Virtual Museums

Sites:

http://www.aolcdroms.com
AOL CD Preservation Guild & Museum Open in a new browser window
   Featuring the Internet's only AOL CD rom search engine. Browse collection online.
   http://www.aolcdroms.com
http://www.antiquecorsetgallery.com
Antique Corset Gallery Open in a new browser window
   Features garments arranged in a timeline from the 18th century to the 1920's.
   http://www.antiquecorsetgallery.com
http://www.artmedal.me.uk
Art medals Open in a new browser window
   Features a small selection of medals, plaques and reliefs. Includes thumbnail images.
   http://www.artmedal.me.uk
http://www.art-start.net
Art-stArt Open in a new browser window
   Provides access to search engine, news, biographies of artists and their works.
   http://www.art-start.net
http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
Collage Open in a new browser window
   Image database containing over 20,000 prints, maps, drawings, paintings and sculpture from the collections of The Corporation of London Libraries and Guildhall Art Gallery.
   http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca
Cybermuse - Art Unlimited Open in a new browser window
   Offers links to the National Gallery of Canada's permanent collection with over 9,500 images of works of the Gallery's permanent collection, interactive games, resource center for teachers. [French and English]
   http://cybermuse.gallery.ca
http://www.dickbeer.org/
Dick Beer Open in a new browser window
   Displays the works of one of the Swedish masters of neo-impressionism and Cézanne-style cubism. [English and French]
   http://www.dickbeer.org/
http://www.diegorivera.com/
Diego Rivera Web Museum Open in a new browser window
   Features an exhibit devoted to the life and art of the Mexican muralist and artist. [Spanish and English]
   http://www.diegorivera.com/
http://dam.org
Digital Art Museum Open in a new browser window
   Online resource for the history and practice of digital fine art. Includes comprehensive exhibition of Digital Art supported by a wide range of background information including biographies, articles, a bibliography and interviews.
   http://dam.org
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/quilts/
Florida Quilt Collection Open in a new browser window
   Features a collection of 27 hand-made quilts from around Florida.
   http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/quilts/
http://imaginarymuseum.org/
Imaginary Museum Projects Open in a new browser window
   Projects, visual lectures and texts relating to high and low tech dramatization of historical information by using interactive compact information carriers. Subjects range from revolutions, aerial bombardments, psycho-geography, visual language and shama
   http://imaginarymuseum.org/
http://www.insecula.com
Insecula.com Open in a new browser window
   More than 20,000 works and 50,000 pictures from some of the major institutions in the world. [In French with English translation].
   http://www.insecula.com
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/collection
Inspiration: Royal Academy of Arts Collection Open in a new browser window
   Access and search data bases which include paintings, sculptures, plaster casts, drawings, prints, historic photographs, archives and historic books.
   http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/collection
http://musikmuseum.dk/
Kim Christensen's Musikmuseum Open in a new browser window
   Features a private collection of music instruments. Provides details of each instrument, its origin, history, use, and present condition. [Danish, German, and English]
   http://musikmuseum.dk/
http://leonardo.virtual.museum
Leonardo Virtual Museum Open in a new browser window
   Visual review of items seen on the web which have been associated with the artist. Includes bibliographies and musical selections.
   http://leonardo.virtual.museum
http://www.louvre.or.jp/louvre/QTVR/anglais/
Louvre Virtual Tour Open in a new browser window
   Features sixty panoramic inside and outside views of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
   http://www.louvre.or.jp/louvre/QTVR/anglais/
http://www.capware.it/libro.htm
MAV - Virtual Archaeological Museum Open in a new browser window
   Offers tour of exhibition dedicated to the ancient cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Includes details. [Italian and English]
   http://www.capware.it/libro.htm
http://www.mexicantextiles.com
Mexican Textiles Open in a new browser window
   Dedicated to the presentation of indigenous costume, the people, their location and their traditions.
   http://www.mexicantextiles.com
http://leunens.ca
Museum of Guillaume Leunens Open in a new browser window
   Features biography and galleries of his metal on metal paintings. [English and French]
   http://leunens.ca
http://www.plakaty.ru/
Museum of Russian Posters Open in a new browser window
   Displays over one thousand items. Sort by authors or categories. [Russian and English]
   http://www.plakaty.ru/
http://lmm.confederationcentre.com
Picturing a Canadian Life: L.M. Montgomery's Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers Open in a new browser window
   Digital exhibition of rarely-seen materials that belonged to the author. Includes backgrounds on the items, chronology, tips for teachers, and research information.
   http://lmm.confederationcentre.com
http://www.pophall.org/
Popular Music Hall of Fame and Museum Open in a new browser window
   Find lists of inductees beginning with the year 2000. Includes details of membership and a nomination form.
   http://www.pophall.org/
http://www.nationhood.ca
Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood Open in a new browser window
   Diversity of art by Canadian artists is the medium for the exploration of history and heritage, identity, culture, geography, and politics. [English and French]
   http://www.nationhood.ca
http://www.imaginarymuseum.com/
The Imaginary Museum Open in a new browser window
   Features the Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand. View project images and listen to streaming audio.
   http://www.imaginarymuseum.com/
http://www.treas.gov/curator/
U.S. Treasury - Office of the Curator Open in a new browser window
   Includes portraits, WPA art, photographs, furniture, sculpture, graphics and architecture.
   http://www.treas.gov/curator/
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/handbagobsessive/
Virtual Handbag Museum Open in a new browser window
   Provides a virtual tour of late 20th century and 21st century handbags. Provides a brief history of the bags and their designers.
   http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/handbagobsessive/
http://virtualology.com/
Virtual Museum of Art Open in a new browser window
   Illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, graphic arts, biographies, natural science, technology and history.
   http://virtualology.com/
http://members.telering.at/pat/museum.htm
Virtual Museum of Political Art Open in a new browser window
   Features totalitarian art (Socialist realism, nationalsocialist realism) and critical modern paintings.
   http://members.telering.at/pat/museum.htm
http://www.arca.net/uffizi/
Virtual Uffizi Open in a new browser window
   Features files, one for each painting exhibited in the gallery, and images. Includes search engine, visitor information and online ticket reservation service.
   http://www.arca.net/uffizi/
http://www.wga.hu/
Web Gallery of Art Open in a new browser window
   Virtual museum of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1800). With commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists, and guided tours.
   http://www.wga.hu/
http://woodcockmuseum.umsl.edu
Woodcock Museum Open in a new browser window
   Provides access to artistic and cultural experiences through the online display of American fine art. Includes biographical information and images.
   http://woodcockmuseum.umsl.edu
http://www.virtualmuseum.us
virtualmuseum.us Open in a new browser window
   Features images of works produced in the 20th and the 21st centuries by artists with diverse cultural backgrounds.
   http://www.virtualmuseum.us

Last Updated: 2005-02-18 12:48:47