HotSites --02Feb98


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MUSEUM and ART GALLERY Information


150 Years of American Painting
-- Paintings from the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, "This exhibition of seventy-three outstanding American paintings includes many of the finest works of art from the university collection. Collected over the last half century, they represent fifty-six significant American artists."
Alexander Palace Time Machine
- "...enter the palace and meet your guide who will take you on a tour of the private family wing of the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, just outside St. Petersburg in Russia."
American Museum of Papermaking
- The American Museum of Papermaking is an internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology.
The Art Institute of Chicago
-- Information about the museum, their collections and current exhibitions, their shops and publications... and more.
The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (Oxford, England)
- Brief history of the Museum, descriptions of the temporary and permanent collections with some small pictures.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
-- News, programs, history and exhibits from the speciality museum, plus hours, locations and maps, and related sites.
The Brooklyn Museum
- One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one and a half million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represents almost every culture.
The Butler Museum of American Art
- Pictures from their permanent collection, including works by Bierstadt, Cassatt, Homer, Hopper, and Sargent.
California Museum of Photography
- From the Univ. of California, Riverside.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
- San Francisco's new refurbished museum of art, ready to re-open in November 1995. Visit and see the new setting!
Carol Jackson Presents.. Fine-Art
-- Online gallery with hundreds of examples of art works by artists ranging from Pieter Aertsen to Francisco de Zurbarán , created and maintained by Carol Gerten-Jackson ©1996
Chinese Archaic Jades from the Kwan Collection
- Pictures and text from a 1994 Hong Kong exhibition of carved jade.
Christus Rex: Art from the Vatican
- Images of the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums, the Raphael Stanza and Loggia, and Vatican City.
il Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
- Largest public sculpture collection in the Italy... in the Milan Cemetary. Maps and graphics of this collection.
Cinncinati Art Museum Online
Information about the museum and its collections, events and exhibitions.
Coons Gallery (Bishop, California)
- "Coons Gallery, a fine art gallery located beneath the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains, specializes in the finest California Impressionist and Plein Air oil paintings."
Crocker Art Museum Home Page
Home page for the Sacramento Art Museum housed in the old Edwin Crocker family gallery which is situated next to the Sacramento River and near the historic Old Sacramento area. Their collection includes European art works as well as examples of native California artists. They also have a small collection of Rodin sculptures.
Dallas Museum of Art Online
- Museum gallaries and the Sculpture Garden from the Texas museum.
The Danish Museum of Decorative Art
An online version of the Danish Museum with text and pictures of their collection and links to other online resources. There's also information about the Museum itself, its hours and exhibition calendar.
Detroit Institute of Art
- "...the fourth largest art museum in the United States with holdings of more than 60,000 objects."
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
- Art gallery/museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Electronic Exhibits from the Library of Congress
- Several exhibits including pictures and text of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the building of the Capitol.
Empires Beyond the Great Wall
-- "The Heritage of Genghis Khan"
European Museum Guide
-- "The European Museum Guide is a comprehensive guide to the most important museums and their exhibitions in twelve countries of Europe. The present edition describes some 1500 exhibitions planned for the period May 1997 - May 1998."
FAMSF - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
-- Ambitious attempt to mount digital imagebase on the Internet for all, I repeat ALL, of the works of art in 2 San Francisco Art Museusm! Over 60,000 images have been captured! Many of the images are for works held in storage at the museums and thus unavailable for viewing upon visiting the actual buildings. A great site!
FDR Memorial Index
-- Home page for the new monument dedicated to the 32nd President of the United States on May 1st and 2nd in Washington, D.C. The site includes also information about the life and times of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well as the artists and commissioners who collaborated on the construction of the Memorial.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Home page for the agency responsible for the Palace of Legion of Honor and the deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
The Fine Site: Cyberguide
-- A fine index for the online world of art. There are sub-directories for artists, museums, the movies, design, photography, experimental sites, culture, history and travel, plus links to other directories, indices and hotlists.
Fiorentini: Musei e Gallerie
- Florence museum with graphics of their art works (in Italian).
Florence Art Guide
With text by Gloria Chiarini, this site "... explore(s) the monuments, historic periods, artists and art works that have made Florence such a wonderful city."
Frederick R. Wiseman Art Museum
- At the Univ. of Minnesota: selections from their permanent collection.
Freer Gallery of Art
- Samples from their collection of Asian art and James McNeill Whistler.
Galleria degli Uffizi
-- "The Uffizi Gallery, founded in Florence in 1581, by the De Medici family, is one of the oldest museums in the world. Many important works of Italian and other schools, dating from between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, are kept here, including the largest existing collection of Tuscan Renaissance paintings. The Web guide contains dozens of high resolution colour pictures, comments, biographies and a glossary of artistic movements and techniques." FREE registration is required to download their high-resolution images.
Genghis Kahn: Empires Beyond the Great Wall
- Exhibition at the Royal British Columbia Museum on China and the 12th century Emperor.
The Getty Center
Recently opened, this new art and cultural center houses "... the Getty Center is the new home of the organizations of the J. Paul Getty Trust--the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, the Getty Information Institute, and the Getty Grant Program." On these pages, you'll find out how to get to the impressive new L.A. museum and what you will see.
Getty Museum Art History Information Program
- Research can be done with the Avery Index of Architecture and the RILA; also has index of art sale catalogs.
The Guggenheim Museum Web Site
- Info about the history, exhibitions, membership for the 3 Guggenheim museums and the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice, Italy.
The High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia)
- African, American decorative, European and American art, plus information about the museum and its programs.
Historical Museum of Crete
- A visit to the Historical Museum of Crete will bring to life for you the history and culture of Crete, from the first centuries of the Christian era to our present time.
Hollywood Archaeology
- Eclectic exhibition sponsored by the Whitney with text and pictures of movieland.
Ikenobo Ikebana Society of South Florida
- Japanese flower arrangement and history of the style from an American group.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
- African, Asian, American, and European art in their collection. Graphics and text.
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
- University of Memphis Institute information, an exhibit of their artifacts and a short tour of Egypt.
Jewels of the Romanovs
-- Information about the exhibition of the famous Romanov jewels, which is traveling across the United States throughout 1996 and into 1997.
The Kelsey Museum of Archaelogy at the Univ. of Michigan
- Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern antiquities and maps of the ancient world.
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design
-- Home Page for the Kansas City Museum includes information and pictures for their permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as a special section on the Images of Georgia O'Keeffe's Canyon Suite.
Thomas Kinkade Gallery
- "Painter of Light", Placerville born painter with an national reputation. This gallery presents some of his works. We've also found a page listing links to Other Galleries
with on-line representations of his works.
Krannert Art Museum
- Paintings and exhibition highlights from the Museum at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.
The Kreeger Museum
"One of the newest museums in Washington, DC, the Kreeger houses 19th and 20th century art in a breathtaking building designed by Philip Johnson. Highlights of the collection include works by Monet, Picasso, Miró, Moore, and Stella."
Kyoto National Museum
Home page for the Japanese museum with online graphics for some of the works for their exhibitions, events and collection.
L'impressionists
- History and pictures of several artists, Monet, Van Gogh, Degas, and Renoir (in FRENCH).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Permanent collection pictures, exhibition schedule, and general information.
Le Louvre
- The 'Official' web page for the famous museum, with pictures and text.
Louvre W3
-- Official site for the famous French museum. Included on their pages are online reproductions for many of the more famous sculptures and paintings in the museum's collection.
The London Toy & Model Museum
-- Home page for the English Museum includes brief listings with pictures for various types of toys in the Museum's collection.
Memories of Winterlude
- "Ice and snow carvers from Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, France, Italy and Canada gather in Ottawa each year to compete at Winterlude - Ottawa's midwinter fun-fest designed to cure us of cabin fever."
MFA - An Ancient Egyptian Exhibit
-- "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" presented by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Tour of the objects on exhibit at the Texas Musuem.
Microsoft Corbis
-- Online picture gallery from the folks at Microsoft.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
-- Home page for the Minnesota museum contains examples of their permanent collection as well as online information and displays for their current exhibitions.
Musei Vaticani
Online images and history for many of the art objects in the Vatican's collection.
MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art
-- Online page for the New York Museum with online representations for their art, photography, architectural and film collections as well as information about the Museum, its location and hours.
Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- Permanent and temporary collections are displayed, as well as info. about the Museum.
Musee National D'Histoire et D'Art
- Luxembourg's National Museum of Art and History, with images by Kandinsky, Rubens and others from the Minister of Culture (text is in French).
Musée d'Orsay
- Paintings from the permanent collection displayed from this site include works by Monet, Millet, Renoir, Daumier, Degas, and more.
Museo del Prado
-- Online home for the famous Spanish museum of art in Madrid includes information about the museum as well as a quick tour of the buildings and of some of the paintings housed in the Museum.
The Museum of Costume
Home page for the British museum in Bath. You can take an online tour of the building or visit the Fashion Research Center or visit the Gallery which has pictures of the costumes and the various galleries from the Museum. There's also a link to another Bath treasure, The Roman Baths Museum and Pump Room.
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
- What would it have been like to have lived during the Jurassic period? This Museum attempts to provide you with the information about the technology of that time.
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
-- Web site for the Illinois museum which contains online exhibits, scientific news, and Quicktime movies and sound files.
Museum of the City of New York
- "... a non-profit, private educational organization established in 1923 to collect, preserve and present original cultural materials related to the history of New York City."
Museums around the USA
-- "This page includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web sites connected with museums, galleries and archives in the United States. The USA has the most developed set of on-line museum information of all the countries in the world."
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
-- Online page for the touring exhibit of "The Personal Sacred Items of H.H. The Dali Lama."
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Information about the "most important archaeological museum" in Greece and its sculpture, pottery and bronze collections. Site is maintained by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
National Civil Rights Museum
-- Information about the Memphis, Tennessee Museum with an online Virtual Tour.
National Gallery of Art
-- Information and graphics for various exhibits and art collections housed at the Washington, D.C. National Gallery.
National Gallery of Australia
- Architectural and print images from this site.
National Heritage Board: Homepage -- Singapore's Online Museum
-- Main menu for several museums in Singapore: the National Archives of Singapore, the Asian Civilizations Museum, the Singapore History Museum, and the Singapore Art Museum.
National Maritime Museum Association
-- Home page for the San Francisco-based nonprofit organization with information about the USS Pampanito and the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK
-- Home page for the Museum situated just outside London. Info about exhibitions, their historic buildings, events, educational projects, their research, and membership.
National Museum of American Art
- "... museum dedicated to the arts and artists of the United States from earliest colonial times to the present day."
National Museum of American History
Online page for the Museum which is a part of the larger Smithsonian Institution contains virtual exhibitions from the Museums collection as well as a special section entitled "Not Just for Kids" and one called "The Music Room" with online samples of classical and traditional American music from their collection.
National Museum of the American Indian
- Museum for the American Indian with history pages and links to other Native American web sites.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
-- Museum devoted to recognizing the contributions of women artists. Pages include a video tour of the Museum, samples from their exhibitions, membership and bookstore info, artist profiles and corresponding biographies.
The National Warplane Museum
Information about air shows and warplanes with descriptions, videos and pictures for many of the planes depicted.
New Beginnings' Gallery
- Shows "Artists of the Mother Lode and the Sierra Nevada Mountains" with profiles of the artists from the El Dorado Hills, California gallery.
New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)
-- Information about the Museum, it collections and exhibitions.
The Nok Museum
"The Museum of African Arts" Site features information about this virtual Museum as well as text and graphics for the art works in both the Museum's online collection and its exhibitions.
North Carolina Museum of Art
- This site contains information about the North Carolina Museum of Art including selections from the permanent collection (American art, European art, Egyptian art, African art,Judaica).
Norton Gallery of Art
- Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida has impressive images of both European and American Artists.
The Online DC-3 Aviation Museum
-- Online homage to the famous plane, still flying after 60 years!
Oriental Institute Museum
"The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. An integral part of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, which has supported research and archaeological excavation in the Near East since 1919, the Museum exhibits major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia." The Museum has been closed since 1996 for renovations (it will reopen in 1998/99), so this is the only way you can "visit" until then.
Pacific Film Archive
-- Online page for the U.C., Berkeley film institute features their daily movie calendar and show times plus information about the Archive and its activities.
Palaeolithic Cave Paintings in France (Ardčche)
- Text and graphics of the recently discovered paintings in France.
Palladio's Italian Villas
-- "The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio shaped the world that surrounds us today. Some of his most influential villas survive in the Veneto region around Venice, Italy."
The Palmer Museum of Art
-- Online page for the Penn State University Museum with pictures, a virtual picture tour of the Museum's paintings, a description of the Museum's architecture and pages for the Museums current exhibition.
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (Canyon, Texas)
- "... dedicated to the preservation of the northwest Texas heritage. It is the oldest and largest museum of its kind in the state of Texas."
Peabody-Essex Museum
- Consolidate effort of the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute which feature nearly half a million objects collected over the last two centuries, and 30 galleries of permanent and changing exhibitions.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Galleries, coming exhibitions, membership info, with a few graphic images.
PhotoArts
-- Web page with marketplace and gallery information about collecting photographic works as well as listings for professional photographic services and classifieds. There's also links to other photographic web sites.
Poe Museum (Richmond, VA)
- Pictures of his house, monument, and museum with links to the Poe Virtual Library.
The Posters of Toulouse-Lautrec
-- Online display for the show mounted at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1996 contains online representations for works created between 1891 and 1899 by the French artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Presidential Portraits at the Library of Congress
-- Portraits of the Presidents and the First Ladies from 1789 to the present.
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
-- Online page for the famous Russian Museum in Moscow. Page includes history and pictures of the Museum as well as information and reproductions of some of its more famous art works.
Ringling Museum of Art
- Art, cookbook, architecture from the famous Circus Family, includes a circus museum.
A Roman Palace in ex-Yugoslavia
- The Palace of Diocletian at Split, Yugoslavia.
The Royal Court of Sweden
-- Online information about the Swedish Royal family, the monarchy and the Royal court and palace.
Royal Holloway Collection
- History and pictures from a British collection endowed to a College for women by Thomas Holloway in 1883.
The Royal Museum of Scotland
- Edinburgh's museum houses collections in geology, natural history, and history and applied art.
Museum of The City of San Francisco
- Info on the early fire and police deptartments, the great earthquake of 1906, the 1989 earthquake, and more.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- S.F.'s newest art museum in its new building, with many multimedia links.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Text and graphics from the California Museum.
Scrolls from the Dead Sea
- The Ancient Library from Qumram and Modern Scholarship.
Online Museum of Singapore Art & History
- Online exhibitions, a postcard collection, artists, print collections, and Singapore history, with information on their famous citizen, Sir Stamford Raffles.
Sistine Chapel Tour (and Graphics)
- Images of Michelangelo's Chapel ceiling from The Vatican, Rome.
David and Alfred Smart Museum
- In Chicago, Museum whose collection spans 5 centures of art. Take a virtual tour.
Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
-- Thumbnail and full screen versions of many of the gems and minerals on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum
- Galleries with images and schedule of events presented by the Musuem.
Mel Smothers Art Gallery
- Local artist's on-line gallery. The Artist has donated a painting to 2 of our Libraries and you can see these works at our Placerville and South Lake Branch Libraries!
Sonoma State Alumni Art Exhibition
- "This exhibition presents the work of 16 former students of Sonoma State University, located about 50 miles north of San Francisco in Northern California."
The South Street Seaport Museum
- Information about the New York City landmark; pictures of their historic ship collection, info about the museum; gallery and exhibit displays; info about their harbour excursions.
Springfield Museum of Art
-- Home page for the Museum with information about their permanent collection, a gallery tour, their exhibitions, and general info about the Museum.
The State Historical-Cultural Museum-Preserve "Moscow Kremlin"
-- Information and pictures about the history of the Kremlin Cultural Museum in Russia. Site also includes information about the current exhibitions, the gift shop, and how to contact the museum.
Tate Geological Museum
-- Web page from "... a small but growing, privately funded institution associated with Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. The museum specializes in activities and displays that emphasize the rich paleontological heritage of Wyoming and the western United States."
Mark Harden's Texas Net Museum of Art
An online museum with links to several online exhibitions and articles on art theory and criticism. There's also an artchive with "Over 2,000 scans from more than 200 artists," for artists from Albrecht Altdorfer to Andrew Wyeth. An online treat!
The Topkapi Palace Museum
Home page for the famous Turkish museum situated in Istanbul with links to the history of the Palace and the Museum as well as text and pictures for many of the items in the Museum's collection.
Treasures of the Czars
- Exhibition in St. Petersburg, Florida until June 11, 1995.
US Air Force Museum
-- Aircraft galleries, history and information from the online version of the U.S.A.F. Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB - Dayton, Ohio.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Educational and research information, including text and pictures.
USS Constitution Museum
-- To celebrate the 200th anniversary of its construction, the USS Constitution will set sail on July 21st into open waters for the first time in over 116 years. She will sail out from her permanent berth in Boston harbor into Massachusetts Bay and then back to her berth in the Charleston Navel Shipyards. Happy Birthday, Constitution!
The Victoria and Albert Museum
-- "The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of the decorative arts in the world. It was founded in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, and in 1899 it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert."
The Virtual Anne Frank House
-- Comprehensive series of links to the most informative of the Annalise (Anne) Frank sites on the World Wide Web.
Virtual Tour of Museums and Exhibits
-- This Site presents over 100 museums, exhibits and areas of special interest which offer online multimedia guided tours on the Web.
Virtual Uffizi
Online web page for the famous gallery in Florence, Italy combines information about the museum with online reproductions of many of its artists' works.
WebAcropol : Welcome !!
- Images and tours of the palace of the "sacred rock" in Athens, Greece.
WebMuseum, Paris
- The famous Web Museum by Nicolas Pioch. Lot's of info on paintings from the French art gallery.
Western Railway Museum
-- Home page for the Railroad museum located in Rio Vista Junction in Solano County, California. Here you'll find news and photos about the museum and The Bay Area Electric Railroad Association the group who restore the trains and maintain the grounds for this great museum.
Whitney Museum of American Art
- Program information with graphic selections from their permanent collection.
World Art Treasures
-- Presenting a unique approach to Internet art, this site incorporates "...100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, all of them devoted to art, and including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe, its purpose is to offer a different approach to art through INTERNET via the World Wide Web. Taking advantage of the specificity of a multidimensional and multilevel network, it is an attempt to shed a new light on art and a new way to contemplate it."
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
-- "These pages provide an eclectic collection of WWW services connected with museums, galleries and archives."
World's Women Gallery of Art
- Mounted by the United Nations.


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