Museums in the United States
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH.
Situated in a renovated Post Office building, the permanet collection
emphasises contemporary art, photography, and folk arts.
Allen Memorial Art Museum,
Oberlin College, Ohio. 17th century Dutch, Japanese prints, Renaissance and
Baroque prints, modern European and contemporary American art.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX.
The Amon Carter Museum was established through the generosity of Amon G.
Carter, Sr. (1879-1955), to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by
Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell; to collect, preserve, and exhibit
the finest examples of American art; and to serve an educational role through
exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of American art.
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.
Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe, AZ. The Museum that presented "Bill Viola: Buried Secrets" at
the 1995 Venice Biennale, the first institution West of the Mississippi to
represent the United States at this U.S. Pavilion
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
Museum and art school.
Arts Online at the Hearst,
Cedar Falls, IA. Links to museums, visual artists and organizations, writers
and literary agencies, dancers and dance companies, actors and theatres,
musicians and music organizations.
Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive,
Berkeley, CA. The BAM + PFA at the University of California offers a website
with extensive exhibition information including online catalogs with images and
audio artist interviews, a database of over 12,000 film notes on world cinema,
searchable art and film collection guides, an interactive multimedia guide to
modern art for kids and more.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,
Alabama.
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton,
FL. Fully accredited museum, with a fine Permanent Collection of over 3000
pieces.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, One of the
great, lesser-known museums.
Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, Ohio.
California African-American Museum, Los
Angeles, CA. Collections of painting, sculpture, assemblages, photographs, folk
art, African art and examples of historical material culture reflecting
African-American life.
California Museum of Photography, University
of California, Riverside. Includes
network exhibitions.
California Views Historical Photo Collection,
Monterey, CA. California images from the 1870-1990, from 35mm Neg's to 11x14
Glass plates.
Cincinnati Art Museum,
Cincinnati, OH. This museum houses a fine collection of European art, with an
emphasis on 17th to early 20th century painting. Also featured is a collection
of works by artists from Cincinnati.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.
The CMA houses a collection of over 6000 European and American works of art
dating from the 14th through 20th century.
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Founded in 1939, the Contemporary Arts Center is one of the oldest, most
active, and most adventuresome museums of contemporary art in the US. In 1990,
the CAC made international news when it successfully defended the legal right
of its audience to view an exhibition of the photographs of Robert
Mapplethorpe. Extensive website, including current exhibitions, kids' pages,
CAC history, virtual exhibitions, and info on a major new building planned for
2001.
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC.
An art museum with stage events, just blocks from the White house. periodicals
in 41 languages. See also the Corning Glass
Center, Corning, New York.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Oldest public art museum in the Western United States. Founded in 1885. Major
collections of Old Master drawings, Old Master European paintings,
nineteenth-centry California painting, twentieth-century art from Northern
California; extensive education program.
Dahesh Museum, New York, NY. The only
museum in the country devoted to 19th-century European academic art.
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park,
Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI. Come
Alive Inside Come Alive Inside the Dennos Museum Center for the visual and
performing arts. Featuring an extensive schedule of changing exhibitions and
concerts combined with gallery tours, artist lectures, hands-on workshops and
school outreach activities.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Co. The
largest collection of art between Chicago and San Francisco.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan.
Dia Center for the Arts, New York, NY. A
contemporary art museum, Dia's exhibition program is dedicated to large-scale,
single-artist projects, produced on a substantial scale and with a commitment
to site specificity. Dia's website features artist projects created
specifically for the web.
Diego Rivera Web Museum,
Dedicated to the Mexican muralist painter Diego Rivera (1886-l957). (Also in
Spanish.)
DoubleTake Gallery,
Documentary photography
Duke University Museum of Art,
Durham, NC. Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus
changing exhibitions, programs and scholarly publications.
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland,
Maine. American art.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's web site contains an
astonishing database of over 65,000 images from the permanent collection. It
also contains museum information on important exhibitions, tours, the
collection, etc.
Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin
American Art, Miami, FL. Dedicated to contemporary art from Spain and
Latin America with 11 exhibitions a year.Founded in September 1991.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI. Changing displays of national and international artists, in addition to the
permanent collection, regional artists,photography,children's, and rental/sales
galleries, gift shop.
Gray Gallery of Art , New York, NY.
The museum at New york University
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art,
Lafayette Indiana. Focuses on Indiana Artists
Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Art
museum. Outposts in Bilbao, Spain and Venice.
Harvard University Art Museums,
. Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's
College of California, Moraga, CA. The only accredited art museum in
Contra Costa, offering diverse changing exhibitions. Permanent collection
features the work of William Keith.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
Includes images of contemporary art, a decorative arts collection, American and
European painting, African art, folk art, and photography.
Honolulu Academy of Art,
Honolulu, HI. Founded early this century, ancient, modern, oriental.
Indiana University Art Musuem
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana.
Institute of Egyptian Art and
Archeology, Memphis.
Iowa State University Museums,
Ames, IA. Consists of Iowa State's Brunnier Art Museum and Gallery
(decorative), the Farm House Museums (historic), and Art in State Buildings
(campus/public art). The Brunnier exhibits temporary exhibits and items from
permanent collection, the Farm House is a historical site with antique items,
AiBS features art done for buildings on campus (sculptures, murals, etc.). All
are free of charge.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island
City, NY. The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum was created by the Japanese-American
sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), and displays more than 300 of his works in
a converted factory building and outdoor sculpture garden. The museum is
located across the East River from Manhattan.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Getty Museum collections, history, vistor services and information.
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art,
Austin, TX.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. Wide
collection of art from Europe and U.S. Among others, Monet, Manet Renoir and
Degas are represented here.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo,
MI. Located in Southwest Michigan, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts was
established in 1924 with the primary mission to offer accessible art classes to
the community and provide a lace for appreciation of the visual arts through
exhibitions, lectures and othe special events. The present building constructed
in 1961 was designed by Skimore, Owings & Merrill and houses a collection
of more than 3,000 objects.
Kansas museums,
a listing.
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology,
University of Michigan.
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL.
University of Illinois at Urbana
Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC. The
Kreeger Museum displays 19th and 20th century art in a building designed by
noted American architect Philip Johnson. The collection includes works by
Monet, Picasso, Miro, and Stella.
Las Vegas Art Museum,
Las Vegas, NV.
Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Loren Adams Museum of Fine Art,
Lahaina, HI. Collection of original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings,
designs and objet d'art.
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale,
Wa. The mission of Maryhill Museum of Art is to serve as an inspiring force for
the advancement of art and history while preserving and building upon the
Museum's unique legacy.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS
MoCA)
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA. The
Mead Art Museum houses the art collections of Amherst College, some 14,000
works acquired since 1839. It includes one of the nation's finest collegiate
collections of American art, also European art, photography, and Japanese
prints. Site features several virtual exhibitions
Memorial Art Gallery, University of
Rochester.
Menil Collection, Houston,
Texas. Antiquities, African, oceanic, modern and contemporary painting and
sculpture.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City. One of the largest art museums in the world. See the
collections.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Established in 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum features 20,000 works from
ancient objects to recent art. A 125,000-square-foot, $50 million building
expansion project is underway, designed by Spanish architect Santiago
Calatrava.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota.
Fine arts museum.
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint
Paul, MN. Permanent collection features over 3,000 works of American Art
beginning in the early 20th century, MMAA also hosts special exhibitions of
American art.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth,
TX. Oldest art museum in Texas exhibiting modern and contemporary American and
European painting, sculpture, works on paper and photography. Most or all of
the collections are ONLINE.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA. The
only museum dedicated entirely to Southern art and artists. Houses the Center
for the Study of Southern Painting.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego,
San Diego, CA. Small but influential museum focused on new art, often by young
artists. Bilingual wall texts, audioguides, Web site is bilingual
(Spanish/English). MCA collects, exhibits and interprets the art of our time,
focusing on the period from 1950 to the present. The Museum has two locations:
the flagship facility in La Jolla, founded in 1941 and recently renovated and
expanded by Robert Venturi (1996); and the downtown San Diego satellite space,
which opened in 1993.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Museum of Fine Arts, University of
Montana, Missoula.
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angekes,
CA. Unique! (Read "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders")
Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA), New York City.
See menu including
the collection and current
exhibitions.
Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Kearney,
NE. Art of Nebraska ranging from the historic artistic reporting of the
Artist-Explorers to contemporary regional work is emphasized in the Museum of
Nebraska Art's permanent collection. The Nebraska Art Collection is designated
by the legislature as the official visual art collection of the State of
Nebraska.
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.
Housed in the beautiful Casa de Balboa in San Disgo's Balboa Park, MoPA
presents both classic and contemporary works by internationally acclaimed
artists. MoPA is one of the few museums devoted exclusively to the photgraphic
arts, and collects and exhibits contemporary and classic work by
internationally known artists.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
National Museum of American Art,
Washington, DC. Some of the best images on the net.
National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, DC. The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the
recognition of women in the arts, including a
tour of their on-line galleries.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas
City, MO. A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the
present, and all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English
ceramics from the 17th century.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.
Nicolaysen Art Museum and
Discovery Center, Casper, WY. A regional art museum focusing on
contemporary art and traditional western art. Also a hands-on self-guided
art-making place in the Discovery Center.
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge,
Stockbridge, MA. World's largest collection of original art by Norman Rockwell.
Changing exhibitions also feature works by other renown American illustrators.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh,
NC. World art especially rich in old master European painting; also Egyptian,
Greek, Roman, American, African, Pre-Columbian, from ancient to contemporary.
Noyes Museum of Art,
Oceanville, N.J. Southern New Jersey's museum of contemporary fine and folk
art, displaying outstandng travelling exhibits, works by leading regional
artists, and its own growing contemporary art collection
Palmer Museum of Art,
Pennsylvania State University.
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of
Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
USA's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and
history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export
art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and culture; natural history; native American
arts and art.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is
America's first art museum and school of fine arts. The Museum features one of
the most renowned collections of American art--spanning three centuries.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, is unique
among American museums in its integrated presentation of a full range of fine
and applied arts from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Spanning over 2,000 years, the
collections include masterpieces of painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings
displayed with a wide range of furniture, silver, glasswork, architectural
elements, and entire furnished rooms from historic houses.
Pierpont Morgan Library Both
a museum and a center for scholarly research, the Morgan Library is an
extraordinary complex of buildings in the heart of New York City.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
Collections include native American and regional contemporary art.
Portland Museum of Art, Portland,
ME. Provides an unparalleled look at fine and decorative arts from the 18th
century to the present, representing the unique artistic heritage of Maine, a
well as the major European movements. Housed in an award-winning building in
downtown Portland.
Rice University Art Gallery,
Houston, TX. Contemporary art, architecture and design
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.
(The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art)
Rockwell Museum, Corning,
NY. Museum of glass, Native American and American western art.
Rosicrucian Egyptian
Museum, San Jose, California. Designed in an authentic Egyptian
architectural style. Large collections of Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian
antiquities.
Salvador Dali Museum, St
Petersburg, FL. Contains images of 159 of Dali's works (800*600 video
resolution or better recommended.)
San Diego Museum of Art,
San Diego, CA. The San Diego Museum of Art is the largest cultural institution
in San Diego County with approximately 12,000. This website is our first
attempt at a content-rich exhibition based on the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection
of the Posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
Francisco, CA.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Emphasis is on late 20th Century art, with a focus on Bay Area artists.
Exhibits include scultpture, photography, multi-media/high tech, and paintings.
Currently involved in a multi-year exchange with the Whitney Museum.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
The Seattle Art Museum offers the Seattle community a diverse and exciting
collection. The downtown Seattle Art Museum houses a well-known collection
ofthe arts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas; the original building
displays the museum's extensive holdings in Asian art.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden,
Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site
resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of
19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism,
geometric abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, pop, minimalism and contemporary
art by a wide range of artists.
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL.
Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, the David and Alfred
Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects,
spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. The scope of
its permanent collections, combined with groundbreaking special exhibitions, a
focus on research and teaching by University of Chicago scholars, and
distingushed outreach and educational programs geared to both adults and school
age children, make the Smart one of the Midwest's most dynamic and innovative
educational institutions in the visual arts.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA. With a world-famous collection spanning an impressive
4,500 years, and a tradition since its inception of making its holdings
available to students and the public, the Smith College Museum of Art is also a
leader in collecting and showing the art of our day. Ranked among the finest
college or University museums in this country, it has become what our first
director hoped it would be: "nothing less than a collection of works by
the foremost artists of modern times."
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Includes:
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN.
The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame houses over 19,000
works of art from the antique through modern. The web site illustrates many
works found on display and lists all works on display.
Southwest Museum, Los
Angeles, California.
Springville Museum of Art,
Springville, UT. This museum is the oldest in Utah and is dedicated to the
exhibition of Utah Art. American and Russian Art is also a part of the
permanent collection and frequently displayed.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. Art from
all periods of European civilization and from Africa, North America and
Oceania, with an acclaimed collection of modern art.
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St.
Petersburg, FL. Noted for it collection of late 19th and early 20th century
European and American collection, it is also the home of the finest collection
of photographs in the SE US. There is also an active music program and
continuing educational activities for all ages.
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno,
CA. At The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, we offer the highest quality programs in
art, history and science that both reflect and celebrate the diversity of our
region such as the William Saroyan Gallery with over 700 objects from the
Pulitzer Prize winning author's life, and more!
The International Museum of Ceramic
Art, Alfred, NY. Significant portions of the permanent collection show
strength in the focus on American ceramics from 1900 to the present; ceramics
made by Alfred MFA graduate students; pottery of the Ancient Americas, Chinese
pottery and porcelain, European dinnerware, Leach pottery, Japanese ceramics by
Rosanjin, Korean pottery from the United Silla, Koryo and Yi dynasties, tiles,
Glidden Ware, and miscellaneous ceramics from many cultures and time periods.
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair,
NJ. The Montclair Art Museum has a respected national and international
reputation for its fine collection of American art and Native American art and
artifacts. The collection also encompasses works on paper, sculptures, and
costumes.
The Pensacola Museum of Art ,
Pensacola, FL. Current exhibitions, classes, lectures, educational programs.
The Walker African-American
Museum & Resarch Center, Las Vegas, NV. The museum is located in a
temporary site, with its current exhibit consisting of "Black
Memorabilia" reflecting our history through dolls, photos, stamps, books,
magazines, newspaper articles, prints, autographs, celebrity food items, sports
memorabilia, figurines, art, political memorabilia, etc. Items date back to the
late 1800's, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego,
CA. Timken Museum of Art in San Diego. Most of the collection is online with
anotation, in an easy 'pamphlet' layout.
University Art Museum, Albany, New
York.
University Museum, Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL. This web site is dedicated to open
communication, interactive problem solving, data gathering, resource sharing,
and professional development.
University Museums,
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. of special note are the D. M.
Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Millington-Barnard
Collection of 19th-century scientific apparatus and collections of American
southern, West African and Caribbean folk art, also dolls and decorative arts
University of Arizona Museum of
Art, Includes a
Permanent Gallery Exhibition.
University of Michigan Museum of Art,
Ann Arbor, MI Features an online searchable database of 12.000 objects.
University of Missouri,
Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO. The Museum's collection,
over 13,000 objects, is strong in classical art and archaeology, as well as
European and American art from the 15th c. to the present. This site includes
exhibit information, a virtual exhibit of Roman Coins and an extensive museum
education page.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthroplogy, Philadelphia, PA. Has sponsored over 300
expeditions around the world and have artifacts from every inhabited continent.
University of Wyoming Art
Museum, Laramie, WY. The UWAM is an educational institution with a
mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret a broad spectrum of visual
arts of the highest quality and of national importance that expands awareness
and understanding of all of the visual arts and its impact on our culture for
Wyoming's residents.
Vernon Wood Museum of Art, Dayton
, NV. The Vernon Wood Museum is in the early stages of being built . The Web
page Museum has been a big help in letting people know who Vernon Wood was .
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, Virginia.
Washington National Cathedral,
Washington, DC.
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York City. See also Hollywood
Archaeology artist's WWW project.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester,
Massachusetts. The Museum has been building its collection since 1898 and it
has over 35,000 works in a collection that spans more than 5000 years of world
art. Its strengths are American painting, Dutch and Flemish painting, Late
Roman mosaics Japanese prints and European and American color-prints.
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven,
CT. The YCBA holds one of the most comprehensive collections of British Art
outside of London. The Center places special emphasis on art from the 17th
Century to the present.
Yale University Art Gallery
Yellowstone Art Musuem, Billings,
MT. In 1984, with a major grant from the Montana Coal Tax Fund and generous
donations from private individuals, the Yellowstone Art Museum began to build a
permanent collection of significant contemporary art of the region. The
"Montana Collection" represents the preservation of Western art
relevant to today's West, and constitutes a living artistic heritage.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Ontario
Glenbow Museum. A cultural museum, art
gallery, and library and archives of western Canadian history.
Le Musée de la Civilisation à
Québec, Quebec City Museum of Civilization
McMichael Canadian Art Collection. A
collection of Canadian art; including the Group of Seven, First Nations art,
and Inuit art.
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent Museum, Rivière-du-Loup,
Quebec. committed to both contemporary art and ethnology.
Musée du Québec / Museum of Quebec,
Parc des Champs-de-Bataille
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa,
Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Western Canada's oldest public art gallery.
Austria
Grafische Sammlung Albertina.
Art museum founded in 1773. (In German, English and Italian.)on-line
galleries and
exhibits. (In English and German).
Belgium
Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve,
Université catholique de Louvain. See also
ÉOLE database on Belgian cultural heritage. (In French, also
English, Dutch and German.)
Czeck Republic
Museum of Decorative Arts,
Prague.
National Museum,
Prague.
National Gallery
in Prague, Center for Modern and Contemporary Art.
Galleries contacts and
addresses.
Prague. See
also Museums
and Galleries Image Tour.
Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Situated
on the North Zealand coast in spectacular setting. (In
English and Danish.)
National Museum of Denmark,
Copenhagen. (Also in Danish.) See also
related museums.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,
Copenhagen. Archeological (especially Egyptian) artefacts, Impressionist and
other paintings. (Some information in
English.)
Skive Art Museum. (Mainly
Danish, some information in Dutch,
English and German.)
Finland
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvskyl. Specializes
in architecture.
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki. Fine art.
(In English, Finnish and
Swedish.)
Helsinki City Art Museum. Responsible
for many statues and sculptures around the city. (In
English, Finnish and Swedish.)
The National Museum of Finland,
Helsinki. (Also in Finnish and
Swedish.)
Finnish museums information
including a alphabetical list of
museums (also ordered by
location and by type)
from the Finnish Museums
Association. (Also in Finnish and
Swedish.)
Nordic
museum links (Finland).
France
Château de Versailles, near
Paris. (In French and English.)
Includes The Carriage Museum.
The Musée d'Art
Contemporain of Lyon.
Biennale Art
Contemporain de Lyon '95, December 1995 - March 1996. Devoted to works
of art created using new technologies. (In French and English.)
Centre Georges Pompidou,
Musée national d'art moderne. (Also
in French.)
The Louvre, Paris. Widely
regarded as the most famous art museum in the world with the
most famous painting in the world.
Conservatoire National de Arts et
Métiers. (Mainly in French,
some English and bilingual pages available.)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de
Bordeaux.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris. (In
French.)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
(In French.)
Musée Rodin, Paris. Sculpture
and drawings by the artist Auguste
Rodin (1840-1919) in the Hôtel Biron where he rented the ground
floor. (In French and English.)
Textile Museum of Lyon.
(In French.)
Art and culture - major French museums
guide. (In French, English and
Italian.)
Museums,
exhibitions and monuments/museums
map of Paris.
Giverny and Vernon museums. See
also Claude Monet's garden.
Germany
Kunstmuseum, Bonn. German art
since 1945.
Museums in Germany. (In German.)
Museumslandschaft museums list. (In German.)
Bavaria museums. (In German.)
Hamburg museums. (In
German.)
Italy
Amedeo Lia Museum, La Spezia.
Art collection of Amedeo Lia and his family, founded in 1995. (Also in
Italian and German.)
CeSMAP Study Centre and Prehistoric Art
Museum, Pinerolo. (Also in Italian.)
Italian Web Museum. Virtual
marketing!
Keat-Shelley House, Piazza di
Spagna, Rome. Visited by architects, painters, musicians and poets.
Museo Archeologico
Nazionale di Cagliari. (In Italian.)
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.
Includes the Farnese picture collection. (Also in Italian.)
Museo
Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza.
Ceramics. (In Italian.)
Peggy Guggenheim Collection,
Venice. Modern art. An outpost of the
Guggenheim Museum,
Uffizi Gallery,
Florence. Includes QuickTimeVR Virtual Reality of some of
the galleries and an
index of artists with some images such as Botticelli's
The Birth of Venus. (Also in Italian.)
See also Virtual Uffizi (unofficial
guide).
The Virtual Museum of Pisa
Shockwave for multimedia. (In Italian and English.)
Musei e Gallerie Statali,
Soprintendenza dei Beni Artistici e Storici
di Firenze. Florentine museum information, including database access,
from Florence. (In Italian.)
Netherlands
7th Museum, Amsterdam. A public art
project.
Centraal Museum
Utrecht. The oldest municipal museum in the Netherlands, including
historical works of art and the Rietveld Schrder house (1924). (Mainly in
Dutch.)
Computer Museum, University of
Amsterdam. Scientific and industrial computing. Electronic calculators, analog
computers, core memory and paper tape.
aags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Art
collection including Mondrian and Escher. (In Dutch.)
Jan Adam Zandleven museum,
Digital Town Eindhoven. Virtual museum of the Dutch painter Jan Adam Zandleven
(1868-1923). (Also in Dutch.)
Laboratory for Architecture (LAVA), Eindhoven University.
Archectural Guide and Gallery including
Museums.
Limburgs Museum, Limburg. Includes
multimedia using RealAudio. (In Dutch.)
Museon, The Hague. Science and natural
history: geology, biology and ecology, history and archaeology physics and
technology, ethnology. (In English
and Dutch.)
Natural History Museum, Maastricht.
Includes a virtual tour and
kid's museum with a
quiz. (In English and
Dutch.)
Nederlands Textielmuseum,
Tilburg. Uses of textiles with respect to industry, technology, art and design.
(In English and
Dutch.)
Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam.
(In English and Dutch.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Not yet
on-line.)
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art,
Amsterdam. Leading modern contemporary art museum in the country. Artworks,
images, Java, VRML, Shockwave. (In
English and Dutch.)
University Museum, Utrecht. (In Dutch.)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. Contemporary
art. (English and Dutch.)
Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam.
Amsterdam museums.
Eindhoven museums. (Dutch and
some English.)
Museums in the Netherlands,
Netherlands Board of Tourism (NBT). Succinct information, comprehensive
coverage.
Holland Museums from the
Netherlands Board of Tourism supported by the
Netherlands Association of Museums. See
English information including a directory of
all museums. An excellent, comprehensive resource.
De Museumserver. Dutch museums on the
Internet. (Mostly Dutch, some English.)
Good, but slowed by use of Java.
Musea in Nederland. Links sorted by
name, type and
location. (In Dutch only.)
North
Holland museums (also
by city.
Norway
Astrup Fearnley
Museum of Modern Art, Oslo.
Museums in
alphabetical order, by region, etc., from
Museumsnet Norway. Comprehensive list, including hyperlinks where
available. (In Norwegian, English,
French and German soon.)
Norway museum
links
Spain
Joan Miró Foundation , Barcelona,
Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao,
Bilbao, Spain
Museo del Prado, Madrid,
Spain
Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museum, Madrid, Spain
Switzerland
Fotomuseum, Winterthur. Photography. (In
German.)
Kunstmuseum Luzern.
Museum of Fine Arts, Lucerne. (Also in German.)
Musée de la Main,
Lausanne. (In French.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Basel. Part
of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, the oldest public museum of the world!
(In English and
German.)
World Art Treasures,
Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, Lausanne and EPFL (Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology). Presents a number of developing on-line exhibits of
art from Egypt, China, Italy, etc. (Also in French.)
Arte 24: Art, Culture and
Museums. (In German, English and French.)
Basel museums. (In
German and English.)
Geneva museums. (Mainly
in French.)
Lausanne museums.
(In French.)
Art museums.
U.K.
An Lanntair, an art center of the Western
Isles of Scotland.
The Ashmolean at Oxford
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
MuseumNet, listings of UK museums.
National Galleries of Scotland
National Gallery, London
National Museum of Ireland
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
National Museums of Scotland
Sir John Soane's Museum
Tate Gallery
Victoria and Albert, London. Specializes in
decorative arts.
Vatican City
Vatican Museums
(Musei Vaticani). See also Christus
Rex virtual exhibits containing many images of the
Vatican City,
Sistine Chapel and
Raphael Stanzas and Loggias. (Unofficial.)
Museums in the Eastern Hemisphere
China
Beijing museums
China Taiwan
National Palace Museum. (In
English and Chinese.)
The World Religions Museum, Taipei. (In
English and Chinese.)
India
Indian Museum
(unofficial), Calcutta.
Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay.
Japan
Art Tower Mito. Contemporary Art
Center. Edo-Tokyo
Museum,
Setagaya Art Museum and other
buildings in Tokyo.
Architectural information only, from Ellipsis.
Hiroshima City
Transportation Museum. (Also in
Japanese.)
Internet Museum.
Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto.
Archaeology, ceramics, sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, textiles,
lacquerware, metalwork. (Also in Japanese.)
Museum Meiji-mura.
Open-air museum of Japanese architecture from the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Includes a field map.
(Also in Japanese.)
Nagoya
City Art Museum.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. (In
English and Japanese.)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.
(Also in Japanese.)
Tokugawa Art Museum.
Includes exhibition rooms.
(Also in Japanese.)
Museum Information Japan. A
map of Japan with museum links. (Also in Japanese.)
Korea (Republic of)
Ho-Am Art Museum. Largest private
museum in the country. Paintings, ceramics and handicrafts. (In Korean and
English.)
Korean Folk Village Museum. (In
Korean and English.)
National
Kyongju Museum, Kyongju.
Cultural assets.
National Museum of Korea, Seoul.
See also architectural
competition information.
Singapore
Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum. Singaporean
artist whose works incorporate images, sculptures, poetry and music.
National Museum of Singapore, National
heritage Board. Includes Asia
Civilisations Museum, Singapore
History Museum and Singapore
Art Museum.
National University of Singapore museums.
Includes the Lee Kong Chian Art Museum of
Chinese Art and the Ng
Eng Teng Gallery of sculpture and art.
Art Museum Network
The Association of Art Museum Directors
CIMI, the Consortium for the Computer Interchange of
Museum Information
Institute of Museum Services
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