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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
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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.
Items starting with
are recent additions or updates. Starred items
have large collections and/or are highly
recommended. If enough
people ask that a museum receive a star (use the submission form!), it will get one.
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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ALABAMA:
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Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
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U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL.
The Center houses the largest collection of missiles & rockets in the world. Includes Saturn V, full Shuttle stack, Apollo 16 capsule, Sky Lab trainer. Also home of Space Shot, a 4-G simulator.
ALASKA:
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Alaska State museums, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, and Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka.
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University of Alaska Museum
Natural and cultural heritage.
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Valdez Museum and Historical Archive, Valdez, Alaska.
ARIZONA:
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Amerind Foundation Museum, Dragoon, AZ.
The Amerind Foundation Museum is dedicated to the study and interpretation of Native American culture and lifeways. The Amerind, founded in 1937, concentrates its research into topics pertinent to American Southwestern studies.
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Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ.
ARI maintains collections from archaeological projects conducted in central Arizona.. Collections catalogs, photos and research data are available through on-line, searchable databases. In addition, virtual exhibits and publications are offered on archaeological topics from a wide range of geographic and chronological settings.
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Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, AZ.
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Arizona Science Center, Phoenix.
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Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Over 100 years old, the Arizona State Museum, located on the University of Arizona campus, collects, displays and interprets objects and information about the native peoples of the SW U.S. and NW Mexico.
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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
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Crismon Farm Heritage Museum
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Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site, with intorduction to rock art.
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Fleischer Museum of American and Russian Impressionism, Scottsdale, AZ.
The paintings in the Fleischer collection are American Impressionism, California School and Russian and Soviet Realism tempered by Impressionism. The genres are varied and include landscapes, architecural subjects, and still lifes.
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Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
Specializes in contemporary and archaeological Native American material.
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International Wildlife Museum, Tucson, AZ.
Mammals, birds, insects, from around the world. Hands-on exhibits, interactive computers, pre-historic mammals. Tucson's Interactive Natural History Museum.
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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
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Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Phoenix, AZ.
Features a prehistoric Hohokam ruin and exhibits on Hohokam culture and archaeology.
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Rim Country Museum, Payson, AZ.
Cultural heritage of the Central Arizona Highlands (Rim Country) from the earliest peoples all the way through to the pioneer period.
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMOCA), Scottsdale, AZ.
A museum dedicated to Contemporary Art in the heart of downtown Scottsdale.
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Tempe Historical Museum
Includes online exhibits, a tour of our research holdings, and a guide
to local historic buildings
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The Golden Era Museum, Coolidge, AZ.
The Fred and Elaine Goulden toy collection now open to the public. Several thousand toys and dolls from 1890's cast iron to 1950-60s modern.
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University of Arizona Museum of Art,
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Includes a Permanent Gallery Exhibition.
ARKANSAS:
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Arkansas Tech University of Prehistory and History, Russellville, AR.
The Museum concentrates on the prehistory and history of the Arkansas River Valley for the past 12,000 years. A new endeavor of the museum is the creation of a regional family history archive.
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Gallery Mint Museum , Eureka Springs, AR.
The art and history of coin-making thru the centuries.
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Old State House Museum, Little Rock, AR.
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University of Arkansas Museum, Fayetteville.
Anthropology, archeology, ethnology, history, geology, zoology.
CALIFORNIA:
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AAA Electra 99, Newport Beach, ca.
Open forum museum and gallery. Anyone, anything accepted. No approval process.
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AAA Electra 99, Newport Beach, Ca.
An open forum arts showcase. Collections of painting, photography, sculpture, mixed-media, assemblages, folk art, and examples of contemporary California. Provides a venue for any artist to display their work with no approval process; anyone, anything accepted. Orange County's only co-op art gallery and museum.
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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.
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American Museums' Representational Art Exhibitions, Orange, CA.
Index to American museums' current and future exhibitions This is a VIRTUAL museum. Sender: John Hazeltine Sender email: jh@tfaoi.com Comment: Please add this index to your index list.
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Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA.
Non-profit museum located in Vista, Ca, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, education, and research of California's early farming history.
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Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley: California Heritage Project , Berkeley, CA.
The Bancroft Library is the rare books and special collections repository of U.C. Berkeley. Specializing in Western Americana and the history of California, its collections include books, printed ephemera, manuscripts, archival collections, and pictorial collections. The library's California Heritage Digital Image Access project makes available over 25,000 images from the collections -- primarily photographs, but also drawings, prints, and other images of California.
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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.
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California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
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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.
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California Antique Aircraft Museum , San Martin, CA.
Antique flying aircraft, replicas, and models from the 1900's to 1960 including the Wright Flyer and other historic aircraft.
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California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside.
Includes network exhibitions.
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California Surf Museum, Oceanside.
International repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing.
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California Views Historical Photo Collection, Monterey, CA.
California images from the 1870-1990, from 35mm Neg's to 11x14 Glass plates
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Capitola Historical Museum, Capitola, CA.
The Museum houses an extensive collection of photographs and artifacts related to Capitola's history, and offers quarterly changing exhibits on the history and art of the area, as well as on special seasonal and topical themes.
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Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose, California.
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Chula Vista Nature Center, Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, California.
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Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, California. Flora and fauna.
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City of Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, California.
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Computer Museum of America, La Mesa, CA.
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Cooper Regional History Museum, Upland, CA.
Museum devoted to history of Upland, Ontario,
Montclair, Mt. Baldy, and Rancho Cucamonga (California).
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Coyote Point Museum For Environmental Education, San Mateo, CA.
Come see us! Get a close up look at what makes the Bay Area beautiful. Just minutes from SFO and overlooking the San Francisco airport, we have live animals, beautiful gardens and hands-on exhibits.
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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.
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Ecology Hall of Fame, Santa Cruz, CA.
The Ecology Hall of Fame honors the heroes of the environmental movement
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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.
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Firehouse Museum, San Diego, California.
Fire-fighting equipment, including a photographic exhibit.
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Getty Art History Information Program, Marina Del Re, California.
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Hall of Health, Berkeley, California.
Community health-education museum and science center, especially for children and families.
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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.
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Hiller Aviation Museum , San Carlos, CA.
Emphasis is on the aviation history of northern California with displays of early Hiller helicopters and other historically significant aircraft of N. California.
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History Museum of Santa Cruz County, California.
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Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California.
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Intel Museum, Santa Clara, California.
Computer chip manufacturer.
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International Children's Art Museum, World Trade Center, San Francisco.
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J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Getty Museum collections, history, vistor services and information.
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Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.
The third largest Jewish museum in the U.S.
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Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA.
An ecletic museum of over 1,200 musical instruments made in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and Australia dating from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Instrument types include keyboards, brass, woodwind, stringed, percussion, mechanical, and electronic.
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Korean American Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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Laserium, Boston/Denver/Los Angeles/San Francisco.
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Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA.
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is the public science museum and research center for K-12 education at the University of California, Berkeley. LHS offers hands-on science exhibits, discovery laboratories, computer labs, planetarium shows, after-school classes and summer camps, family workshops, special events, school programs and teacher education. Science and mathematics teaching materials and curricula developed at LHS are used in schools across the U.S. and worldwide.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.
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Los Angeles museums, a listing.
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Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA.
The official Mingei International Museum of World Folk Arts and Crafts presents an extensive photo collection of current and past exhibitions.
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Mojave River Valley Museum , Barstow, CA.
Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the scientific, historical and cultural heritage of the Mojave River Valley, from the arrival of Father Garces in 1776 on through pathfinders, pioneers, and miners up to present space exploration. Actual artifacts from the famous Calico Early Man site are on display. Other displays include 19th century miming, gemstones & minerals, railroads, automotive, local History including the first radio station on the high desert and the famed headless horsemen found in 1965.
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Motts Miniatures Museum, Buena Park, California.
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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.
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Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, California.
World War II fighter aircraft.
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Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angekes, CA.
Unique! (Read "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders")
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Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley.
See the hall of dinosaurs.
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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.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco , San Francisco, CA.
History of Early San Francisco, Gold Rush, and the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.
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Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, California.
Racism and prejudice in America, and the history of the Holocaust. (Information also in German and Japanese.)
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Museum of Woman, Alameda, CA.
This new site presents the visitor with three gallery installations. The goal of the museum is educating the public about women's achievements, past or present. One gallery is devoted to educating the public about birth.
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National Bicycle History Archive of America, Santa Ana, CA.
An extensive historical bicycle archive containing over 30,000 original books, catalogues, photographs of bicycles ranging from 1860s-1960s. We provide restoration advice and historical information and focus primarily on American made bicycles, with special emphasis on Classic Bicycles of 1920-1965. The Archive also has access to the curator's collection of over 1,000 old bicycles.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California.
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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
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One of the largest regional museums in the country, devoted exclusively to Californian art, history and ecology. The Oakland Museum of California hosts the USA list you are currently browsing.
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Portola Railroad Museum, Portola, California.
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Redding Museum of Art & History
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Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center, San Diego.
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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California.
Designed in an authentic Egyptian architectural style. Large collections of Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities.
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San Bernardino County Museum
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San Diego Aerospace Museum, California.
See history of aerospace exhibit.
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San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA.
The collections and exhibits of the Museum of San Diego intrepret the history of the greater San Diego, Calif. region
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San Diego Model Railroad Museum, California.
Includes principle exhibits.
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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.
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San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA.
The San Diego Natural History Museum explores the biodiversity and evolutionary history of southern California and Baja California with research, education, exhibits, and community involvement.
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San Francisco Bay Area museums, a listing.
Including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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San Francisco Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
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Includes on-line exhibits. See Diving Into the Gene Pool, a major exhibition from April 8 to Septemb
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
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San Jose Art Museum, San Jose State University, California.
Includes a growing searchable database of cultural photographs from around the world accessable in a number of ways.
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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.
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San Jose museums, a listing.
and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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San Juan Bautista Mission, Seaside, CA.
A virtual museum created by students at California State University, Monterey Bay. This museum includes many graphics portraying the San Juan Bautista Mission in California, and its Archaeological aspects, including its restoration.
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Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara, CA.
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum preserves and presents to the public the maritime heritage of California's Central Coast while providing an ongoing educational platform to study and record human interaction with the marine environment.
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California.
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.
Learn more about Native American culture and the amazingly diverse fauna of the Santa Barbara region. Join us on fieldtrips, child and adult classes and lectures by renowned biologists and anthropologists.
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Santa Barbara museums, a listing.
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SJSU Virtual Museum, San Jose State University, California.
The history of science, mathematics and technology, feauturing individual scientists and mathematicians.
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Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California.
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Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, San Diego, California.
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Stowitts Museum and Library, Pacific Grove, CA.
In the process of archiving every past and future exhibition, including catalog text online, and a favorite links section called Culture Connections. The current (and popular) exhibition, Nijinsky Dancing, is now online
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Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California.
Includes HyperTech on-line interactive exhibits.
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The Byron Randall Museum, Tomales, Ca.
The history of Byron Randall and gives over 50 examples of his work.
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The Carole and Barry Kaye Museum of Miniatures, Los Angeles, CA.
The largest collection of contemporary miniatures in the world. Exhibits include a complete recreation of the Vatican, Doge's Palace, Roman Forum, and 350 other works created by miniaturist from around the world
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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!
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The Heritage of San Clemente & Visitor Center, San Clemente, Ca.
Nixon Western White House Exhibit, Surfing Extravaganza Exhibit, Marine/Green Beret Exhibit.
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The San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego, CA.
Presently the San Diego Maritime Museum¹s fleet of historic ships includes the 1863 British barque Star of India, the 1904 Scottish steam yacht Medea, and the 1898 San Francisco steam ferryboat Berkeley.
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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.
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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.
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Ventura County Museum of History & Art, Ventura, CA.
The Ventura County Museum of History & Art presents the history and art of Ventura County, California through a long-term exhibit titled "Ventura County in the New West." A smaller gallery features approximately five temporary exhibits per year on various subjects relating the county and California. The Smith Gallery exhibits the George Stuart Collection of Historical Figures, one-quarter life-size portraits of notable figures in world history.
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West Valley Museum, Woodland Hills, CA.
Early photos of the West San Fernando Valley, artifacts and postal history.
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Western Aerospace Museum, Oakland, CA.
Museum of aviation and aerospace with emphasis on aerospace and aviation of northern california. 24 airplanes, exhibits, gift shop, videos.
COLORADO:
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American Numismatic Association Money Museum, Colorado Springs, CO.
Extensive on-line exhibits including over 60 US paper money specimens, a Russian-American Company seal skin note and Japanese currency (1869-99).
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Aspen Art Museum, Colorado.
Contemporary art.
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Aurora History Museum, aurora, co.
Website relates to Homestead City, a living history event representing small town life a century ago. Sponsored annually by the Aurora Museum Foundation, and the City of Aurora.
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, Co.
The largest collection of art between Chicago and San Francisco.
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Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO.
One of the best natural history museums in the country. Visit Prehistoric Journey, an award-winning exhibit on the history of life on earth.
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Dinosaur Valley Museum, Grand Junction, CO.
A working paleontology laboratory which features fossils from important discoveries throughout western Colorado
and eastern Utah. You will see dinosaur skeletons, articulated and in "death pose" as paleontologists found them, and
realistic, scientific, half-size animated dinosaur replicas: moving, roaring, and howling.
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Estes Park Area Historical Museum, Colorado.
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Monarch Art Gallery, Victor, Colorado.
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Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO.
The Museum of Western Colorado, is a regional museum with four city locations and three natural resource areas. The Museum preserves, investigates, and displays materials relating to the natural, social and cultural history of western Colorado all the way from the continental divide west to the Utah border.
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The Colorado Railroad Museum
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The Tesla Museum and Library, Colorado Springs, CO.
Incredible inventions. Free electricity. Time travel. Death rays. Ozone generators. Unlimited wireless power anywhere on earth. Thought machines. Radio anti-gravity airships. These were all part of Nikola Tesla's life. He is also responsible for establishing alternating current as house current instead of direct current that Edison was promoting. Check Tesla out. He clearly was a man ahead of his time.
CONNECTICUT:
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Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
Art and science museum with interactive exhibits, lectures, and programs for adults and children.
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Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
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Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Mashantucket, CT.
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Museum of Political Life, University of Hartford, Connecticut.
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University of Hartford, Connecticut. Political memorabilia.
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Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut.
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Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Over 11 million specimens/objects from the curatorial disciplines of Anthropology, Botany, Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology, Paleobotany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Invertebrate Paleontology, Mineralogy, Historical Scientific Instruments, Meteorites.
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the aldrich museum of contemporary art, ridgefield, ct.
the museum's mission is to foster and explore emerging trends in the contemporary arts through their changing exhibits and programs. Sender: Sender email: aldrich@webquill.com Comment:
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The Company of Fifers and Drummers -- The Museum of Fife and Drum, Ivoryton, CT.
Our mission is to preserve and promote early American martial music. Our museum, library and archives are located in the heart of Connecticut's "ancient" (traditional) fife and drum country.
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Timexpo Museum, Middlebury, CT.
The Timexpo Museum scheduled to open in late 1998, will allow the visitor to travel from the history of Timex and its predecessor Waterbury Clock Company, to ways of experiencing time, to the possible voyages of the ancient world.
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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.
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Yale University Art Gallery
DELAWARE:
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Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE.
Hagley Museum is the original du Pont mills, estate, and gardens. On the location where E.I. du Pont began to manufacture black powder in 1802, the museum features industrial demonstrations, models and dioramas, two historic houses and a school, as well as 235 acres of scenic property along the Brandywine River.
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Rockwood Museum, Wilmington, DE.
Built between 1851-57, Rockwood is a rural Gothic mansion with Gardenesque grounds. Rockwood was a private residence until 1972 and its collections consist of the furniture, clothing, documents, photographs, and artwork amassed by the Shipley/Bringhurst/Hargraves families. Please visit our new online exhibits about the Bringhursts' travels.
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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.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
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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:
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Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C..
The Anacostia was originally envisioned as a neighborhood museum celebrating the history and culture of the predominately African-American Anacostia community. It has expanded, however, to reflect a more comprehensive African-American culture. This museum is part of the Smithsonian Museum Group.
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Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC.
An art museum with stage events, just blocks from the White house.
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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.
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Library of Congress, Washington DC.
On-line exhibits.
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Museum Services International, Washington, DC.
On this site, one will find the MSI Virtual Museum Bookstore and International Art and Craft Shop. MSI also introduces the field of Value Methodology for Cultural Institutions. Also featured is The Cultural Property Protection Page.
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National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
Includes exhibition galleries. See also the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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National Museum of American History , Washington, DC.
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National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Washington, DC.
Details the contributions of American Jews to the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
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National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC.
Medical museum; pathological collections include Civil War bone, medical examiner's collection, and miscellaneous wet and dry tissue. Extensive microscope collection and historical objects.
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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.
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Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Includes:
- List of Smithsonian
places
- New and temporary
exhibitions at the Smithsonian
National Air and Space
Museum. Includes exhibition
galleries. See also the Center
for Earth and Planetary Studies.
See The
White House Collection of American Craft exhibition. Includes much
audio and video material. See also Gopher
site.
- National Museum of Natural History.
See
Ocean
Planet, a travelling exhibition.
- National
Zoological Park.