Alphabetic listing of
Museums, Science and Art Centers
- 1950s
All-Electric Model House, Shawnee, KS. The first 1950s
suburban house museum in the country! Discover why a house in the
suburbs was the American Dream after World War II. This
all-electric house was the "house of the future" in
1953. Now it's a museum!
- A
Guide to the Museums of Washington, Washington, DC. Website
with reviews and critiques of the major museums and galleries of
the Washington metropolitan area. Updated weekly. Sender: Matthew
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- A. Philip Randolph
Pullman Porter Museum, Chicago, IL. Collection is dedicated to
and composed of information of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car
Porters labor union. The first African American labor union
chartered in the US..
- A.C. Gilbert's Discovery
Village, Salem, OR. Children's interactive science museum and
outdoor park. Invent toys, explore, and have fun in arts,
activities, classes, Summer camps on the Willamette River.
- 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.
- Adirondack Museum, Blue
Mountain Lake, NY. A regional museum of history and art, the
Adirondack Museum tells the stories of people who have lived,
worked and played in this 6 million acres of private/publicly held
wilderness in upstate New York. Twenty-three indoor and outdoor
exhibit areas overlook Blue Mountain Lake.
- Adler Planetarium and
Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL. A world class collection of
early astrological technology.
- African Art Museum of the
SMA Fathers, Tenafly, NJ. Collects, exhibits, publishes
traditional sub-Saharan African art. Reference library.
Educational programs for schools K-college and adults. Lectures,
concerts, films.
- Agricultural Heritage Museum,
Brookings, SD. Specializes in the agricultural history of South
Dakota from 1860 to 1950. Technology and photo archive.
- Akron Art Museum,
Akron, OH. Situated in a renovated Post Office building, the permanent
collection emphasizes contemporary art, photography, and folk
arts.
- Albany Institute of
History & Art, Albany, NY. Permanent collection of 20,000+
objects featuring Hudson River School paintings, limner portraits,
sculpture, silver, pewter, ceramics, 18-19c furniture, regional
contemporary art, public programs & changing exhibitions
throughout the year.
- Albin Polasek Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL. This museum is dedicated to
the life works of noted Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek
(1879-1965).
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo, NY. While relatively small, the museum has an excellent
collection of modern 20th century art, as well as statuary &
paintings from earlier centuries.
- Alexander Vaisman
Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. Paintings and drawings by Alexander
Vaisman. This is a virtual museum.
- Alexandria
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- Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, Alexandria, VA. The Alexandria Archaeology Museum is
the City of Alexandria, Virginia's community archaeology program.
Its exhibits, educational programs, and extensive collections are
based on more than 30 years of excavations and research on
Alexandria's history.
- Alexandria Museum of Art,
Alexandria, LA. Hosts changing exhibitions gallery and permanent
collection gallery of Contemporary Louisiana Artists. Also a
Children's hands-on gallery and multi-media gallery.
- Aliceville Museum,
Aliceville, AL. This museum focuses on local history for Pickens
County, Alabama, and west central Alabama.
- Allen
Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio. 17th century
Dutch, Japanese prints, Renaissance and Baroque prints, modern
European and contemporary American art.
- American Center for
Wine, Food and the Arts , Napa, CA. Opening 2001--a new museum
and cultural center under construction in Napa, CA. Exploring wine
and food as an expression of American culture, through the arts
and humanities.
- American Hall of Heroes
Museum, Pueblo, CO. A large (15 megs and growing) source of
historical information on American history and heroes, with
special emphasis on recipients of the Medal of Honor. This site
includes historical information with time lines and graphics, with
excellent material for use in school lesson/project planning. It
also includes inter- active, educational games and projects, along
with the inspirational stories of great American men and women.
- American Hop Museum,
Toppenish, WA. The only Hop Museum in the United States showcasing
the history of the hop industry from the early growing periods in
New York, the Migration across the United States and the beginning
of the industry in the Northwest. Displays include historical
equipment.
- American Irish Historical Society,
New York, NY. Rare books, periodicals, monographs, archives
newspapers, artifacts and art documenting the role of Irish and
Irish-Americans in the founding, shaping and safeguarding of the
United States.
- American
military museum, El Monte, CA. Over 130 different military
equipment from ww1 to contemporary jeeps, trucks, tanks, cannons,
personnel carriers, the largest inter service collections on the
west coast.
- American Museum of
Asmat Art, Saint Paul, MN. Asmat art from Papau New Guinea.
- American Museum of Science
and Energy, Oak Ridge, TN. Funded by the US Department of
Energy, AMSE hosts energy related exhibits, demonstrations and
events that relate to energy, science and the world around us
- American Museum of the Moving
Image, Astoria, NY. Museum devoted to the art, history,
technique, and technology of motion pictures, video, television,
and digital media.
- 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).
- American Swedish
Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Thirteen galleries and
library focus on history of Swedes in America from the
establishment of the New Sweden Colony in 1638 to contemporary
Swedish technology, architecture, fine and decorative arts.
- American Textile History Museum ,
Lowell , MA. This national treasure houses one of the largest
textile history collections in the world -- books, images, textile
samples, garments, household textiles, textile-making tools and
equipment. On-going exhibition, "Textiles in America",
history of cloth making from 1700s to 1900s; three or four
temporary exhibitions per year.
- American Visionary Art Museum,
Baltimore, MD. essly edited).
- 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.
- Amon Carter Museum,
Fort Worth, TX. The Amon Carter Museum was established through the
generosity of Amon G. Carter, Sr. (1879-1955), to house his
collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and
Charles M. Russell; to collect, preserve, and exhibit the finest
examples of American art; and to serve an educational role through
exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of
American art.
- Amuseum
Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ. A virtual museum and gallery of
arts, collectibles, and antiques. Featuring rare Salvador Dali
sketches, art deco pieces, and 60s memorabilia. This is a VIRTUAL
museum.
- 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.
- Andover Historical
Society, Andover, MA. Features the history of Andover,
Massachusetts back to its founding in 1646 with records, maps,
books, manuscripts and exhibits in a newly restored 1819 house and
barn museum. Research questions are handled by email. Open Tuesday
to Friday, 9 to 5 and on Saturday 9 to 3, closed Sundays and
holidays.
- Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh.
- Angels Attic,
Santa Monica, CA. A museum of antique dolls, toys, miniatures and
dollhouses. Located in an 1895 Queen Anne Victorian house.
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum,
Lancaster, CA. Located in the Heart of California's Mojave Desert,
the Antelope Valley Indian Museum contains many rare or
one-of-a-kind artifacts. This folk art structure is on the
National Register of Historic Places.
- Anti-Saloon League
Museum, Westerville, OH. The Anti-Saloon Museum houses one of
the largest collection of Temperance materials in the United
States. The museum reflects the history and heritage of the
Anti-Saloon League and the Prohibition movement in America.
- 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.
- Appleton
Museum of Art, Ocala, FL. Collection of 19th C. European art,
etc.
- 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.
- Arizona Museum for Youth,
Mesa, AZ. An art museum you can really 'kid' around in! Fine art
is combined with hands-on activities in an environment that
stimulates creative expression! The Arizona Museum for Youth
offers children the excitement provided by fine arts. Visual and
tactile stimulation is combined in an environment designed for
learning and creative expression.
- Arizona
Science Center, Phoenix.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago. Museum and art school.
- Art Museum Network Official
Web site for the largest art museums in North America. Choose
a museum by region.
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas,
Beaumont, TX. The Art Museum of Southeast Texas features 8-10
exhibitions per year of 19th and 20th century American, World,
folk and decorative arts. A full schedule of related educational
programs are also offered.
- Art Museum.net, Santa
Clara, CA. The Art Museum.net site allows the user to explore the
paintings through a navigable 3D representation of the exhibition
as it existed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Features of the site include zoomable images of the paintings,
audio files about selected paintings, and informational
explanations for each work. This is a VIRTUAL museum.
- ArtQuest, Greensboro, NC.
An interactive art experience for children located in the
Greensboro Cultural Center.
- Arts
Online at the Hearst, Cedar Falls, IA. Links to museums,
visual artists and organizations, writers and literary agencies,
dancers and dance companies, actors and theatres, musicians and
music organizations.
- Atlanta History Center,
Atlanta, GA. On its 33-acre site, the Atlanta History Center
offers award-winning exhibitions on Atlanta history, the Civil War
and southern folk arts and crafts, as well as regularly changing
exhibitions; two historic houses - the famous 1928 Swan House
mansion and the 1845 plantation-plain Tullie Smith Farm; beautiful
gardens showing the landscape history of the area; and an
extensive research library/archives.
- ATU Museum
of Prehistory and History , Russellville, AR. Museum
collections and exhibits focus primarily on Native American
occupation of the area. Regional history and a developing family
archive are other museum emphases.
- 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.
- Autry Museum of Western
Heritage, Los Angeles, CA. Explores the myths and realities of
the American West and its diverse populations. In addition to
three major changing exhibits each year, the museum has more than
51,000 objects in 7 permanent collection galleries including fine
artworks, folk art, native american artifacts, cowboy clothes
& equipment.
- B Reactor Museum
Association, Richland, WA. The BRMA is a voluntary association
of groups and individuals committed to the historic preservation
of the Hanford B Reactor, the first large-scale nuclear reactor
ever built.
- Balch Institute for
Ethnic Studies , Philadelphia, PA. Museum,research library,
and archive. One of the largest reseach centers on US immigration,
ethnicity, and multiculturalism. Many past exhibits and library
card catalog (60,000+ items) available on-line.
- Ball
State University Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana.
- Baltimore Museum of
Industry, Maryland. In an 1870 oyster cannery by the inner
harbor.
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- Baltimore
Streetcar Museum, Inc., Baltimore, MD. America's only trolley
museum with operating artifacts from a single city . . .
Baltimore. Come, ride with us!!!
- Balzekas
Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL. The Lithuanian
people have a fascinating history. More Lithuanian immigrants
settled in Chicago than any other city. This is a small museum in
the same building as the office of the Lithuanian government.
- 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.
- Barnum Museum,
Bridgeport, CT. P.T. Barnum was an entrepreneur, politician,
journalist, impresario, museum owner and founder of "The
Greatest Show on Earth". Only one museum depicts the
extraordinary life and the enormous influence this man had on 19th
century America - The Barnum Museum.
- Barrick Museum of
Natural History, Las Vegas, NV.
- 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.
- Bay Area Discovery Museum,
Sausalito, CA. Just under the North tower of the Golden Gate
Bridge is a fantastic place where toddlers to ten-year-olds and
their families will find limitless opportunities for discoveries
in art, science and media.
- Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis
Shrine, Biloxi, MS. Last home of President Jefferson Davis,
includes two museums 52 landscaped acres, giftshop, and the
Jefferson Davis Presidential Library in Biloxi, MS.
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
and Museum, Beckley, WV. This museum is part of the Beckley
Exhibition Coal Mine. It is part of a recreated Coal Camp in the
Mountains of West Virginia. See how coal miners and their families
lived from the early 1900's through present day.
- Bell Museum of Natural
History, Minneapolis, MN. In addition to the dioramas, a wide
variety of changing exhibitions and beautiful wildlife art enrich
our understanding of the natural world. Make tracks to the Touch
& See Room...and bring your curiosity! Here you'll learn about
nature by touching turtles, stroking snakes and animal skins,
peeking inside skulls, and handling other wonderful objects from
nature.
- 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.
- Betty Brinn Children's Museum,
Milwaukee, WI. The Museum "where kids can play their way
smart," gears its exhibits to the age ranges of 1-10. We
encourage interaction between parents and children for an
educational and fun time for all.
- Biblical Resource
Center & Museum, Collierville, TN. Artifacts, replicas and
documents reflective of Near-Eastern & Mediterranean culture
in the Biblical period.
- Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery
, Lindsborg, KS. Swedish-American modernist painter and
printmaker Birger Sandzen (1871-1954). European trained painter of
landscapes of Kansas, Colorado and the Southwest.
- Bishop Museum,
Honolulu, Hawaii. The State Museum of Natural and Cultural
History. Pacific anthropology, botany, entomology and zoology.
Includes on-line
exhibits.
- Bob Jones University
Museum & Gallery, Greenville, SC. One of the most highly
recognized collections of religious art in the western hemisphere
featuring works by Dolci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Van Dyck, and
many others.
- Boca Raton Museum of Art,
Boca Raton, FL. Fully accredited museum, with a fine Permanent
Collection of over 3000 pieces.
- Bolinas Museum,
Bolinas, CA. The Bolinas Museum features historical artifacts and
contemporary art of Coastal Marin County, California. The Museum's
permanent collection includes artifacts and memorabilia from
Bolinas' and West Marin's history as a supplier of ships and
proven
- Bonnet House, Fort
Lauderdale, FL. Bonnet House is a whimsical 35 acre subtropical
beach front estate. It was donated to the Florida Trust for
Historic Preservation in 1983 by Evelyn Bartlett.
- Boston Area and
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- Bowers Museum of Cultural Art,
Santa Ana, CA. A museum of California history.
- Bradbury Science
Museum, Los Alamos, NM. The Bradbury Science Museum displays
exhibits about the history of Los Alamos National Laboratory,
focusing on its role in the Manhattan Project during World War II,
and its current research.
- Brandywine River
Museum, Chadds Ford, PA. Housed in a restored 19th century
gristmill, the museum showcases an extensive collection of Wyeth
family art, illustrations and other 19th and 20th century American
art.
- 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.
- Buddy Holly Center,
Lubbock, TX. Dedicated to the presentation of changing exhibitions
on contemporary visual arts and Texas music and music history.
Features a permanent exhibition on the life and music of rock
pioneer, Buddy Holly.
- 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.
- Burke Museum of
Natural History and Culture , Seattle, WA. This is the State
Museum of Natural History and Culture, and houses an outstanding
collection of Pacific Rim cultural artifacts as well as strong
paleontology and anthropology collections.
- Butler County Soldiers,
Sailors & Pioneers Monument, Hamilton, OH. Built 1902-1906
on the site of Fort Hamilton, Ohio (1791-1795). The Monument
houses military artifacts ranging from the Civil War to the Gulf
Ear.
- BYU Earth Science
Museum, Provo, UT. Among other exhibits, this museum features
mounted dinosaur skeletons, a fossil touch table, a mural of the
Jurassic period, and a working paleontology lab.
- California Academy of
Sciences, San Francisco, CA. Home of the Steinhart Aquarium,
the Morrison Planetarium and the Natural History Museum. Earth,
Ocean and Space all in one place.
- 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.
- 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.
- California Museum of Photography,
University of California, Riverside. Includes network
exhibitions.
- California Views Historical Photo
Collection, Monterey, CA. California Views established in 1970
and located in Monterey, California, this unique photo archive is
the most comprehensive historical photo collection of Central
California. With over 75,500 images in its archives.
- Canajoharie Library and Art
Gallery, Canajoharie, NY. A collection of representational
American Art featuring works of Winslow Homer, the American
Impressionists, the Eight, Hudson River School painters and
others. Founded in 1927, as a museum of American Art by local
industrialist, Bartlett Arkell. Since that time, the museum has
grown to include over 500 paintings and other works of Art by many
of this countries best known painters, sculptors and other
artists.
- 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.
- Captain Kazooz Kazoo
Museum, San Jose, CA. A collection of antique, unusual, unique
and logo kazoos from around the world.
- Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, Pittsburgh, PA. Through its explorations,
collections, research, exhibitions, and educational programs, the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History advances knowledge of the
Earth, its life and cultures, and acts as a steward of our natural
world.
- Carnegie Science Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!. Hands-on exhibits, including a
miniature railroad and village, Omnimax theater, interactive
planetarium, World War II submarine.
- Carroll Reece Museum,
Johnson City, TN. Located on the Campus of East Tennessee State
University, the Reece hosts collections of mainly regional art and
history.
- Carson Valley
Museum and Cultural Center, Gardnerville, NV. Located on
Highway 395 in the heart of Gardnerville on the eastern side of
the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this museum reflects the history
of the Carson Valley from 1915 through to the present. Washoe
Indian and Basque heritage exhibits are featured along with
agriculture, early telephone, doctors, and restored 19th century
vehicles. Changing gallery highlights people, places and
activities.
- Caverns Creek
Grist Mill Museum, Howes Cave, NY. A 182 yr. old, restored,
water wheel powered Mill and Museum, fully intact and operable
- Center for Creative
Photography, Tucson, AZ. One of the world's great photography
museums with changing exhibitions, public programs, a research
center, library, archives and collections numbering more than
50,000 works.
- Central Pacific Railroad Photographic
History Museum Stereo views, engravings, maps, and documents
illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad.
This is a VIRTUAL museum.
- Charles
Dickert Memorial Wildlife Museum, Saranac Lake, NY. This
wildlife museum highlights the work of Charles Dickert, the master
taxidermist who practiced his craft in Saranac Lake for many
decades. The Museum, located in the Saranac Lake Free Library at
100 Main Street, is open weekdays from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
- Charles River Museum of
Industry, Waltham, Massachusetts.
- Charles
Russell Museum, Great Falls, Mt. Comprised of a number of
buildings, home, studio and modern art museum , occupied by the
Western American artist "Charlie" Russell who was a
contemporary of Remington and his equal in fame.
- Charles W. Moore
Foundation, Austin, Texas. A foundation dedicated to
preserving the Moore/Andersson Compound of studios and houses to
the public. The compound was designed by the world renowned
archtiect, Charles W. Moore and contains his extraordinary folk
toy collection.
- Charlotte, The
Vermont Whale An electronic museum.
- Cheekwood, Nashville, TN.
Museum of Art and Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Gardens include
both historic landscapes and specialty garden, the collections
feature 19th and 20th century American art.
- Chicago Academy of Sciences
Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
- Chicago Historical Society,
Chicago, IL.
- Children's Discovery Museum,
San Jose, California.
- Children's Museum
of Indianapolis, Indianapolis.
- Children's Museum of Kansas
City , Kansas City, KS. An interactive museum for youngsters
ages 4-12 and their families. Exhibits cover art, science, and
history.
- China the Beautiful,
Guttenberg, NJ. Virtual museum of Chinese culture art painting
calligraphy philosophy literature poetry. Possibly the largest
on-line site for classical Chinese arts and literature with 20,000
visitors per month.
- Chinqua-Penn,
Reidsville, NC. Built in 1925 by Jeff Penn and Betsy Schoellkopf
Penn (tobacco and Niagara Power wealth), Chinqua-Penn is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places and is a vernacular
example of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the USA. Collections
range from 1600 BC to 1950 and are 100% original to the property.
- Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, VA. The Chrysler Museum of Art features European and
American collections in sculpture, painting and photography as
well as three historic houses and an internationally famous glass
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- Cincinnati Art
Museum, Cincinnati, OH. This museum houses a fine collection
of European art, with an emphasis on 17th to early 20th century
painting. Also featured is a collection of works by artists from
Cincinnati.
- Cincinnati Museum Center
Containing the Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural
History & Science, an Omnimax Theater, and the Cincinnati
Historical Society Library.
- Civil War Soldiers Museum,
Pensacola, Fl. Explore 19th century America and the lives of Civil
War soldiers who served in the great Confederate and Union armies
and navies. Our 4,200 sq. feet of exhibit space currently houses a
diverse collection and currently one of the largest Civil War
medical collections in the world.
- Clark
County Heritage Museum, Henderson, NV.
- Clermont (State
Historic Site), Clermont, NY. Clermont, a 490-acre estate, was
the Hudson River seat of the prominent Livingston family from 1728
to 1962.
- Cleveland Museum of Art,
Ohio.
- Cleveland Museum of Natural
History, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Colonial Williamsburg,
Virginia. Historic capital of 18th century Virginia.
- Colorado Springs Museum,
Colorado Springs , CO. The Colorado Springs Museum collects,
preserves and interprets the history and culture of the Pikes Peak
Region. This web site provides more information about the museum
and its exhibits as well as fully searchable collection database.
- Colorado University
Museum of Natural History , Boulder, CO. The CU Museum is
located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder. It
contains excellent collections of material used in the studies of
Geology, Anthropology, Paleontology in the region of the Rocky
Mountain foothills. It is a free museum and open to the public.
- Columbia River Exhibition of
History, Science, and Technology, Richland, WA. From primitive
irrigation systems to the development and use of robotics, you
will enjoy a fascinating journey through the unique Columbia Basin
region.
- Columbus Art Museum,
Columbus, OH. Located on Main Street just to the east of the
center of downtown Columbus, OH. Currently (summer of 1999) exhibiting
Dresden in the Ages of Splendor and 12 glass chandeliers used in
Seattle, Washington glass maker Dale Chihuly's creation 'Chihuly
over Venice'.
- Columbus Museum,
Columbus, GA. An art and history museum specializing in 18th-20th
century fine and decorative American art and regional history of
the lower southeastern United States. Changing exhibits, permanent
displays, childrens interactive gallery, outdoor gardens, and gift
shop among amenities.
- Computer Museum of
America, La Mesa, CA.
- Concord Museum,
Concord, MA. The Concord Museum serves as the gateway to Concord,
Massachusetts. Its collection illustrates the unique history of
Concord, and includes artifacts from the Revolutionary War as well
as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- Connecticut Valley
Historical Museum, Springfield, MA. Changing exhibitions
highlight various aspects of the Pioneer Valley's 350-year
history.
- Conner Prairie Museum
Contains online full text articles dealing with 19th-century US
history, period recipes, online exhibits, and more
- Contemporary Arts Center ,
Cincinnati, OH. Founded in 1939, the Contemporary Arts Center is
one of the oldest, most active, and most adventuresome museums of
contemporary art in the US. In 1990, the CAC made international
news when it successfully defended the legal right of its audience
to view an exhibition of the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Extensive website, including current exhibitions, kids' pages, CAC
history, virtual exhibitions, and info on a major new building
planned for 2001.
- Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, TX. Very exciting and active museum in the heart of
Houston's museum district, and across from the renowned Museum of
Fine Arts - Houston.
- Cooper Regional History
Museum, Upland, CA. Museum devoted to history of Upland,
Ontario, Montclair, Mt. Baldy, and Rancho Cucamonga (California).
- Coos Art Museum , Coos
Bay, OR. Permanent collection includes Prefontaine memorial
gallery, historic maritime photographs and graphics by major
contemporary artists, as well as works by local artists. Special
shows and art classes offered.
- Corcoran Museum of Art,
Washington, DC. An art museum with stage events, just blocks from
the White house. This is a major privately funded museum, one of
the oldest in the US. Extensive permanent collections are
supplemented by frequent special exhibitions.
- Corning Museum of Glass,
Corning, New York. The Corning collection includes more than
27,000 objects representing 3,500 years of achievements in glass
design and craftsmanship. The Museum's Rakow Library is the
principal research center for glass students worldwide. Its
collections consist of more than 70,000 volumes and 800
periodicals in 41 languages. See also the Corning
Glass Center, Corning, New York.
- Corvette Hall of
Fame and Americana Awarded as "One of the 12 Most
Extraordinary Museums In New York State"
- 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.
- Cranbrook Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, MI. The Cranbrook Educational Community
encompasses a museum representing 20th century artists, architects
and designers. The community also hosts a renowned graduate
program in the fine arts, architecture, and design. Cranbrook has
had many well-known artists, architects, and designers working in
the community at one time or another. Charles and Ray Eames, Eliel
Saarinen, Duane Hanson, Katherine and Michael McCoy, to name a
few.
- Crismon Farm
Heritage Museum
- 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-century California
painting, twentieth-century art from Northern California;
extensive education program.
- CT Visions, a virtual
museum.. CT Visions is an on-line archive and gallery of
photographs -- old and new -- that investigates the significance
of family images as part of our collective memories. Sponsored by
The Connecticut Historical, CT Visions is an ever-changing record
of images and memories of Connecticut's people, and a means
through which people of varied backgrounds and cultures can
communicate and explore similarities and differences. This is a
VIRTUAL museum.
- Czech Center New York,
New York, NY. The Czech Center New York displays an alternating
exhibit of Czech art including graphic art, photography,
sculpture, architecture, and glass. The center is also active in
coordinating Czech exhibits with outside institutions.
- Dahesh Museum, New
York City, NY. The Dahesh Museum is the only museum in America
dedicated to collecting and exhibiting 19th- and early
20th-century European academic art, which is the continuation of
the great Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo traditions in the visual
arts.
- Dali Virtual Museum
of Art dedicated to the Surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
- Dallas Historical Society,
Dallas, TX. The DHS collects archival and 3-D materials pertaining
to the city of Dallas and to the state of Texas.
- Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX.
- Dallas Museum of Natural
History
- Daniel
Gebhart Tavern Museum , Miamisburg, OH. An 1811 Restored Log
Tavern in Miamisburg, Ohio.
- Danish
Immigrant Museum, Elk Horn, IA. The Danish Immigrant Museum is
dedicated to the education and fostering the traditions and
customs of the Danish American people.
- David and Alfred Smart
Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. At the University of Chicago
- Davison Art
Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
- Dayton Art
Institute, Dayton, OH. Has a very large Asian and African Art
gallery, and rotating exhibits have lately included Degas, Rodin,
Ansel Adams.
- DDay Museum, New Orleans,
La.. D Day, June 6th, Museum.
- Decatur House Museum,
Washington, DC. Decatur House, built in 1818 by Benjamin Henry
Latrobe, is a historic house museum and former residence of
prominent figures such as Stephen Decatur, Henry Clay and Martin
Van Buren.
- DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
- Deer Valley
Rock Art Center, Phoenix, AZ. Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site,
with intorduction to rock art.
- Delaware History Center,
Wilmington, DE. Visit the Delware History Museum, Old Town Hall or
historic Willingtown Square. Dedicated to preserving Delaware's
history.
- Dennos Museum Center, Traverse
City, MI. Come Alive Inside Come Alive Inside the Dennos Museum
Center for the visual and performing arts. Featuring an extensive
schedule of changing exhibitions and concerts combined with
gallery tours, artist lectures, hands-on workshops and school
outreach activities.
- Denver Art Museum,
Denver, Co. The largest collection of art between Chicago and San
Francisco.
- 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.
- Detroit Historical
Museum, Detroit, MI. The Detroit Historical Museum is the
regional history museum of Southeastern Michigan, presenting the
more than 300 year history of metropolitan Detroit.
- Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, Michigan.
- Detroit Science Center,
Detroit, MI. The Detroit Science Center features Michigan's only
IMAX Dome Theater, Cyberspace Safari, our 55 computer Internet
Exhibit Lab, our Discovery Theater demo theater and educational
laser shows in the exhibit lab
- Dia Center for the Arts,
New York, NY. A contemporary art museum, Dia's exhibition program
is dedicated to large-scale, single-artist projects, produced on a
substantial scale and with a commitment to site specificity. Dia's
website features artist projects created specifically for the web.
- Diego
Rivera Web Museum dedicated to the Mexican muralist painter
Diego Rivera (1886-l957). (Also in Spanish.)
- 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.
- Discovery Museum,
Bridgeport, CT. The Discovery Museum provides a see, touch, hear
hands on experience in Bridgeport, Connecticut right off the
Merritt Parkway. Hands on galleries, daily planetarium shows,
Challenger Learning Center and other special events.
- Dossin
Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, MI. Located on Belle Isle, the
Dossin Great Lakes Museum is part of the Detroit Historical
Museums. It presents the maritime history of the Great Lakes
region, including the Detroit River, one of the world's busiest
waterways.
- Double Take
Gallery Documentary photography
- Downers
Grove Museum, Downers Grove, IL. The Downers Grove Museum is a
Special Facility of the Downers Grove Park District established to
preserve our local heritage for today's residents and future
generations. Open six days each week, and free to the public.
- Dr Pepper Museum,
Waco, TX. The birthplace of Dr Pepper offers a glimpse of an
earlier time.
- Dr. Samuel
D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore.
- Duke University Museum
of Art, Durham, NC. Permanent collection ranging from Ancient
to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs and scholarly
publications.
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library,
Washington, DC. The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
is housed in a nineteenth-century Federal-style house built on the
crest of a wooded valley in the Georgetown section of Washington,
D.C. The institution now has important research resources in the
areas of Byzantine studies, the history of landscape architecture,
and Pre-Columbian studies. The collections of Byzantine and
Pre-Columbian art and the rare books and prints relating to the
gardens are on public display. The gardens were designed by the
noted landscape gardener Beatrix Jones Farrand and are open to the
public.
- Eagle Mills Cider Co.,
Broadalbin, NY. A working, water wheel powered Cider Mill which
includes operation of 100 year old Cider Press and equipment.
Various artifacts relevant to Cider Making .
- Early American Museum,
Mahomet, IL. The mission of the Early American Museum is to
collect, preserve, and interpret the history of east central
Illinois. The museum has exhibits on 19th century life.
- EarlyWorks History Comlex,
Huntsville, AL. With its three distinct, yet complementary
properties-- the hands-on EarlyWorks Museum, Alabama Constitution
Village and the Historic Huntsville Depot-- EarlyWorks promotes
experience-driven programs, activities, exhibits and special
events for all ages.
- Earth Art Ink, Corvallis,
OR. A collection of artwork (sculptures, paintings, nature
photography). Known artinst include Deacon, Shumway, and Allison.
- East Benton County
Historical Museum, Kennewick, WA. Areas of our museum are
devoted to the forces and movements that shaped the eastern part
of Benton County.
- East
Ely Railroad Depot Museum, Ely, NV.
- East Tennessee Discovery
Center , Knoxville, TN. Features hands-on exhibits, butterfly
and geology collections, live insect zoo, stuffed animal display,
and the AKIMA Planetarium.
- East Tennessee
Historical Society Museum , Knoxville, TN. The museum features
exhibits depicting the triumph and tragedy of two hundred years of
life in the Great Tennessee Valley.
- Eastern State
Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA. Eastern State
Penitentiary Historic Site offers a multidisciplinary tour program
which addresses the architecture and history of the building, its
impact on prison architecture throughout the world, and
contemporary issues in criminal justice. The historic program also
offers exhibits, film screenings, cultural events (dance, theater,
and art exhibits), and lectures and symposia.
- Eccles Community Art Center,
Ogden, UT. Located in a historic mansion, this museum's permanet
collection is enhanced by changing monthly exhibits by
contemporary local artists work.
- Ecology Hall of Fame,
Santa Cruz, CA. The Ecology Hall of Fame honors the heroes of the
environmental movement
- EcoTarium: A Center for
Environmental Exploration, Akron, OH. 65-room Tudor Revival
mansion that was the former home of Goodyear co-founder F.A.
Seiberling situated on 70 acres of artfully landscaped grounds.
Has a well-documented historic house museum that includes gardens
recognized as one of the "top four gardens in the world"
by Garden Design Magazine. Landscape features include a lagoon, a
fully-restored English Garden designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman,
several scenic vistas, a Japanese Garden, and much more.
- Eli Wilner & Company,
New York, NY. Eli Wilner & Company is a gallery specializing
in antique frames from the early 19th Century and Early 20th
Century, both American and European frames. The gallery's website
contains detailed pictures as well as articles, listings of
special events, such as exhibitions and lectures.
- Elkhorn
Valley Museum and Research Center , Norfolk, NE. Elkhorn
Valley Museum and Research Center. Your source for history,
genealogy, documents and more for the Norfolk and Elkhorn Valley
areas of Nebraska in a museum with permanent and rotating
exhibits, a gift shop and an extensive research center and
library.
- Elmhurst Art Museum,
Elmhurst, Illinois. The Elmhurst Art Museum is the cultural center
of DuPage County, Illinois. Specializing in late 20th Century
American Art, it's award winning building was designed around one
of only three Mies van der Rohe homes built in the United States.
- Emigrant
Trail Museum, Truckee, CA. The Emigrant Trail Museum, located
at Donner Memorial State Park, depicts the history of the area and
the people who came into this part of the Sierra. Near the museum
is the Pioneer Monument and the Murphy family cabin site. Also
starting from the side of the museum is a self-guiding nature
trail which is a one half mile loop. Nature trail guides are
available at the museum and campground entrance station.
- EMuseum A virtual
museum of Anthropology, History and Natural History, written and
maintained completely by the students at Minnesota State
University.
- End of the Oregon
Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City , OR. Interpreters
using audiovisual/special effects presentations recreate the
experience of the Oregon Trail and the period of settlement from
the 1840's to the 1880's. The Interpretive Center is located at
the actual historic End of the Oregon Trail.
- Eniac Virtual
Museum, . School of Engineering and Applied Science,
University of Pennsylvania.
- Ernest Hemingway
Birthplace and Museum, Oak Park, Illinois.
- Escher's
Art Museum The graphic work of M.C. Escher.
- Estes Park Area
Historical Museum, Colorado.
- Everhart
Museum
- Everson Museum of Art,
Syracuse, NY. The first museum designed by I.M. Pei, the Everson
offers a wide variety of work - from 18th-century American
portraits to avant-garde sculpture, from photography to some of
the earliest examples of video art. And, our extensive,
internationally recognized collection of ceramics spans ancient
sculpture and Ming dynasty porcelain all the way to contemporary
works.
- Ewing Gallery of Art
& Architecture , Knoxville, TN. Works of avant-garde
artists and architects of international and local stature. Located
on the University of Tennessee campus.
- Fairbanks
Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
- Falls
of the Ohio State Park & Interpretive Center Include site
history, on-line fossil brochures, photo gallery, educator's
material for the classroom, fossil links, and provide site
interpretation for one of the first discovered fossil beds in
North America - known since the early to mid 1700's - a Middle
Devonian coral-sponge patch reef.
- Farnsworth Art
Museum, Rockland, Maine. American art.
- Farragut
Folklife Museum, Farragut, TN. This small museum preserves the
heritage of the schools, churches and the community of this
historical East Tennessee area and includes the The David Glasgow
(Admiral) Farragut Collection.
- Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL. Includes "Sue-cam" real time video of
preparation of world's most complete T-rex skeleton.
- 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.
- Fire Museum of Memphis
- Firehouse
Museum, San Diego, California. Fire-fighting equipment,
including a photographic
exhibit.
- 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, architectural
subjects, and still life's.
- Fleischmann Planetarium,
Reno, NV.
- Florida Association of
Museums, a listing. A website that includes a searchable
directory of all museums in Florida, plus a listing of exhibits
that can be searched by month.
- Florida International
Museum, St. Petersburg, FL. International blockbuster
exhibitions such as Treasures of the Czars, Titanic: The
Exhibition and Empires of Mystery. (800) 777-9882 for current
exhibition.
- Florida Museum of
Hispanic and Latin American Art, Miami, FL. Dedicated to
contemporary art from Spain and Latin America with 11 exhibitions
a year. Founded in September 1991.
- Florida Museum of Natural
History, University of Florida, Gainesville. See on-line
searchable collection databases. Be sure to check out the new
virtual exhibit "Fossil Horses in Cyberspace", a new
component of the museum website
- Fort
Hays State Historic Site, Hays, KS. Blockhouse, guardhouse,
officers quarters, and visitors center all bring to life the
military frontier from the 1860s to the 1880s. Life was difficult
fro the soldiers who protected the trails and the railroad from
Native Americans who resented outsiders taking the land and
destroying the buffalo.
- Fort
McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, MD.
Fort McHenry - birthplace of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Active in four United States wars. Site includes information about
the flag, the National Anthen, Fort history, a virtual tour of the
Fort, re-enactors and more. Site maintained by the Patriots of
Fort McHenry
- Fort Recovery State
Museum, Fort Recovery, OH. Fort Recovery is the site of the
two largest Indian battles in the U.S., St. Clair's Defeat and The
Battle of Fort Recovery. The museum focuses on the 1790's Indian
wars in the Northwest Territory. The museum has artifacts from
both battles and a partial fort on the grounds.
- Fort
Sam Houston Museum, San Antonio, TX. Museum presents the
history of Fort Sam Houston and of the US Army in San Antonio,
1845-present. Exhibits depict growth and development of the post
and significant events affected by this National Historic
Landmark.
- Fort Ward
Museum and Historic Site, Alexandria, VA. Fort Ward is the
best preserved of the system of forts and batteries built to
protect Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War
(1861-1865). Visitors can view the remains of the earthen fort,
the restored Northwest Bastion, the reconstructed Officer's Hut,
and museum exhibitions.
- Forum for Contemporary Art,
St. Louis, MO. FCA is a non-profit museum dedicated to presenting
and interpreting contemporary art and ideas through changing
exhibitions, educational programs and public discussions.
- Franklin and Marshall
College's North Museum, Lancaster, PA. The North Museum of
Natural History and Science houses an impressive array of natural
history and science collections as well as a state-of-the-art
Planetarium (third largest in Pennsylvania) and several specialty
areas that make learning fun for all ages!
- Franklin Institute Virtual Science
Museum, Philadelphia. Includes virtual
exhibits.
- Frazier Farmstead Museum,
Milton-Freewater, OR. An historic farm house listed on the
National Register, which depicts farm life at the turn of the
century.
- Fred Harman Art Museum,
Pagosa Springs, CO. Displays of Original Fred Harman Paintings,
Red Ryder & Little Beaver Comics, Rodeo, Movie and Western Memorabilia.
One of the 5 founders of the Cowboy Artists of America.
- Frederic Remington Art
Museum, Ogdensburg, New York.
- Frederick R. Weisman Art
Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
- 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.
- Friendship
Fire Company Museum, Woodbury, New Jersey. The museum covers
the hosiery of Friendship Fire Company and the Woodbury Fire
Department dating back to 1799 and features our 1799 hand pumper
and our 1911 steamer as well as other artifacts.
- Friendship
Firehouse Museum , Alexandria, VA. Alexandria, Virginia's
first fire fighting organization, established in 1774. Exhibits
interpret the history of fire fighting in Alexandria.
- 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.
- Gadsby's
Tavern Museum, Alexandria, VA. George Washington and several
other prominent individuals frequented the two taverns now known
as Gadsby's Tavern Museum. Dating from 1770 and 1792, Gadsby's
interprets public life in the 18th century.
- Gallery Mint Museum ,
Eureka Springs, AR. The art and history of coin-making thru the
centuries.
- Garfield Farm and Inn
Museum, St. Charles, IL. Illinois farm life in the 1800's.
- General Sweeny's,
Republic, MO. A professionally designed museum that
chronologically traces the war in the Trans-Mississippi west
through thousands of artifacts.
- Genesee
Country Museum
- Genoa Courthouse
Museum, Genoa, NV. Housed in the oldest standing court house
in the state, this museum interprets the history of Nevada's
oldest settlement through exhibits of the original jail and
courtroom, typical household views, Washoe Indian basket making,
and the Pony Express exhibit.
- George E. Ohr Arts and
Cultural Center , Biloxi, MS. Houses over 200 pieces of the
great " Mad Potter's" best work. Web site includes
information on the life and work of George Ohr. Most or all of the
collections are ONLINE.
- George Eastman House
International Museum of Photography & Film, Rochester, NY.
George Eastman House is the foremost museum of photography in the
world.
- George Walter Vincent Smith
Art Museum, Springfield, MA. Japanese arms and armor, Chinese
cloisonne, Islamic rugs and other Asian decorative arts, as well
as 19th-century American paintings and classical sculptural casts.
- George
Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, PA. The George Westinghouse
Museum is a memorial to George Westinghouse, his achievements and
contributions to society. The Museum preserves an important part
of the nation's industrial history and provides a means to share
this rich heritage with present and future generations.
- Georgia Museum of Natural
History, Athens, GA. Designated the official State museum of
natural history on March 1999, the Museum includes 12 collections:
Archaeology, Arthropods, Botany, Geology, Herpetology,
Ichthyology, Invertebrates, Mammalogy, Mycology, Ornithology,
Pollen and Plant Microspores, and Zoo archaeology. The Museums
broad mission includes education, outreach, research and service.
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame,
Macon, GA. Georgia's official state music museum dedicated to
preservation, education and celebration of over 450 Georgia
musicians.
- Georgia Rural Telephone
Museum, Leslie, Georgia.
- Gertrude Salzer Gordon
Children's Museum of La Crosse, Inc. , La Crosse, WI. To open
fall 1998, the Children's Museum of La Crosse will offer three
floors of interactive exhibits, a multipurpose theater, birthday
party rooms, a gift shop and more. Located in a 30,000 square foot
building in downtown La Crosse, WI.
- Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK.
Gilcrease Museum possesses one of the nation's finest and most
comprehensive collections of American art, artifacts, and
documents. Virtually every item in the more than 360,000 -piece
collection relates to the discovery, expansion, and settlement of
North America, with special emphasis on the Western Frontier and
American Indian material.
- Gillespie Co. Historical
Society Pioneer Museum , Fredericksburg, TX. Located right off
Fredericksburg's Main Street, The Pioneer Museum is a three acre
site with 10 historic structures, that deals with the settlement
and cultural history and impact of the German immigrants who
founded Fredericksburg in 1846.
- Glencairn Museum,
Bryn Athyn, PA. Glencairn Museum's mission is to educate visitors
about the history of religion, using art and artifacts from a
variety of cultures and time periods.
- Glenn H Curtiss
Museum of Early Aviation, Hammondsport, NY. Hammondsport, NY
is the birthplace of Glenn Curtiss, father of naval aviation;
pioneer motorcyclist, aviator; home of first woman pilot; 1st NYS
winery.
- Golden State
Museum, Sacramento, CA. The Golden State Museum brings
California's rich history to life with a mix of traditional
exhibits and state-of-the-art technology. Multimedia exhibits tell
the stories of California's people, place, promise, and politics.
- Gomez Mill House,
Marlboro, NY. Built in 1714 by a Sephardic Jew, is the oldest
extant Jewish residence in America. History continued with
American Revolutionary War Patriot Farmers, statesmen, artists.
Dard Hunter, handmade paper maker built third mill on property to
make paper in 1913. Preserved as an historic site by Gomez
Foundation. Board members are descendants of original owners. New
web page. Includes more history, more pictures.
- Goodnow
House State Historic Site, Manhattan, KS. The Goodnow family
came from New England to find a new home and to keep slavery out
of kansas Territory. They stayed and led in the educational
development of the new state. The Goodnows founded the college
that became Kansas State University.
- Goudreau Museum of
Mathematics in Art and Science, New Hyde Park, NY. A hands-on
museum of games and puzzles that involve logic, spatial
visualization and patterns. The museum tries to encourage interest
in mathematics to its visitors regardless of mathematical
background.
- Grand Rapids Art Museum,
Grand Rapids, MI. Changing displays of national and international
artists, in addition to the permanent collection, regional
artists, photography, children's, and rental/sales galleries, gift
shop.
- Graphion's
Online Type Museum History and practice of typesetting.
- Grassroots Art
Center, Lucas, KS. Exhibits of art environments created by
"outsider," self-taught artists in Kansas; includes
limestone sculpture of Inez Marshall, concrete and glass work by
Ed Root, metal totems by M.T. Liggett, work by Lawrence Reynolds,
Herman Divers, Earl Slagle, etc.
- Gray Gallery of Art ,
New York, NY. The museum at New York University
- Great Explorations,
The Hands On Museum, St. Petersburg, FL. Interactive museum
offering hands on exhibits and family fun that teaches artistic
and scientific concepts. Outreach programs and museum rentals
available. Traveling exhibits available: Insect Zoo, Creatures of
the Dark, Mirror Magic and Maze Mania.
- Great Plains Nature Center,
Wichita, KS. The GPNC is a new nature education facility in
northeast Wichita, Kansas, emphasizing the flora, fauna and
habitats of the Great Plains.
- Great Valley
Museum of Natural History , Modesto, CA. See, Touch, and
Experience the past and present of the Great Valley region of
California.
- Greater Lafayette Museum of
Art, Lafayette Indiana. Focuses on Indiana Artists
- Greensboro Historical
Museum, Greensboro, NC. United States history from a Piedmont
North Carolina perspective, including the 1960 Sit-Ins, First Lady
Dolley Madison, author O. Henry, and Civil War firearms.
- Greensboro
Historical Museum , Greensboro, NC. The Greensboro Historical
Museum presents American history from a Piedmont North Carolina
perspective in 12 galleries and 2 restored houses.
- Grey Art Gallery, New York
University, New York, NY. The Grey is NYU's fine arts museum,
with 4-6 exhibitions yearly in our gallery space and 6000+ objects
in our collection.
- Grey Art Gallery, New York
University , New York, NY. The Grey is NYU's fine arts museum,
with 4-6 exhibitions yearly in our gallery space and 6000+ objects
in our collection.
- Grinter
Place State Historic Site, Kansas City, KS. Moses Grinter came
to Kansas long before it was a territory. He earned his livelihood
by trading with the Native Americans and by operating a ferry
where the military road crossed the Kansas River. Here in the
1850s he and his wife, Annie, a Delaware Indian, built a fine new
house that echoed those he had known in his native Kentucky.
- Grout
Museum District, Waterloo, IA.
- Guggenheim Museum,
New York City. Art museum. Outposts in Bilbao, Spain and Venice.
- Haggerty Museum of Art,
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. The Haggerty Museum
offers an exciting range of exhibitions, from Old Master paintings
to contemporary interactive art, with extensive programming for
students and the community.
- 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.
- Hajicek Collection of Mormon
History, Provo, UT. The largest private collection
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