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Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago. The Adler opened on May 12,
1930, as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, and continues
today to interpret the exploration of the universe for the broadest possible
audience. http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/99/in_nofls.htm
The Art Institute of Chicago. Includes activities for children. Excellent
opening page with animated changes of the art images. Includes exploring "A
Mysterious Mummy" and "Thousands of Dots" (about a painting by Georges
Seurat). http://www.artic.edu/aic/kids/index.html
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The museum offers nontraditional
learning opportunities for children and their families. Includes
explorations of dinosaurs and visits to "Rex's Lending Library"
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/
The Exploratorium, San Francisco. An online version of a hands-on museum in
San Francisco that permits you to do your own cow's eye dissection or learn
the science behind a home run. Be sure to visit the "Learning Studio."
http://www.exploratorium.edu
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Utterly fabulous site combining
multiple museum holdings in a 65,000-item database. Images are excellent,
and you can send your comments and knowledge about the paintings to the
museum. Requires plugins. http://www.thinker.org/index.shtml
Illinois State Museum, Springfield. Provides online exhibits about the Ice
Ages and prehistoric mammals as well as a trip back to our Midwestern lands
16,000 years ago. http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This is one of the largest and finest
art museums in the world. Its collections include more than two million
works of art-several hundred thousand of which are on view at any given
time-spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the
present.
http://www.metmuseum.org/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Education Page, New York. This section offers a
variety of educational experiences, puzzles about works of art, and detailed
descriptions of educational opportunities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The page for young people includes family guides, museum hunts, and art
games. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
The National Air and Space Museum Web Site, Washington, D.C. A part of the
Smithsonian Institution, this museum contains resources about flight,
airplanes, and space travel.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The National Gallery of Art and
its collections belong to the people of the United States of America.
European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected
works on paper. Full-screen views of whole paintings and details allow close
study. The site also includes information on artists and on the museum's
facilities and services. http://www.nga.gov/
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Contains the largest collection of
Canadian art in the world. Contains a virtual tour. Includes sections on
Intuit Art, Contemporary Art, and European, American, and Asian Art.
Requires plugins.
http://national.gallery.ca/
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. Part of the
Smithsonian Institution, this museum is devoted to the protection and study
of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
http://www.si.edu/nmai/
Salem (Mass.) Witch Museum. Useful since kids study this area of history.
"Haunted Happenings," a commercial part of Salem stuff, is very neat.
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Great site for gaining an
understanding of the natural world and our place in it.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/nmnhweb.html
Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, Amsterdam. The site is readable in
English. Excellent images that, when enlarged, are quite exciting to view.
http://www.stedelijk.nl/index.html
University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley. If you like
paleontology, you'll enjoy the online exhibits here (recommended for third
grade and up).
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
WebMuseum, Paris. This is an exciting collection of resources on many
subjects ranging from Paul Czanne, to information on Paris, to Medieval art
treasures. Many images can be enlarged for closer viewing.
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/
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