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Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums: Presents a series of online exhibitions as well as details for those planning to visit the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum itself.
Author: Aberdeen City Council
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Andy Warhol Museum: Museum devoted to the American pop artist, housing displays of contemporary art and popular culture. Gives a tour of the eight floors, with examples of portraiture, details of special exhibitions, and information about the underground studio.
Author: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Subjects: art museums, artists
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Art Guide: The Art Lovers Guide to Britain and Ireland: An extensive index to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland. Art Guide is organised by artist, by museum, and geographically. For each artist there is a list of their works and where they can be found; for each museum a list of outstanding works in the collection, contact details and links to other museums in the same region.
Author: Cognitive Applications
Subjects: art museums, british museums, history of art
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: reference data
ArtMuseum.Net: Gives an overview of the history and evolution of multimedia, highlighting its impact on art, technology, and culture. Intended for students, teachers, artists, and critics, the resource includes essays and sections on pioneers.
Author: Intel
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, multimedia - general
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: moving images, sounds
Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design: Dedicated to the Bauhaus school of art and architecture (1919-1933), this resource presents information on the Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design in Berlin. Housed within a building designed by Walter Gropius, who founded the Bauhaus, the archive includes examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, photography, and documentation such as political discussion about the school, official contracts, and the curriculum.
Author: Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design
Subjects: art museums, history of art
DeweyClass: 709
Resource type: museum
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery: An online, interactive guide to services provided by Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
Author: Birmingham City Council
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, museum links
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: directory
Canadian Wildlife and Wilderness Art Museum: Collection of wildlife and wilderness paintings by Canadian and other international artists, being arranged into a permanent museum showcase.
Author: Canadian Wildlife and Wilderness Art Museum
Subjects: art museums, canadian geography, canadian museums, painting, wildlife
DeweyClass: 750
Resource type: museum
Centre Georges Pompidou: A national museum of modern art housing collections viewable by gallery, artist, and by work in chronological order. Provides information about events in and around Paris such as shows, debates, and educational events.
Author: National Center for Art and Culture
Subjects: art museums, france
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: institution
Chateau de Versailles: Offers details of the palace's location, people such as Louis XIV, Napoleon I, and Charles de Gaulle, life at the Court, and masterpieces on display at Versailles including paintings, sculptures, and furniture. Also provides visitor information along with an online ticket ordering service. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
Author: Domaine National de Versailles
Subjects: art museums, french history
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: documents, images
Exploratorium: A museum of science, art, and human perception with over 650 interactive exhibits. Includes a digital library, web cameras and a learning studio.
Author: Exploratorium
Subjects: art museums, perception, science museums
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: museum
Explore the Unicorn Tapestries: Concentrates on collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York pertaining to the Unicorn Tapestries. Provides an opportunity to examine these medieval masterpieces by allowing users to magnify any section of any tapestry by selecting with the mouse, while providing both close-ups and extensive information about the tapestries. The resource is divided into themed sections to facilitate browsing. Other sections of the resource provide audio and video clips of Metropolitan Museum director Phillipe de Montebello and David Rockefeller, who recounts how his father acquired the tapestries and donated them to the Museum. Also contains information on how tapestries are woven, the sport of hunting in medieval times, and the Cloisters.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subjects: art education, art exhibitions, art museums
DeweyClass: 746.72
Resource type: image collection
Fitzwilliam Museum: Art museum of the University of Cambridge. Provides information on collections which relate to antiquities of Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Cyprus and the Ancient Near East, applied arts from around the world, ancient and modern coins and medals, manuscripts and printed books, and paintings, drawings, and prints. An OPAC is provided, with images displayed where available.
Author: University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Subjects: art museums, british museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library: Information and news about the Frick museum, its educational programmes, library holdings, events and a virtual tour (which requires IPIX Virtual Reality plug-in).
Author: Frick Museum
Subjects: art museums
DeweyClass: 708.1
Resource type: museum
Glasgow Museums: Information about the museums of Glasgow, including details of exhbitions and events taking place at each, educational activities, and details for visitors. Glasgow Museums also hosts a photo library of over 15,000 images of its collections, a selection of which is available online.
Author: Glasgow City Council
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, museum links
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery: In 1783 William Hunter bequeathed his substantial and varied collections to the University of Glasgow, along with Ł8000 for the construction of a suitable museum. This online resource showcases some collections and provides information for visitors.
Author: University of Glasgow
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Internet ArtResources: Internet resources for the arts, including links to galleries, museums and artists. Internet GalleryWalk allows searching by artist name, location, type of medium, or any combination of these.
Author: Sound Data, Inc
Subjects: art exhibitions, art links, art museums, artists
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: index
Israel Museum: Online equivalent of the museum of art and archaeology located in Jerusalem, offering details of programs, resources, and exhibitions.
Author: Israel Museum
Subjects: art museums, israel
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: museum
Lost Gallery: Situated in Aberdeenshire, this gallery is dedicated to the work of Scottish contemporary artists. Background information accompanies images of selected works from the featured artists such as Peter Goodfellow, Hector McNeil, Nael Hanna, Susan White-Oates, and Pat Semple. Additional works are represented by outdoor or indoor sculpture, and paintings by other housed artists.
Author: Lost Gallery
Subjects: art museums, modern art, sculpture
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: image collection
Louvre: Established in 1793 by the French Republic, the Louvre Museum, is one of the earliest European museums. Information about collections, including details and commentaries from major works, exhibitions and computerised databases.
Author: Louvre Museum
Subjects: art museums, european museums, france
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 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. The site is designed to give visitors an overview of the collections on display in the Museum's galleries.
Author: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subjects: art museums, united states museums
DeweyClass: 708.97471
Resource type: museum
Museo del Prado, Madrid: Brief guide to the history and collections of the El Prado Museum in Madrid, Originally built to be a science museum at the end of the 17th century, El Prado became one of the world's first public art museums when it opened in 1819 to house the Royal art collection. There are now more than 1,500 works of art are on display, though not online.
Author: Museo del Prado
Subjects: art museums, european museums, spain
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: museum
Museum of Modern Art: Online version of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, housing displays and exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists such as Warhol, Picasso, and Cezanne. Contains information about the museum collections, holdings, and future exhibitions.
Author: Museum of Modern Art
Subjects: art museums, modern art, united states museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Museum Of Web Art: Exhibition of art work designed for incorporation into Web pages. Exhibits include a set of brightly coloured navigational buttons, images related to the time of day, graphics for online magazines and images which can be manipulated through mouseovers and clicks.
Author: Stone, Amy
Subjects: art museums, web page design
DeweyClass: 006.68
Resource type: images
Museum Syndicate: Experience Art and History: Virtual art museum, with a large collection of artists' works available for reference. Images can be browsed by artist, country or museum.
Author: museumsyndicate.com
Subjects: art museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: image collection
National Art Library: Research and reference library based at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Includes information on the library, its collections, services, catalogues, publications and exhibitions.
Author: National Art Library
Subjects: art museums, art research
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: institution
National Gallery of Art: Gallery based in Washington DC. Holds national collections of European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected temporary exhibitions of art from countries and cultures throughout the world.
Author: American National Gallery of Art
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, painting, sculpture, united states museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
National Gallery of Canada: Canadian national art museum. Includes online art exhibitions, collections of contemporary Canadian, European, American and Asian art, and a virtual tour of the gallery. Also features slide kits on various artists providing information on their works, comments by the artist and suggested topics for discussion. Information available in English and French.
Author: National Gallery of Canada
Subjects: art museums, painting
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
National Gallery, London: Houses the UK national collection of Western European painting, dating from 1260 to 1900. Site provides news, information on collections, exhibitions, special events, general information and a number of electronic images.
Author: National Gallery, London
Subjects: art museums, british museums
DeweyClass: 708.2421
Resource type: institution
National Museum of African Art: Online representation of the African Art museum based within the Smithsonian Institution. An 'exhibition' section contains permanent features such as 'Images of Power and Identity', 'The Art of the Personal Object ', and 'The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897', with details of past exhibitions also available. An 'education' section provides information on museum tours, films, lectures, and workshops taking place, while a 'resources' section documents library facilities, photographic archives, and the work of the conservation department.
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: african studies, art exhibitions, art museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
National Portrait Gallery: Collection of paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculptures, engravings, silhouettes, and photographs, all of which depict famous British men and women. Works can be searched for by entering the name of an artist, a sitter, the title of a piece, or a National Portrait Gallery (NPG) number.
Author: National Portrait Gallery, London
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, british museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: images
SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System: An interactive system offering details of research resources held by the Institution's libraries, archives, and research units. Provides access to the Freer Gallery of Art Library with examples of Asian art, photographic archives comprising the Peter A Juley and Son Collection, and Smithsonian Chronology listing significant events in the history of the Smithsonian Institution.
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: art museums, art research
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: opac
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution is the first federal art collection in the United States. The museum's history spans more than 160 years, beginning as a private collection in Washington, DC. Provides public access to museum research and educational materials.
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Subjects: art museums, united states museums
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
State Hermitage Museum: Museum representing culture throughout the world with examples of art from a variety of civilisations. Sections include prehistoric art, antiquity, Western European art, the arsenal, Oriental art, Russian culture, numismatics such as banknotes, medals, decorations, orders, seals and coins, the Golden Rooms, the Palace of Peter I, and the Menshikov Palace. Available in English and Russian.
Author: State Hermitage Museum
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, cultural studies
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: documents, images
Tate Gallery: Home of the national collections of British art, including works by Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Stubbs, Blake, Palmer, Constable, Sargent and Whistler, and international modern art, including works by artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Epstein, Spencer, Mondrian, Gabo, Nicholson, Hepworth, Moore, Magritte, Dalí, Giacometti, Dubuffet, Bacon, Pollock, Rothko, Warhol and Beuys.
Author: Tate Gallery
Subjects: art museums, british museums, modern art
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: institution
Van Gogh Museum: Provides details of exhibition programs, and displays a collection of Van Gogh's work. Includes sketches and studies, lesser known paintings, drawings, watercolours, and digitised letters related to each piece. Also features an illustrated biography.
Author: Van Gogh Museum
Subjects: art museums, artists
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: A museum dedicated to the decorative arts. The 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, jewellery, books, prints and photographs.
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
Subjects: art museums, british museums, clothing, crafts, furniture, sculpture
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Virtual Museum of Arts El Pais-MUVA: An interactive museum housing examples of Uruguayan art, providing access to work in artists' studios and private collections. A zoom facility enables work to be viewed at close range or from a distance, and information is given about each artist and exhibit. Spanish version available.
Author: El Pais
Subjects: art museums, uruguay
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
Wallace Museum: A collection of Anglo-French eighteenth century pictures, porcelain and furniture.
Author: Wallace Museum, London
Subjects: art museums, furniture, painting
DeweyClass: 708
Resource type: museum
WebExhibits: Directory of annotated links to online exhibits, covering topics as diverse as the biosphere, frogs, Rembrandt, and Freud. Resource is searchable and browsable by subject.
Author: Douma, Michael
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, museum links, science museums
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: index
World Wide Arts Resources: Gateway to arts and culture information. Headings include Artists, Art Museums, Art Exhibitions, Commercial Arts, Art Education, Art History, Crafts, Dance, Opera, Theatre, Antiques, Architecture, Film and Literature.
Author: World Wide Arts Resources Corp
Subjects: art links, art museums, artists, dance, film studies, opera, theatre links
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: index