Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Ancient Mexican Art
Learn about the Ancient Mexican history of art and the influences that their daily lives and culture had on the art. View many pieces from the Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Long Term Installation; Pied a Terre by Toland Grinnell
The long-term installation; "Pied-a-Terre" by Toland Grinnell is a mixed-media construction on view in the Brooklyn Museum. This page gives a description of the pieces and presents an image of the work.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Long Term Installation; The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
The long-term installation, "The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago is on view in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, in the Brooklyn Museum. On this page you can learn about the installation with an imgae of it and a description of...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Amnh Expeditions
Learn about the adventurous and educational travel programs of the American Museum of Natural History, which arranges explorations of the world in the company of museum scientists, educators and curators.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids
Awesome examples of Egyptian art are given on these web pages from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Enjoy looking at pictures of actual pieces of art that are currently in the museum. Along with the art are brief historical...
US National Archives
Herbert Hoover Museum Permanent Galleries
Online tour of the galleries found in the Herbert Hoover Museum. Includes photos and historically significant documents.
University of California
Ucmp: Online Exhibits
Visit the virtual exhibits at this site to learn more about paleontology, the history of the earth, and life on earth. Use the information on this site to understand geology, geologic time, evolution, and phylogeny.
Other
North Carolina Museum of History: North Carolina and the Civil War
This museum from North Carolina has collected artifacts, personal accounts of soldiers, biographies, and information about battles in North Carolina.
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Robot Art
The Tech Museum of Innovation looks at four San Francisco Bay-area artists whose work explores the of art and technology behind the design and operation of robots. Includes many examples of robot art and panoramic views of the artists'...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The Land Through a Lens
"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Gettysburg Address
The National Museum of American History has assembled a collection of resources that underscore the significance of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, including a draft of the speech in Lincoln's own hand, a video of the Lincoln Bedroom,...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Moving West
The National Postal Museum provides an intimate look at how America's postal service expanded to meet the needs of westward-moving settlers during the nineteenth century. Content includes a selection of letters written at the time, a...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 18th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 18th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 20th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a modern 20th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common. Each image...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 17th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 17th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 19th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 19th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
Other
Lloyd Library and Museum: The Chocolate Connection: Hans Sloane and Jamaica
Hans Sloane, born in 1660, was one of the first Europeans to promote the use of chocolate as a health remedy. A naturalist and a physician, he traveled widely, collecting medicinal plant specimens. His time in Jamaica, where he was...
Other
Skyscraper Museum: Building the Empire State
For 40 years, from 1931 to 1971, the Empire State Building held the title of world's tallest building. This site, from the Skyscraper Museum, tells the story of the building's construction. Includes wonderful historical photographs of...
Other
Barnum Museum
This website gives information on P.T. Barnum himself and special exhibits like Jumbo, the African elephant, and Tom Thumb.
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: The Big One
This is the introduction to the Burke Museum's online exhibit on earthquakes and natural disasters. This is part of the Burke Museum's collection of geology. Topics that are covered include an introduction to quakes, quake science, quake...
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Tsunamis
The information on tsunamis provided at this site is part of the Burke Museum's online exhibition on earthquakes and geology. Prevention is discussed, along with famous tsunamis in history.
Other
Spanish arts.com: The Museum of "El Prado"
Enter the largest art gallery in the world, the museum of "El Prado." Click on sculpture, drawing and coin exhibits. Peruse through exhibits online and be enriched by the captivating works of art.
Other
Discovery Media: Museum Stuff
MuseumStuff is a search engine and a web-based guide to art, history, and science museums and to museum-related informational resources, exhibits, educational and entertaining games, and activities.
Other
Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico (Museum of Art of p.r.)
The online home of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico lets visitors view special exhibitions and examples from its permanent collection. Its artist biographies and its glossary of art terms, which is accessible by clicking through to the...