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These pages include an eclectic collection of World Wide Web sites connected with museums, galleries and archives in the United States. If you know of a museum website that is not included here, or would like to make corrections or suggestions, please use the submission form. (If your browser really cannot handle forms, please email John Burke at the Oakland Museum of California.) New submissions, updates as well as broken links are listed on the What's New page. Bad links are deleted after a month or so if not corrected. Please help us keep our list current.
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The USA has the most developed set of on-line museum information of all the countries in the world. So much so that the number of museum links in the USA may be of the same order of magnitude as all the other museum websites around the rest of the world. Currently these pages receive around 2000 "visitors" each day.
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A Guide to the Museums of Washington, Washington, DC.
Website with reviews and critiques of the major museums and galleries of the Washington metropolitian area. Updated weekly. Sender: Matthew Gene Hannigan Sender email: hannigan@gwu.edu Comment:
Ableza's Native American Virtual Cultural Center, San Jose, CA.
Through web-casting, cultures of the Western Hemisphere's Indigenous Peoples comes alive. The site's contents are produced by, for, and about the rich and diverse heritages of Native American Peoples. Ableza is a Native American Arts & Film Institute. One of its many programs is the Native American Virtual Cultural Center, accessed from our www home page. The "Center" was launched October 12 (Indigenous People's Day,) 1998.
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
American Museum of Natural History - collections include more than 30 million items; dinosaur fossils, a 63 foot-long canoe carved by the Haida Indians, a slice of a giant sequoia tree, the costume of an African spirit dancer. Check out the pages for discount offers to several attractions throughout the city
Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA.
WW-II naval vessels: Battleship Massachusetts, Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and submarine Lionfish, as well as era PT boats.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art is one of the largest art institutions in the United States, with collections in Ancient Egyptian art and American Painting & Sculpture that are considered among the world's finest. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one and a half million objects and represents almost every culture.
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
Art and science museum with interactive exhibits, lectures, and programs for adults and children.
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas.
Frick Collection, New York, NY.
Housed in the "Gilded Age" mansion of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), this collection of Western fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance through the 19th century features noted works by Vermeer, Titian, Whistler, Turner, Gainsborough, Bellini, Holbein, Frangonard, Boucher, Manet, Renoir, Goya, and others. Arranged very much as it was during the residence of its original owner, the Frick offers its visitors an intimate sense of the home of a collector, and its Garden Court has been called an oasis of serenity.
Frost Entomological Museum, State College, PA.
Entomological museum with public display area and research collection (500,000 specimens) for eastern USA with additional overseas material.
General Sweeny's, Republic, MO.
A professionaly designed museum that chronologically traces the war in the Trans-Mississippi west through thousands of artifacts.
Hands On! Regional Museum, Johnson City, TN.
Hands On! is a museum where learning fun go hand in hand. Children can explore and discover in our over 27 permanent exhibits, like the Coal Mine, Airplane, KinderMart, or the Ark full of animals, then they can make a craft in the Discovery Room!
Historic Latta Plantation, Charlotte (Huntersville), NC.
Historic Latta Plantation is a living history cotton plantation, ca. 1800-1840. It demonstrates the life styles of the Carolina back country: planters slaves, yoeman farmers, merchants, and artisans.
Houdini Museum, Scranton, PA.
Worlds's only museum entirely devoted to Houdini. Largest collection on public view. Tours, magic shows, virtual and real museum.
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas.
Ironwood Area Historical Society, Ironwood, MI.
Located in the historic train depot, built in 1893. History from the beginning of the town, including mining, logging and trains.
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.
The third largest Jewish museum in the U.S.
Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA.
Permanent collection of Old Master through 19th-Century paintings, prints, drawings (particularly Hudson River School)and temporary exhibitions; housed in a historic Carnegie Libary (1906).
Kansas City Museum, Kansas city, MO.
The museum features science and regional history exhibits, a natural history hall, planetarium and the Challenger Learning Center. Special programming and traveling exhibits provide ongoing learning experiences for the whole family
LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
The La Salle University Art Museum is the only college or university museum in the Philadelphia area with a permanent exhibition of Western art from the Renaissance to present times.
Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River, MA.
Contains models and exhibits pertaining to some of the earlies "floating palaces", and the world's largest R.M.S. Titanic exhibit.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
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Museum of Transporation, Brookline, MA.
The Museum of Transportation in Brookline, Massachusetts is housed in an 1888 carriage house once owned by Larz and Isabel Anderson. The Museum of Transportation offers the public a unique opportunity to view the Anderson collection, America’s oldest privately owned collection of automobiles. The Museum also hosts over 20 lawn events for cars, motorcycles and bicycles throughout the Summer months.
National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, NY.
The National Museum of Dance is the only museum in the country devoted exclusively to American Professional dance - from ballet to Broadway, modern to Jazz, ethnic to tap. Exhibits, classes and educational programs with visiting dancers have attracted thousands of visitors since the museum opened in 1986. The museum's Hall of Fame honors the founders and innovators of 20th Century American Professional Dance.
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA.
Exhibits and presentations pertaining to the whaling industry in New England provide tangible examples of the era and of people, places and artifacts referenced by Herman Melville.
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Founded in 1977 as the first museum in the United States exclusively devoted to the work of living artists, the New Museum is committed to showing some of the most provocative art being made today throughout the world; to expanding conventional museum practice by offering innovative programmatic models; and to pioneering museum education by expanding the public’s understanding of contemporary art as a vital social force.
New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
The New York Transit Museum provides exhibitions of metropolitan area transit artifacts, archives of historic documents, maps and photographs, tours of transit significant sites, trips on the Nostalgia Train and a program of entertaining and educational events for children. The Museum is home to 100 years of transit lore and memorabilia.
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC.
The Museum collects, studies and preserves the state's bilogical diversity, promotes environmental awareness, and strives to relate natural sciences to everyday life.
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC.
Founded in 1879, the Museun of Natural Sciences documents and interprets North Carolina's natural history through exhibits, educational programming and scientific research. The museum will move to a new building in the fall of 1999, filled with all-new, hands on exhibits.
Northern Indiana Center for History, South Bend, IN.
History of the St. Joseph River Valley in permanent galleries; 19th-century mansion and formal gardens; kids museum; 1930's Polish Workers Home.
Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.
Through exhibition and collection, the Oklahoma City Art Museum educates about art and through art, providing abundant opportunities for people of all backgrounds to explore the artistic values and traditions of the world's cultures.
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK.
Oklahoma's official state museum of natural history. The museum is in the process of moving to a new 190,000-square-foot facility scheduled to open in Spring, 2000.
Old York Historical Society, York, ME.
Old York's collections explore over three centuries of life in a Maine Seacoast village. The museum consists of eight historic buildings, a nature preserve, and a research library. The historic houses showcase both the permanent collection and rotating exhibits.
Pecos Rio Grande Museum of Early Man, Arivaca, Arizona.
Coming soon point making tools, then fire making tools. Most item are from the Archaic period
in west Texas. 2000BP -10000BP
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Phoenix, AZ.
Features a prehistoric Hohokam ruin and exhibits on Hohokam culture and archaeology.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMOCA), Scottsdale, AZ.
A museum dedicated to Contemporary Art in the heart of downtown Scottsdale.
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence.
The University of Kansas Art Museum and the only comprehensive art museum in the state of Kansas. Includes image maps, especially for various printmaking techniques.
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS.
The Sternberg Musuem, soon to open in its new home, houses some of the best Cretaceous fossils, and the largest paleoseed collection known. The new site of the museum will offer walk through dioramas, and a large discovery area.
The American Museum of Photography
The American Museum of Photography calls itself "A museum without walls...for an art without boundaries." Web exhibits bring great images from the history of photography to your computer screen from a private collection of more than 5,000 photographs. You'll see everything from a frontier town in America's Wild West to a century-old photo of mischief in a Japanese restaurant...plus important early portraits, landscapes, architectural images, art photography and pioneering photo-journalism. Other features include information on preserving photographs, an on-line bookstore, plus helpful resources like an alphabetical guide to those bewildering 19th century photographic processes.
The Museum of Scientific Discovery, Harrisburg, PA.
A participatory science center with over 100 exhibits and daily public programs. On our web page, you can get a sneak-peek of our museum and find out when special events are happening.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY.
The official web site for the Morgan Library Shop located on Madison Avenue in New York City. A selection of books, cards, and gifts are available online.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.
The Museum's collection contains more than 30,000 works of art and is highly regarded for its extensive glass collection as well as for its European and American paintings, Greek vases, graphic arts, and decorative arts.
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Westwood, CA.
The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History celebrates the diverse cultures and rich visual arts found throughout the world. Considered one of the world's leading university-based museums, and one of the foremost publishers of publications on non-Western arts and material culture, the Fowler Museum has established a permanent collection of more than 750,000 objects.
Vatican Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
Art masterpieces from the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
Winterthur Meseum, Wilmington, DE.
The former country estate of Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur is a museum filled with his collection of American decorative arts made or used in America between 1640 and 1860; a 60-acre garden that features color throughout the year; and a research library for the study of American art and material culture.
*Notice:These links were identified as incorrect as of 12:48 PM Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 11, 1998, using Big Brother. They will be deleted from the USA Museums list after a month or so if not corrected. (Here is our morgue of deleted links.) Please help us keep our list current by using the Submission Form.
The USA Museum Pages are maintained by John Burke, Chief Conservator at the Oakland Museum of California. Please accept our apologies that we cannot guarantee a reply to all email. For new submissions, please make sure to supply all necessary information - incomplete forms simply cannot be processed. Corrections and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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