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ART MUSEUMS
- 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 |
- 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 |
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta,
Includes images of
contemporary art, a decorative arts collection,
American and European painting, African art, folk art,
and
photography |
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, ??
Established in 1888, the
Milwaukee Art Museum features 20,000 works from
ancient objects to recent art. A
125,000-square-foot |
- 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 |
- MoMA, Museum of
Modern Art, New York, NY
An award-winning site that
offers general information about the Museum's
exhibitions listings, interactive subsites, a preview
of collections and
more |
- Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, IL
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sentences describing the museum in neutral tones;
excessive statments may be surgically
altered |
- San
Jose Museum of
Art, San Jose, CA
The permanent collection of
1,200 twentieth-century artworks focuses on post-1980
Bay Area artists. SJMA offers exhibitions, education
programs, publications, the Museum Art School, and
extensive outreach programs which are designed to
increase awareness of twentieth- and
twenty-first-century art in the Bay Area and
beyond |
- 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 |
KIDS
MUSEUMS
- ZEUM, San Francisco, CA
Zeum is an innovative
arts and technology museum where kids and families
combine hands-on experiences with the power of their
imaginations to create movies, music, art and more!
Stop by to create a clay animation, produce and star
in a music video, or experiment with digital art.
Summer Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11am – 5pm.
School Year Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11am –
5pm. (415)777-2800
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History
Museums
- Ohio Historical
Society, Columbus, OH
The Ohio Historical Society
conducts a range of activities related to
interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's
heritage |
- Oregon State Archives Online
Exhibit, Salem, OR
This online exhibit of Oregon
history features over 100 separate Web pages and
nearly 250 images. The exhibit interprets Oregon
history primarily through documents and images held by
the Oregon State Archives. Topics include prohibition
in Oregon, a notorious prison escape, colorful Oregon
trademarks, and more. A new exhibit is added every two
months |
- Sixth Floor Museum, John F. Kennedy and the memory of a Nation,
TX
The Museum is located on the sixth floor of the
former Texas School Book Depository over looking
Dealey Plaza at the site of the Kennedy
assassination |
Misc.
Museums
- Newseum, Arlington, VA
The Newseum, the world's
only interactive news museum, takes visitors behind
the scenes to see and experience how and why news is
made. At the Newseum, visitors can be television
announcers or reporters; relive the great news stories
of all time though multimedia exhibits, unique
artifacts, and news memorabilia; and see today's news
as it happens on a block-long video news
wall |
- Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
The Buffalo Bill Historical
Center is widely regarded as America's finest western
museum. Located in northwestern Wyoming, 52 miles from
Yellowstone National Park's East Gate, the Center
features a library and four internationally acclaimed
museums under one
roof |
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