. | |
| MOCA: The Museum of Contemporary Art: Publisher -— Museum of Contemporary Art. Located both in Los Angeles (California Plaza and The Geffen Contemporary) and West Hollywood (The Pacific Design Center), MOCA is "home to one of the country's finest collections of American and European art created since 1940." Read more about the collection, selected images of which are searchable by keyword or by name of artist. Find out about exhibitions and examine the Digital Gallery. | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art: Publisher -— Museum of contemporary Art. Located in Chicago, MCA is "[one] of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time" (since 1945), and exhibits painting, sculpture, photography, video and film and performance art. Find out about its history, the building, designed by Josef Paul Kleihues, exhibitions and the collection (use the searchable database of selected images, Web site Insights). | |
| Musee d’Orsay: The Musée d'Orsay is a national museum which opened to the public in December 1986 in order to show, in all its diversity, the artistic creation of the western world from 1848 to 1914. | |
| The Museum of Modern Art: Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. | |
| Nasher Sculpture Center: This is an outdoor “roof-less” museum that serves as a peaceful retreat for this large collection of modern sculpture. The web site is interactive. | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: SFMOMA: Publisher -— San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 1935, this was the "first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art." Read about the departments of Painting and Sculpture, Photography, Architecture and Design, and Media Arts, among others. Learn about past, current and upcoming exhibitions (with selected images), and the various collections. Examine "e-space," the online gallery. Try the search engine. | |
| The Warhol: Publisher -— Carnegie Mellon University. Opened in 1994, the Warhol "is one of four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and is a collaborative project of the Carnegie Institute, DIA Center for the Arts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc." Find out more about "one of the most influential American artists of the 20th-century" through his film & video, and the art collection and archives of this museum. | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art: Founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1931, The Whitney collects and exhibits American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The museum's collections start at 1900 and continue to the present. | |
Botanical Gardens |
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| New York Botanical Garden: This site contains information about the collections. | |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | |
| Hortus Botanicus - Amsterdam: One of the oldest botanical gardens in the world. | |
Cultural History |
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| Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world. The Library’s mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress, and the American people, and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. | |
| The British Museum: Collections in this museum cover prehistory to the present with many interactive activities on the web site. | |
| The State Hermitage Museum: The Hermitage, located in St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of the largest museums in the world. It covers the world of art from prehistory to the present. The web site has several interactive art and history lessons. | |
| The Anne Frank House: Established in 1960 the Anne Frank House maintains the building where Anne Frank hid, a museum, and an educational center. The web site has some activities. | |
| Links to the Past: National Park Service Cultural Resources: Use the site map to explore this rich collection of guides to archaeology, mapping, museum exhibits, historic landmarks, military history, etc. | |
Music |
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| Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: This museum opened in 1995 and is the repository for important and rare items of rock’s most celebrated artists. The collection includes musical instruments, scores, lyrics, recordings and equipment, and memorabilia of all kinds. The web site has some interactive features. | |
| Experience Music Project: Explore musical milestones and movements, and meet the music makers who all share one sonic language. Collections include interactive exhibits, unique artifacts, and space for live performances. There are some interactive features on the web site. | |
Natural History |
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| Dino Exhibits: The Department of Paleobiology of The Smitsonian Institute a site that was created to provide a glimpse of some of the dinosaur specimens on view at the National Museum of Natural History. | |
| The Dino Directory: This is a guide to 127 of the most well-described dinosaurs, including over 600 images. | |
| Field Museum of Natural History: The Museum in Chicago is home to the menacing Sue, the worlds largest Tyrannosaurus Rex. The web site has an on-line exhibit on her, as well as several other on-line exhibits. | |
| Virtual Fossil Museum: Fossils Across Geologic Time and Evolution: "Fossils across geological time presented in multiple contexts of geological history, the tree of life, paleobiology and evolution. The Virtual Fossil Museum is an educational resource providing an ever-growing extensive collection of fossil images." | |
| Zoological Society of London (ZSL): This is a charity devoted to conservation and education. The site is full of interesting news and pictures about the animal and plant world. | |
Photography |
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| Center for Creative Photography: Publisher -— University of Arizona. The Center for Creative Photography is an archive, museum and research center dedicated to photography as an art form and cultural record. This site offers exhibitions, collections and archives, education, a library, museum store and membership information. | |
| California Museum of Photography | |
Radio & Television |
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| Newseum: This site is an interactive museum of the news. Its mission is to help the public and the news media understand each other better. It has special features and current events in a completely interactive web site. The Newseum is sponsored by the Freedom Forum. | |
Science |
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| BBC-Science-Hot Topics: This site is about the science behind the headlines of the news, and includes topics like animal experimentation, climate change, intelligence testing, etc. Each topic features a timeline of relevant scientific developments, key points in the argument, a review of the science, links to related BBC news stories, and often, audio and video clips. | |
| The Exploratorium – a museum of science, art, and perception: The Exploratorium is an experimental, hands-on museum designed to spark curiosity – regardless of familiarity with science. The web site has many interactive activities. | |
| German Museum of Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology: Located in Munich, Germany, this museum sets out to investigate the historical development of the natural sciences, technology and industry, and demonstrate their cultural significance. The web site has interactive features and indexes to the museums vast holdings. | |
| Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space: The museum's motto is “to touch is to know.” Interactive games and puzzles are available on this web site. | |
| Museum of Physics: The site offers a meaningful look using interactive exhibits that highlight the more than 600 scientific instruments in the collection. | |
| Museum of Science and Industry: The museum’s mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. They inspire by making exhibits, collections, and content accessible to all audiences through informal hands-on experiences. | |
| Why Files: The Science Behind the News: This site is about the science behind the news, and includes topics dealing with earth science, biology, psychology, medicine, chemistry, astronomy and many more. Each topic features a timeline of relevant scientific developments, key points in the argument, a review of the science, links to related BBC news stories, and often, audio and video clips. | |
Zoos |
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| African Game Reserves: Offers a complete list of National Parks and Game Preserves in Africa. | |
| Smithsonian National Zoological Park: Smithsonian National Zoological Park is part of the Smithsonian complex of museums. | |
| Orkin Insect Zoo — from The Smithsonian: The Orkin Insect Zoo is part of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The web page has interactive activities for students. | |
| Orkin Insect Zoo — from Mississippi State University: This site has even more bugs than the first, and offers a very thorough excursion through a variety of aspects in the insect world. | |
| Institute of Zoology: The Institute of Zoology is the research arm of the ZSL and conducts basic biological research which benefits the conservation of animal species and their habitats. The site has news and pictures of current research. | |
| Zoological Society of London (ZSL): This is a charity devoted to conservation and education. The site is full of interesting news and pictures about the animal and plant world. |
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