Museum lists

This page includes a collection of World Wide Web services providing lists of on-line hyperlinks to virtual museum exhibits and related information as part of the WWW Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp).

The following are especially recommended:

• Yahoo provide an excellent set of museum lists:
  • Art museums and galleries including other lists
  • Science museums / exhibits
  • Society and Culture museums / exhibits

  It is possible to request the addition of entries interactively. See also a search for museums.

• Directory and reviews by Musée On-line (alphabetical, by type and geographical listings).
• World Wide Arts Resources
  • Museums
  • Galleries and exhibitions
• Links to museum sites from Elsas Producties. Select the links to museums sites for 10,000+ museum links in 120+ countries!
• Museums & parks and related lists from Infoseek.
• Museum Online Resource Review including alphabetical and categorical listings.
• Museum Resources from the Nordic Museology journal.
• Heritage Links Around the World from the Canadian Heritage Information Network.
• Art Museum Network, North America.
• Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources on the Web by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA.
• List of virtual school museums by The School Museum site by From Now On, The Educational Technology Journal.
• List of museums from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
• Visting a museum - index of museums from MUSEOS. (See also links to other museums.)
• Internet MuseumStroll by Ferguson-Taylor Group, Inc. Part of Internet ArtResources. Includes keyword searching.
• A2Z: Arts & Humanities: Museums from Lycos.
• Magellan search for "museum" from the Magellan Internet Guide.
• Virtual Tour of Museums and Exhibits from Virtual Index.
• Natural history museums Internet Resource Guide for Zoology from BIOSIS.
• Museums Pages by the Art Now Gallery Guide.
• Guide de l'Internet culturel, including musées, culture scientifique et technique and archéologie from the French Ministry of Culture. (In French.)
• Maritime museums in France and the rest of the world.
• Guides to museums on the Internet including African museums and related organisations from the International Documentation Committee (CIDOC) of ICOM.
• Museum related resources on the Web from Nedsite.
• MuseuMall - see tour.

See also the following lists:

• Museums - Exhibits and Special Collections from EInet Galaxy.
• Webster's definition - also available on-line.
• On-line exhibitions and images.
• Sensors and Instrument Technology Museum Guide.
• Planetary Tour Guide.
• Subway to other virtual destinations (including museums) on the Internet.
• Index to Multimedia Information Sources including Digital Galleries and Museums.
• Digital Art: Computer Based Exhibits and Traditional and Fine Art.
• Multimedia Exhibits, Archives and Expositions.
• Museums and Galleries from Project DA-CLOD. Here an online form is directly accessible to interactively add online entries.
• Museum Information from ArtSource.
• Links to Biodiversity and Biological Collections, Cornell University, USA.
• Organizations related to museums from the Global On-Line Directory.
• Museum Architecture - list of resources from the Laboratory for Architecture (LAVA), Eindhoven University, The Netherlands.
• Museums and exhibitions in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine section of the WWW Virtual Library.
• Museums in the World Wide Web Power Index.
• Museum of Museums - art pointers.
• Museums, Arts, and Interests from Downtown Anywhere.
• List of Exhibitions in the WWW Virtual Library Culture section.
• "Museum Web" (including information on a number of US museums), "Gallery Web" and Museum CD-ROM Guide & Directory from Art-ROM.
• Museums lists at the Centre Georges Pompidou (also in French), Paris.
• Science Centres and Museums on the Web from the Australian Science Communicators (ASC), Adelaide. (Derived mostly from the WWW VL pages!)
• RLG Member Web Exhibits from Research Libraries Group, Inc., Stanford, USA.
• The Arts, a list of museums from the BBC, UK.
• On-line Museums and Exhibits list at University at Buffalo Wings, USA.
• Museum and Non-Book Collections by the Museums Information Project, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• Museums list from CityNet.
• Museums and Exhibitions list from CInet.
• Visual Arts, Art History, Museums and Exhibitions from the HUMBUL Gateway International Resource for the Humanities.
• Museums list from the Oxford Brookes University Geology & Cartography Division.
• Palaeontology Services on the Web from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Canada.
• Museums on the Web, created for the Going to a Museum? A Teacher's Guide.
• The Museum - a collection of electronic museums.
• UK Museums listed by the UK Government. See also search for "museum".
• On-line Museums Art Magazine. (Also in Spanish.)
• Museum and Museum-related URLs: A-L and M-Z from the Museum Computer Network.
• Jewish/Israel Culture Museums, Galleries and Collections.
• Museum search from POINTreview
• Art Museums and Galleries lists from American Online.
• Archaeological Museums and Research Facilities from ArchNet.
• History of Science & Science Museums.
• Libraries & Museums and search for "museum" from the UK National Inventory Project. New submissions welcome here.
• The World of the Vikings museums.
• Art museums in alphabetical and geographical order by Art in Context. Also searchable.
• Association of Science-Technology Centers Travel Guide.
• Electric Collections, a virtual tour of museums and exhibits on the Internet, and other exhibits by Scientific American.
• Military museums list by the Antique Militaria and Collectibles Network.
• EZ Connect Galleries and Museums list.
• Institutional, museum, and society home pages for Egyptology resources, Newton Institute, University of Cambridge, UK.
• Exhibitions Museums & Galleries Index from the ARC.
• Survey of Art/Museum CD-ROMs.
• Search for "museum" in the ADAM Art, Deisgn, Architecture and Media Information Gateway.
• Museos del mundo from Mexico (in Spanish).

See the following articles:

• Virtual Museums: The Web Experience, including hyperlinks to virtual museums.
• Educational Tools on the Internet, including hyperlinks to museums.
• The Mystery at the Museum by Wen Li (age 10) in KidsPub.
• Building Virtual Museums from Bellingham Public Schools, including a Virtual Museums article.
• Impact Guide to Museum son the Web, by topic, location and regional contents.
• Natural History Museums and on-line exhibitions, images, etc.
• Museums of the Web from Cybertown.
• Art, Architecture and Museums Award Winners by Epicurus.
• Museums alphabetic list from Pressplus, Atlantic City, USA.
• Fire Museum Network. Directory of around 300 US fire museums.
• Art Museums from WebCrawler, including a VLmp review.
• Musées and other cultural resources listed by the Ministry of Culture, France. (In French.)
• Art, Architecture and Museums best sites selected by Epicurus.
• Classic car museums listed by US state / country.
• Museums listed by Links²go.
• Museums listed in the Arts & Culture BBC Web Guide.
• Museum buildings listed by Great Buildings Online.
• Maritime and military museums in the UK and Ireland.
• Unusual museums of the Internet WebRing and home page.
• Open Directory - Reference: Museums list.
• Museums & Galleries - 123 World.

See also on-line Digital Collections.

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