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I want to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting like the art in the museums.

Paul Cezanne


For art lovers, this category will take you through online museums that cover art, architecture, history and culture, photography and film, and sculpture. Here you also will find FTP, Gopher, Listserv, and newsgroups!

Architecture

Alvar Aalto Museum

http://192.102.40.8:80/aalto/

The Alvar Aalto Museum preserves, researches, and maintains a permanent display of material related to Aalto's work as an architect and designer. The site contains information about and pictures of Aalto's buildings, which are located around the world.

The Chicago Athenaeum: The Museum of Architecture and Design

http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/

The Chicago Athenaeum features "Landmark Chicago," the first permanent exhibition celebrating Chicago's position as the world capital of historical and contemporary landmarks of modern architecture. This site contains information and photos from this exhibit, as well as other details about the museum and its upcoming schedule.

Grier Musser Museum

http://www.isi.edu/sims/sheila/gm.html

If you'd like to relive the charm of Victorian Los Angeles, this is the museum for you. The site contains photos of the different rooms of the museum, all of which are decked out in Victorian decor.

National Building Museum

http://www.nbm.org/

The National Building Museum presents permanent exhibitions about the world we live in, from our homes and offices to our parks and cities. This site has online excerpts of exhibits past and present, as well as information about books that complement them. There also are summaries from "The Urban Forum," a program designed to explore issues related to the design, growth, and governance of American cities.

Netherlands Architecture Institute

http://www.nai.nl/nai_eng.html

Site contains exhibitions, lectures, and other activities from this museum, which houses a vast collection of works from Dutch architects and many others. It contains everything about the epicenter of Dutch architecture, including a link to Archis, a Dutch/English monthly magazine about architecture, urban design, and visual arts.

Wharton Eshrick Museum

http://www.levins.com/esherick.html

Site features the life and work of this "Dean of American Craftsmen." Photos include the world-famous spiral oak staircase from his studio in Pennsylvania, and Eshrick's regional influences are discussed.

Art

Addison Gallery of American Art

http://www.andover.edu/addison/home.html

Contains descriptions and photos from current and upcoming exhibits. The museum's permanent collection has over 12,000 works, including significant paintings, prints, works on paper, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography.

The African/Edenic Heritage Museum

http://village.ios.com/~dckog/museum.htm

This traveling exhibit highlights the indigenous African presence in the Holy Land. Among the fascinating subjects explored is scientists' theory that Eve was more likely a dark-haired, black-skinned woman. Site contains pictures and maps from the exhibit.

Agung Rai Museum of Art

http://www.nusantara.com/arma/

This Indonesian museum houses a collection of works by Balinese, Javanese, and foreign artists. Select works are shown on the site, and they're a fascinating display of history and culture.

Alexandria Museum of Art

http://cenla.lacollege.edu/arts/amoa/amoa.html

Recently named "one of the most innovative museums in Louisiana," it contains a collection of contemporary Louisiana art and an array of local, regional, and national exhibits, including the state's largest collection of North Louisiana folk art. The page contains descriptions of the museum's galleries and a calendar of upcoming exhibitions.

The Andy Warhol Museum

http://www.clpgh.org/warhol/

This page contains a guided tour of the Pittsburgh museum that opened in 1994, as well as examples of Andy's artwork. It also describes the work of the Archives Study Center, which collects and preserves anything to do with Warhol's life and work. A calendar details upcoming exhibitions and events.

The Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/firstpage.html

Comprising both a museum and an art school, the institute's 10 curatorial departments have collections numbering more than 300,000 works of art, including one of the finest collections of Impressionist art in the world, with 33 paintings by Claude Monet. The institute also is the home of A Sunday on La Grange Jatte—1884, the famous painting by George Seurat that can be seen at this site, and Grant Wood's famous American Gothic, among others.

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

http://sfasian.apple.com/

This is the largest museum in the western world devoted to the arts and cultures of Asia. The museum's collections represent over 40 Asian countries spanning 6,000 years of history. This site provides information about exhibits and programs at the museum, as well as job openings there.

The Brooklyn Museum

http://wwar.com/brooklyn_museum/index.html

The second largest museum in the State of New York, The Brooklyn Museum features a collection of over 1.5 million objects, including works from Ancient Egypt, the arts of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas, decorative arts, painting, and sculpture.

Canadian Wildlife and Wilderness Art Museum

http://intranet.ca/cawa/

Contains representative works of Canada's internationally acclaimed wildlife and wilderness painters, sculptors, and carvers. Includes a gallery of artwork, as well as a bio of and artwork by Robert Lougheed, one of North America's best known wildlife and Western artists.

The Chrysler Museum of Art and Historic Houses

http://www.whro.org/cl/cmhh/

The museum's collection of 30,000 objects spans almost 4,000 years of art history. It includes a world-renowned collection of European and American painting and sculpture, an internationally famous glass collection, as well as art from African, Asian, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, and Islamic cultures.

The Columbia Museum of Art

http://www.scsn.net/users/cma/index.html

The museum's exhibits contain European and American fine and decorative art representing a time period of nearly seven centuries. Its public collections of Renaissance and Baroque art include works by Botticelli, Boucher, Canaletto, Tintoretto, and many others. In 1998, the museum will be moving to a new and larger facility, making it the largest art museum in South Carolina.

The Dallas Museum of Art

http://www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/www/dma.htm

The museum's holdings include ancient American, African, Indonesian, and contemporary art, as well as American decorative arts. The site includes photos from the museum's galleries as well as from several outdoor display areas for large sculptures.

The Finnish National Gallery

http://www.fng.fi/fng/html2/en/

Visit the collections at its three specialist museums— Sinebrychoff, the Museum of Foreign Art; Ateneum, the Museum of Finnish Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art—which cover a period of eight centuries. Site contains links to the gallery's Central Art Archives as well as the capability to search for information about a particular artist or work.

The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art

http://www.latinoweb.com/museo/

This is the first and only museum dedicated 100 percent to Hispanic and Latin American art. (This includes Spain and Latin America, as well as non-Spanish speaking countries such as Brazil and Haiti.) The museum has 11 exhibits per year and is a contemporary art museum, not a historical or pre-Colombian museum. The education department organizes courses in art, literature, music, poetry, and more.

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

http://www.goma.glasgow.gov.uk/

Although this site was still under construction at this book's writing, it has the beginnings of a great Web site. The site has four galleries—Fire Gallery, Earth Gallery, Water Gallery, and Air Gallery. Definitely a site to bookmark and come back to as it progresses.

Guggenheim Museum

http://math240.lehman.cuny.edu/gugg/

Site contains information about the four sections of the museum —the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue in New York City; the Guggenheim Museum SoHo on Broadway in New York City; the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Includes some great photos of the museums and their exhibits.

Henie Onstad Art Center

http://www.hok.no/index-e.html

Henie Onstad Art Centre has one of the largest collections of international contemporary art in Norway. Its permanent collection includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Beuys, Vasarely, the COBRA artists and Warhol.

Indianapolis Museum of Art

http://web.ima-art.org/ima/home.html

The nation's seventh-largest general art museum has permanent collections of African, American, Asian, contemporary, decorative, and European art, as well as a textiles and costumes collection, and prints, drawings, and photographs. The IMA complex is surrounded by a 152-acre park, including 50 acres that are accessible to the public and are intensively gardened.

Institute of Contemporary Arts

http://www.illumin.co.uk/ica/

Specializes in exhibiting contemporary visual arts, performance art, cultural discourse, and criticism, cinema and video. There is also a substantial archive of video and audio recordings, which can be browsed on the site.

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archeology

http://www.memst.edu/egypt/main.html

Site includes photos and information from its Egyptian artifacts exhibit, and you can take a virtual tour of over a dozen ancient Egyptian sites along the Nile River. Also contains links to other sites that provide information about Egypt.

International Children's Art Museum

http://www.icamsf.com/

The International Children's Art Museum in San Francisco features artwork from children around the world. This site has information about the museum and its programs. It also features an online gallery with exhibitions from the museums permanent collection.

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design

http://www.kemperart.org/

Site includes a calendar of events, the history and architecture of the Museum, images from the collection, and a guest book. The museum also boasts a notable Georgia O'Keefe collection, several watercolors of which can be viewed at this site.

Le Louvre

http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/

Official site of this famous museum, the home of the Mona Lisa. Includes information about the museum's seven departments: Oriental Antiquities (with a section dedicated to Islamic Art); Egyptian Antiquities (with a section dedicated to Coptic Art); Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities; Paintings; Sculptures; Objets d'Art; and Prints and Drawings. Site includes many details (a small section of a painting, enlarged so you can see it better) from the museum's collections.

Leonardo da Vinci Museum

http://www.leonardo.net/museum/main.html

A virtual museum devoted to the works of da Vinci, and not just his most famous oil paintings, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Site also includes some of his drawings and sketches, his engineering and futuristic designs, and historical details about his life. Some of the photos of his art are small and hard to see, but there's tons information here.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/

One of the largest art museums in the world, its collections include more than two million works of art—several hundred thousand of which are on view at any given time—spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. Site has an educational section for different age levels and interests, including "Looking at Art," which discusses composition and theme.

Museum of American Folk Art

http://www.folkartmuse.org/

Site contains samples from traditional and contemporary folk art exhibitions, information about educational programs, and a link to Folk Art magazine. Also contains a description of upcoming exhibits and a calendar of traveling exhibits.

Museum of Arts and Crafts

http://web.cnam.fr/museum/index-a.html

This French site (viewed in French or English) contains a QuickTime virtual visit to Foucault's pendulum in the Pantheon, a RealAudio tape of a dulcimer player, and a link to online radio. It also has a database of 45,000 objects online. The site can be a little confusing at times, but there are many neat links to follow.

Museum of Bad Art

http://glyphs.com/moba/

The Museum of Bad Art is dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition, and celebration of bad art. Site contains many examples of bad art, including one rather amusing piece entitled "Sunday On The Pot With George." (Hint: If you don't understand the allusion here, you probably won't understand why this art is so bad and why this museum is so great.)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/

Museum prides itself on exhibiting art that is "past and present, old and new, plain and fancy," including masterpieces by Renoir, Monet, Sargent, Turner, Gauguin, and others. The site hosts an online exhibition and contains links to samples from upcoming exhibits.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://mfah.org/

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston site includes visuals and information about the permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, events, and educational programs. Collections with online links include African sculpture, American painting, ancient art, decorative arts, Impressionist painting, and twentieth-century sculpture.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

http://www.moma.org/

Site displays samples from current and future exhibits as well as its permanent collection, which includes painting and sculpture, drawings, prints and illustrated books, architecture and design, photography, and film and video. The collection includes exceptional groups of work by Matisse, Picasso, Miró, Mondrian, Brancusi, and Pollock. The museum owns over 13,000 films, and the site has a calendar of the museum's film and video programs. It also contains links to other Web sites created in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art and its exhibits.

National Gallery of Canada

http://national.gallery.ca/

The National Gallery of Canada is the permanent home of Canada's exceptional national art collection, which includes Canadian art, Inuit art, contemporary art, as well as European, American, and Asian art. It plans to put its entire collection online by the summer of 1998.

Royal Ontario Museum

http://www.rom.on.ca/

This large museum has Greek, Roman, and Far Eastern art, archaeology, and natural sciences collections, as well as Native ethnology and natural history collections. Virtual exhibits include educational activities such as games, quizzes, and QuickTime movies, as well as online artifact identification and curatorial research.

The Salvador Dali Museum Site

http://www.highwayone.com/dali/

An interactive look at The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida (official museum-sponsored site). At this site, you can take a Dali quiz and order Dali mousepads, not to mention view some of his greatest works. (But don't click on the flies or melting clocks.)

Webmuseum

http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/

Site includes a small tour of Paris, a unique famous paintings collection, and an exhibition of medieval art, "Les tres riches heures du Duc de Ber." The site always features at least one special exhibit—at this book's writing, it was a great collection of works by Paul Cèzanne, one of the greatest of the Postimpressionists.

Whitney Museum of American Art

http://www.echonyc.com/~whitney/

Site contains selections from the permanent collection of 20th-century American art as well as links to other art museums. The museum also sponsors artists working on the Web and provides links to some artists' Web projects.

Yokohama Museum of Art

http://www.art-museum.city.yokohama.jp/index_e.html

Site provides links and photos from exhibits, past and present. It also gives descriptions and maps of the different areas of the museum.

History and Culture

Bosnia & Herzegovina Pavilion at XIX Triennale di Milano

http://www.iht.it/arte/bih/bos-id-e.htm

Contains pictures and a wealth of historical information from the show "Reconstruction of Bosnia & Herzegovina," shown at the Triennale di Milano XIX Esposizione Internazionale. The page is available in Italian, English, and Bosniac, and contains links to other Web sites concerning Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

http://www.icsi.com/ics/morikami/

The only museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to the living culture of Japan. The museum contains a rare Bonsai collection of miniature trees and has beautiful Japanese-style landscaping. Sample photos from the museum's exhibits of Japanese arts, crafts, and artifacts are included at this site.

Online Museum of Singapore Art and History

http://www.museum.org.sg/

This site contains links to the National Archives of Singapore, the National Museum of Singapore, the Asian Civilizations Museum, the Singapore History Museum, and the Singapore Art Museum. Information about each of these museums is provided, along with calendars, photos, and a plethora of information.

The Smithsonian Institution

http://www.si.edu/newstart.htm

The 150-year-old Smithsonian Institute comprises the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of American Art, the National Air and Space Museum, the Sackler Gallery, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History and more. This site defies categorization, as it has a lot of everything.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

http://www.ushmm.org/

This museum is an international resource for the development of research on the Holocaust and related issues, including those of contemporary significance. Includes a photographic, film, and video archive. Site contains links to museum resources and activities, as well as to related organizations and an internship program.

Miscellaneous

American Museum of Papermaking

http://www.ipst.edu/amp/

This renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology features a collection of watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. You can go on a virtual tour of the museum and learn about topics such as forerunners to paper, the invention of the paper machine, and recycling in the paper industry.

Art Deco Erte Museum of Fashion and Theater Designs

http://www.webcom.com/ajarts/welcome.html

Cybermuseum in memory of the father of art deco, Romain de Tirtoff(1892-1990), known as "Erté." One of the foremost fashion and stage designers of the early twentieth century, he is remembered for the extravagant costumes and stage sets he designed for the Folies-Bergère in Paris and George White's Scandals in New York, as well as designs for the Broadway musical Stardust in 1988. This illustrated museum contains a selection of images drawn from throughout Erté's 80-year career.

Eli Whitney Museum

http://www.eliwhitney.org/

This museum and site are dedicated to exploring people's passion for making things. While this site was being overhauled at the time of this book's writing, it shall once again be a cool site one day. Bookmark it and check back when it's finished.

Graphion's Online Type Museum

http://www.slip.net/~graphion/museum.html

This site provides information about the history and practice of typesetting, including biographies of visionary typesetters and elements of typesetting style. There also is a question and answer page where you can request information, make suggestions, or ask any question your heart desires.

Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

http://www.addgr.com/jewel/lalaouni/enindex.htm

A museum devoted to the art of jewelry, its permanent collection houses over 3,000 designs. The gallery is organized into six categories—The Golden Dawn of Art, History of Greek Jewelry, Collections Inspired From 12 Civilizations, Nature, Technology and Biology, and Special Commissions. Photos are available on the site.

The Judah L. Magnes Jewish Museum

http://www.jfed.org/Magnes/Magnes.htm

The third largest Jewish museum in North America, it collects and displays treasures of Jewish art, history, and culture. The permanent collection includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and a film/video and photography collection. The site also provides information about libraries and archives, poetry and video competitions, and books and publications.

Kelsey Museum of Archeology

http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/

This site contains maps of the ancient world and other online resources for classical art and archeology. It also shows photos of objects on display in the museum's two main galleries, The Greek and Roman Gallery and The Egyptian and Near Eastern Gallery.

Living Museum of Letterpress Printing

http://www.speakeasy.org/~eoeleven/

This foundation dedicated to the preservation of the 550 year history of letterpress printing provides links to a reference library, tools of the trade, and much more. (This black and white site has some large graphics that take a while to come up. You'll probably need a fast modem and updated browser to view this site most effectively.)

Melbourne Museum of Printing

http://www.vicnet.net.au/~typo/

This is a working and teaching museum of type and printing. Its collection includes machines, info about founts, and other printing items. It also has links to books and records that have to do with printing and businesses of that type (no pun intended).

Museum for the Preservation of Illustrative Art

http://www.i-link.net/pavilion/mpia.html

This museum is dedicated to the archiving, indexing, display, commemoration, and preservation of the works of the major illustrators of the romance era of the 20th Century. While this site is still under construction, it has the potential to be a great site for artists and art lovers. Bookmark it and check back later.

Museum of Contemporary Ideas

http://toolshed.artschool.utas.edu.au/moci/home.html

This unique museum delves into the worlds of the visual arts, the philosophy of science, architecture, technology, performing arts, and off-planet systems. As of this book's writing, for example, the site had a sample chapter of a mystery novel and an Encyclopedia of Superfictions, which forces us to examine what is true and what is false. (Check out the entry for Hillary Clinton.)

Museum of Korean Embroidery

http://samsung.expo.or.kr/pojagi/poja_m.html

This museum boasts over 3,000 pieces of embroidery and other handicrafts created by women or used in the women's quarters of traditional Korea. The opening page of the site shows 20 beautiful samples, which you can click on to enlarge them and read a description.

Museum of Outdoor Arts

http://www.fine-art.com/museum/moa.html

This museum offers people a place to enjoy picnics and concerts in an environment of fine art, architecture, and landscape. Site includes photos of the grounds and sculptures as well as information about the collection, exhibitions, and programs.

National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.si.edu/

The portraits in the Gallery's permanent collection number more that 7,000, including portraits of all 41 presidents (President Clinton's hasn't been added yet), all of which can be viewed at this site. Portraits of other individuals can be admitted to the collection 10 years after the death of the subject. Other permanent collections include "The Age of Revolution" and "Native Americans" and are supplemented by other special exhibits.

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum

http://aqua.ucsd.edu/

Part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, this aquarium has volunteer opportunities, educational programs, and summer learning adventures. This home page provides information about all these, plus links to what's new at the aquarium and membership information.

The Victoria and Albert Museum

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of the decorative arts in the world. Today the beautiful Victorian and Edwardian buildings house 145 galleries containing some of the world's greatest collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewelry, books, prints and photographs.

Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org/

The museum's collections include over 30 million items, ranging from "dinosaur fossils, to a sixty-three-foot-long canoe carved by the Haida Indians, to a slice of a giant sequoia tree, to the costume of an African spirit dancer." The site lists a few of its thousands of research projects, along with some photos. The museum displays a wide range of temporary exhibits, which also can be explored at this site.

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/

Founded in 1895, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is one of the nation's leading research museums and is renowned for its Dinosaur Hall. This page was established to provide news the museum's events, as well as developments in the field of natural history in general. It is divided into 13 different and wide-ranging scientific sections, from anthropology and birds to minerals and nature reserves.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

http://www.cmnh.org/

This museum has over a million specimens in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, zoology, and wildlife biology. It also has astronomy programs, live animal shows, and a dinosaur discovery area. Site has links to exhibits and museum news.

Florida Museum of Natural History

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/

With over 16 million specimens, this is the largest museum of natural history in the Southern United States. This site features descriptions of its collections in both the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Natural Sciences, which includes mammals, birds, fossils, plants, and more.

The Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa

http://astrpi.difi.unipi.it/Museo_di_Calci/MusSN.html

Site discusses the museum's natural history collections, consisting of about 200,000 items. The museum's 15 galleries contain exhibits including mineralogy, paleontology, and zoology to name a few, as well as a cetacean gallery that is unique in Europe for its size and number of specimens.

Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

This site defines and explains each of the museum's five main departments and also discusses its six focus areas for research. For each department (botany, zoology, entomology, paleontology, and mineralogy), the site provides photos and details about several ongoing research projects at the museum. You also can link to the Science Casebook, an interactive exploration of some of the museum's work.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

http://nmnhwww.si.edu/nmnhweb.html

This extensive site has everything you ever wanted to know about this museum, and many things you wouldn't have thought to ask. (Do you know what a cephalopod is without looking it up?) The museum's seven scientific departments are: anthropology, botany, entomology, invertebrate zoology, mineral sciences, paleontology, and vertebrate zoology. Online exhibits at the time of this book's publication included "In Search of Giant Squid" and "Hologlobe." This is an amazing site, and even if you're not a science buff, you'll find it fascinating.

Swedish Museum of Natural History

http://www.nrm.se/

The largest museum in Sweden, it has over 18 million objects and is one of the 10 largest natural history museums in the world. The page is divided into research; exhibitions, events and education, and education; Cosmonova, one of the most modern Omnimax theaters in the world; and administration and service.

Organizations

African Americans Museum Association

http://www.artnoir.com/aama.html

AAMA is a nonprofit membership organization serving the interests and needs of black museums and cultural institutions, and black museum professionals. Institutional membership is open to museums, galleries, historical societies, libraries, research centers, and other organizations and agencies that collect, conserve, exhibit, research, and teach the history, science, art, and culture relevant to the African American heritage.

American Association of Museums

http://www.americanmuse.org/AAM/

This organization provides a focal point for professionals in museum and museum-related fields, and currently has over 14,000 members. Every type of museum is represented in its membership, from arboretums to youth museums. Site links to membership information, newsletters, and a bookstore.

Group for Education in Museums

http://www.gem.org.uk/

Group for anyone concerned with education in museums. Site contains links to excerpts from the quarterly newsletter, the annual Journal of Education in Museums, and other publications. Also contains links to lists of museums.

ICOM-CC

http://www.natmus.min.dk/cons/Icom_cc/icom_cc.htm

The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation is an organization of people concerned about "the conservation and restoration of objects of historic and artistic significance." Information about the 24 working groups within the committee is provided at this site.

Institute of Museum Services

http://www.ims.fed.us/

This group supports museums' educational roles through grant programs that encourage outstanding museum management and comprehensive collections care practices. This site has links to awards given in 1996 as well as eligibility and deadline requirements for upcoming awards.

James Renwick Alliance

http://www.jra.org/

A national nonprofit organization created to support the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Site links to the history of the gallery, membership information, a newsletter, and more.

Mexican Federation of Associations of Friends of Museums

http://www.friendsofmuseums.org.mx/menfem_i.html

This non-profit, non-governmental organization was created to help preserve Mexico's culture. Site links to the information about the organization's activities.

The Museum Security Network

http://www.xs4all.nl/~securma/

This initiative by security managers of leading Dutch Museums aims to present a global platform for all aspects of museum and art security. Site has articles about security matters, law links, and searchable databases. Also links to other similar sites.

Photography and Film

Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive

http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/

The visual arts center of the University of California at Berkeley, the UAM/PFA is noted for its thought-provoking exhibitions of both art and film. The museum Web site contains online versions of current and former exhibitions.

California Museum of Photography

http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/

Site contains photos, descriptions, and other information from exhibits at this museum. Also links to a museum store, with copies of featured photos from the exhibit for sale.

International Center of Photography

http://www.icp.org/

Established to collect 20th-century works, this center has a special emphasis on documentary photography. The center, located in New York City, also teaches all levels of photography. Site contains photos from special exhibits.

National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft/

This museum contains varied displays, interactive features, large and small screens, and constantly changing special exhibitions, events, theater, and education. Permanent galleries include: The Story of Popular Photography (The Kodak Museum), The IMAX Cinema, Television Galleries, Photography is News, and Pictureville Cinema.

Photo Perspectives

http://www.i3tele.com/photo_perspectives_museum/faces/

An interactive photography museum for the photographic examinations of contemporary society and culture. Site provides links to other sites related to photography or the topics of the current exhibits.

Southeast Museum of Photography

http://www.dbcc.cc.fl.us/dbcc/smp/smphome.htm

Museum has a large collection and hosts exhibitions year round. Site provides descriptions of exhibits and includes sample photos. Museum also focuses on photographic education, with the Southeast Museum School of Photography nearby. Provides links to other museums and galleries.

Virtual Photographic Museum

http://home.pi.net/~patgoos/home.html

Site topics include Photoshop experiments, workshop lighting techniques, and JavaScript "TechTalk." Site also links to interesting information such as "Everything about slides and how to present them," "A quest for making even better pictures. . .," and "A photographic statement for peace in the Middle East."

Science and Technology

Carnegie Science Center

http://www.csc.clpgh.org/

Western Pennsylvania's state-of-the-art public facility is committed to educating the public about science and technology through hands-on exhibits and programs. Site contains a calendar of this month's events and featured exhibit, and previews upcoming exhibits.

The Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

The Exploratorium is a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in the areas of science, art, and human perception. It provides access to and information about science, nature, art, and technology. Site has online versions of exhibits and tons of other cool scientific information.

Israel National Museum of Science

http://www.netvision.net.il/n_sci_museum/

A hands-on museum with exhibits that help make science, planning, and technology easy to understand. Provides links to current exhibits and photos, along with general museum information.

The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

http://www.msichicago.org/

Site contains online exhibits, such as baby chicks hatching, that provide a sample of the experiences available at the museum. Also provides Omnimax film clips and educational resources for teachers as well as exhibit schedules and general information about the Chicago area.

Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida

http://www.tampatrib.com/mosi/

This official site of largest science museum in the Southeastern United States is organized by floors. Site also includes updates and previews of exhibits, IMAX films, and events.

National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada

http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/

This museum was created to explore "the Transformation of Canada." Different subjects of the museum include: agriculture, communications, energy, forestry, graphic arts, transportation, and many others. Links and descriptions are provided for all subjects as well as for behind the scenes information such as restoration.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

http://www.omsi.edu/

Observe vibrations and sound waves in the museum's Electronics Lab, or weave your own piece of the Web in the Computer Lab. This site provides links to all the museum's main areas complete with photos and descriptions of many exhibits. A lot of great information at this site.

Questacon: National Science and Technology Centre

http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/Questacon/

Site includes fun activities, links, and museum information for Australia's national science museum. Take a virtual tour of the galleries and explore the hands-on zone, all without leaving the comforts of home (or paying for a trip to Australia).

Telegraph and Scientific Instrument Museum

http://www.chss.montclair.edu/psychology/perera/telegraph.html

Site contains a list of downloadable illustrations including telegraph instruments, microphones, radios, and wireless-related collections. Also provides links to other collectors' pages.

Sculpture

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

http://www.decordova.org/

The only public, year-round sculpture park of changing works in New England. Photos are provided of the grounds' sculptures, as are links to current exhibits and a virtual gallery.

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

http://www.inch.com/~snippy/noguchi/entrance.html

This museum was conceived and designed by the artist himself. It contains an extensive collection of more than 250 works of sculpture, drawings, and documentation, and includes an online tour through gardens. Also includes biography info about the artist and links to other sites that display his work.

Laumeier Sculpture Park

http://home.stlnet.com/~jimpotts/fire_ice.htm

This park is a 116-acre venue for contemporary media artists' works. Site contains many images from the park as well as exhibit schedules and other art links.

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden

http://sheldon.unl.edu/

Together, these two comprise over 12,000 works of art, and the garden contains 33 sculptures exhibited year-round. Site contains photos of several of the sculptures, a schedule of upcoming exhibits, and an artist index.

Storm King Art Center

http://www.skac.org/

This 400-acre sculpture museum in the Hudson Valley area has works from more that 100 different artists. Site gives descriptions and dates of exhibitions.

FTP Sites

Exploratorium

ftp://ftp.exploratorium.edu

The Exploratorium in San Francisco creates an environment of hands-on, fun learning and now they have a home on the Internet.

Gopher Sites

List of Museums in Greece

gopher://ithaki.servicenet.ariadne-t.gr/11/HELLENIC_CIVILIZATION/MUSEUMS/

Natural History Museum Berne Switzerland (NMBE)

gopher://www-nmbe.unibe.ch:70/

U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

gopher://ucmp1.berkeley.edu

Information on museum collections and paleontological database information. Also includes nature and science images, images of animals and birds; biology image archive; animal sounds; and an online On the Origin of Species complete text.

Yale's The Peabody Museum of Natural History

gopher://gopher.peabody.yale.edu/

Listservs

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Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

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University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

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Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC

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