John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Online home of the Kennedy Library has a full slate of resources and documentation to support study of the man, his career, his presidential administration and policies, and his political legacy.
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Saint Louis Art Museum: What Is Sculpture?
This online exhibit covers several different areas of art in reference to sculpture. The topics covered include a gallery, you as the viewer, sculptors at work, compare and contrast, and see for yourself.
Other
Bata Shoe Museum: History of Western Footwear Fashions
Learn about the history of Western fashion from this online exhibition of footwear that traces the development of shoes from ancient times through the twentieth century.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Evolution
As part of a larger online exhibit answering the question, What is evolution, this site examines the specific theory of evolution with immediate attention given to exploring and defining morphs.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: West Point in the Making of America
Online part of a Smithsonian exhibit to honor the 200th anniversary of West Point, the site includes history, interactive maps, historical documents and artifacts.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Edison After Forty
This online exhibition traces Edison's life, both personal and professional after he reached forty. Historic, primary materials are included.
Smithsonian Institution
Anacostia Community Museum: Still Cookin' by the Fireside
This online presentation documents the role of the African American in food service from early colonial days through the 1940s. Primary source documents and photographs are included.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Esphyr Slobodkina
This site provides biographical information on Esphyr Slobodkina, a Cubist artist whose sphere of influence included children's books. The online exhibit includes images and descriptions of several of her works.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: William Steinway's Diary
This annotated online edition of William Steinway's diary is an excellent artifact from the Civil War! You can read the diary, view the actual hand-written pages, search for keywords, learn about the Steinway Family, and view images of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Artificial Anatomy: Papier Mache Models
Online exhibition examines an interesting sidelight in the history of medicine: the use of papier-mache anatomical models. Learn about the history of medical dissection, why the models were made, and their construction and conservation....
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Battle of the Atlantic: A Virtual Exhibit
An online exhibit detailing Word War II's Battle of the Atlantic.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Northwind Dreaming
A website about the oldest community in Alberta, Fort Chipewyan, which currently is made up of people reflecting the original founder's ethnic background- Cree Indians, French and Scots Metis and non-Natives. This web page is based on an...
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Pompeii: Stories From the Eruption
An online exhibit that visits three sites devastated by the eruption of Vesuvius, telling the story of the people of Pompeii and how their untimely deaths were captured and preserved in the volcano's ash.
Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Indianapolis: The Power of Children: Ryan White
This important online exhibit, "The Power of Children", discusses the lives of three children who faced almost unbearable challenges and become heroes of the 20th century. This page tells the story of Ryan White and his fight against AIDS.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Slavey (Dene Tha') Nation
Explore the Slavey Nation and their connection to Treaty 8 within this site by the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Animals
This online site for the Australian Museum introduces the nature and culture of this unique continent. This particular section focuses on the creatures of Australia including spiders, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, frogs,...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Historic Site: Maggie L. Walker Home and Museum
Learn about the remarkable life and career of Maggie L. Walker, an African American teacher and successful business woman. Also includes a gallery of personal photographs, an online tour Walker's home and information about her work as a...
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan
Mongolia, its history, culture, and modern economy are all covered in this online exhibit.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan
Mongolia, its history, culture, and modern economy are all covered in this online exhibit.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Dinosaurs and Their Relatives
Explore extensive information about a variety of Australian dinosaurs, as well as Chinese ones. The evolution of birds from dinosaurs is also described. This online exhibit offers images and facts about dinosaurs, their relatives and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Interactive Experiments
Three interactives in an online exhibition about the Wright Brothers. The first is an engineering activity on the forces of flight, and is accompanied by a lesson plan for Grades 6-8. The second is a gallery of original artifacts related...
Other
Virtual Online Steamboat Museum: Steamboat Museum
This resource was created to help save the Delta Queen, the magnificent steamboat that still makes her way up and down the rivers. There are hundreds of photos and stories, collections, and research links available to the steamboat...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Kids Art Zone
The National Gallery of Art has created this impressive gateway to make its vast collections accessible to children. Colorful, fun, and interactive. With links to an "Art Zone," where kids can make art online, to downloadable guides for...