Art Gallery of New South Wales. The official website of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia. The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the leading museum of art in New South Wales and Sydney, and one of Australia's foremost cultural institutions. It holds significant collections of Australian, European and Asian art, and presents nearly forty exhibitions annually.
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
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Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art. Founded in 1914 with a single painting, the BMA today has 90,000 works of art-including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world. Throughout the Museum, visitors will find an outstanding selection of European and American fine and decorative arts, 15th through 19th century prints and drawings, contemporary art by established and emerging contemporary artists, and objects from Africa, Asia, the Ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands. Two beautifully landscaped gardens display an array of 20th century sculpture that is an oasis in the city.
www.artbma.org
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Berkeley Art Museum. The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. One of the largest university art museums in the United States, in both size and attendance, BAM/PFA opened the doors of its distinctive Modernist building on the south side of the UC Berkeley campus in 1970. BAM/PFA's diverse exhibition programs and its collections of more than 14,000 objects and 10,000 films and videos are characterized by themes of artistic innovation, intellectual exploration, and social commentary, and reflect the central role of education in BAM/PFA's mission.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
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Birmingham Museum of Art. In Birmingham, Alabama, you will find the Birmingham Museum of Art, an exceptional museum displaying art from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. This museum also features Decorative Arts, Paintings, Sculptures, Photography, Prints, Drawings, and Sculpture Gardens. Passing through Birmingham, Alabama? Stop in at an exhibition, event, or just explore the museum.
www.artsbma.org
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Brooklyn Museum of Art. The Brooklyn Museum of Art, located in Brooklyn, New York, hosts a museum of artwork from around the world: Africa, America, Pacific Islands, Asia, Egypt, Ancient Middle East, European, and Islamic, just to name a few. View the site for more info, and drop in if you're ever in Brooklyn.
www.brooklynmuseum.org
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Butler Institute of American Art. "The Butler Institute is the first museum of American art. The original structure, dedicated in 1919, is a McKim, Mead and White architectural masterpiece listed on the National Register of Historic places. The museum's mission is to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country. The Institute's holdings now exceed 20,000 individual works, and the Butler is known worldwide as "America's Museum."" - Butler Institute of American Art
www.butlerart.com
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Carnegie Museum of Art. "The Carnegie Museum of Art offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film and video works. Other collections to note include works of American art from the late nineteenth century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts from the late seventeenth century to the present." - CMOA.org
Featuring the Heinz Architectural Center, The Hall of Architecture, and the Marble Hall of Sculptures, the museum displays replications of architectural and emotional eras prior to present. To find out more, check out their site, or stop in if you're in Pittsburgh, PA
www.cmoa.org
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Centre Pompidou. "Pompidou (in Paris) first opened its doors to the public in 1977. After renovation work from 1997 to December 1999, it opened to the public again on 1 January 2000, with expanded museum space and enhanced reception areas. Since then it has once again become one of the most visited attractions in France. Some 6 million people pass through the Centre Pompidou's doors each year, a total of over 190 million visitors in its 30 years of existence."
www.cnac-gp.fr
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Contemporary Arts Museum. The official website of the State Hermitage museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
www.camh.org
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Guggenheim Museum. The Guggenheim portal allows you to connect with the Guggenheim Museum in each of its locations: New York, Bilbao, Venice, Berlin and Las Vegas. Search each site’s permanent collections, or browse their past and present exhibitions.
www.guggenheim.org
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J.Paul Getty Museum. In Los Angeles, California, The Getty Centre presents the Getty's collection of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views.
www.getty.edu
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Louvre in Paris. The official website of the Louvre in Paris, France. Learn about the history of the Louvre, search the vast collection or check out past and present exhibitions.
www.louvre.fr
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is the largest fine art museum in the state of Tennessee. Their mission Statement: "The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art enriches the lives of our diverse community through the Museum's expanding collection, varied exhibitions, and dynamic programs that reflect the art of world cultures from antiquity to present."
www.brooksmuseum.org
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Metropolitan Museum of Art’s. This page is a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website in New York, NY. It offers a unique, interactive way to look at art through the ages. Click on an era or object that interests you, or use the search function to look for specific treasures. This is the perfect tool for learning about the development of art through history.
www.metmuseum.org
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Montreal Museum of Fine Art. "The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, true to its vocation of acquiring and promoting the work of Canadian and international artists past and present, has a mission to attract the broadest and most heterogeneous public possible, and to provide that public with first-hand access to a universal artistic heritage."
www.mbam.qc.ca
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Musée d'Orsay. The Musée d'Orsay aims to encourage research into the history of art in the second half of the 19th century. Young people under 26, especially students, will find a wealth of material in the Musée d'Orsay to satisfy their curiosity and cultural appetites and to support their investigations into the birth of modernity, whatever their course or field of interest.
www.musee-orsay.fr
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Museum of Modern Art. The official website for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. Use this site to view their extensive collection of modern art online.
www.moma.org
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National Gallery in London. The National Gallery in London, England. Search the permanent collection, past and present exhibitions, or read articles on the latest art news.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
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National Gallery of Australia. "NGA, Parkes, Canberra Australia. The National Gallery of Australia opened in 1982 in an imposing building, designed by architect Colin Madigan, located beside Lake Burley Griffin and surrounded by a landscaped Sculpture Garden. The Gallery houses the national collection, comprising original works of art by Australian and International artists, with particular strengths in modern and contemporary works." -NGA-
www.nga.gov.au
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National Gallery of Canada. This is the website of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. It not only allows you to search the gallery collection and past and present exhibitions, it is also the home of Cybermuse, an online art resource. Cybermuse has sections for teachers, children, and art enthusiasts as well as a searchable database of Canadian art.
national.gallery.ca
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New Orleans Museum of Art. The New Orleans Museum of Art has a magnificent permanent collection of more than 40,000 objects, valued in excess of $200 million. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, African and Japanese works, continues to grow. The five-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA is one of the most important sculpture installations in the United States, with 50 sculptures situated on a beautifully landscaped site amongst meandering footpaths, reflecting lagoons, Spanish moss-laden 200-year-old live oaks, mature pines, magnolias, camellias, and pedestrian bridges.
www.noma.org
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Norman Rockwell Museum. "Norman Rockwell Museum, in Stockbridge Massachusetts, houses the world's largest and most significant collection of original Rockwell art. Highlights include enduring favourites from Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers, the powerful Four Freedoms, and the nostalgic Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas." - NRM
www.nrm.org
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North Carolina Museum of Art. "The state's art collection spans more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present. The ancient collection includes Egyptian funerary art and important examples of sculpture and vase painting from the Greek and Roman worlds. The collection of European paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance through impressionism is internationally celebrated with important works by Giotto, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Anthony van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, Antonio Canova and Claude Monet. American art of the 18th and 19th centuries features paintings by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins and William Merritt Chase." - NCartMuseum -
www.ncartmuseum.org
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Phoenix Art Museum. "Phoenix Art Museum's Collection includes 17,000 works of art that span the centuries and the globe. Emphasis is on American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary, and Western American art, and fashion design. Not to be missed are the Thorne Miniature Rooms of historic interiors and the interactive children's gallery, ArtWorks. You can learn about the Collection through video presentations in the Museum's Orientation Theater and create your own tour with the Museum's entertaining as well as educational MP3 audioguide." - PhxArt.org
For more about the collections, check out the Phoenix Art Museum online.
www.phxart.org
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Rijksmuseum. "The Rijksmuseum provides a wide range of facilities to make the visit to the museum as interesting, attractive and informative as possible. The services provided by the museum range from texts, to audio tours, events and guides." - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl-
www.rijksmuseum.nl
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Royal Ontario Museum. The Royal Ontario Museum is located in the city of Toronto, one of North America's largest, most diverse and exciting urban centres. The ROM is a must-see Toronto attraction and 2007 marks the beginning of the Crystal Age for the ROM. At the very least, check out the Royal Ontario Museum website for fun historical facts and information.
www.rom.on.ca
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Salvador Dalí Museum. "The Salvador Dalí Museum is the permanent home of the world's most comprehensive collection of the renowned Spanish artist's work. Compiled by the A. Reynolds Morse and Eleanor Morse over a 45-year period, it is celebrated for its 96 oil paintings." - SDM
www.salvadordalimuseum.org
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San Diego Museum of Art. The San Diego Museum of Art offers Lectures, film, concerts, poetry, canvas, and sculptures. Stop in if you're ever in, or passing through, San Diego and experience an elegant and cultural vacation.
"The San Diego Museum of Art's education department is committed to reaching out into the community in order to make the Museum accessible to anyone who wants to learn about its collections and exhibitions and to understand and participate in the creative process." - http://www.sdmart.org/ -
Inspire creativity in yourself or in a child with the Adult and Youth Classes offered, or the youth summer camps.
www.sdmart.org
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State Hermitage Museum. The official website of the State Hermitage museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
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Tate National Galleries. "The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, true to its vocation of acquiring and promoting the work of Canadian and international artists past and present, has a mission to attract the broadest and most heterogeneous public possible, and to provide that public with first-hand access to a universal artistic heritage."" Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art. The other three galleries are Tate Britain, also in London, Tate Liverpool, in the north-west, and Tate St Ives, in Cornwall, in the south-west. The entire Tate Collection is available online.
Tate Britain is the world centre for the understanding and enjoyment of British art and works actively to promote interest in British art internationally. The displays at Tate Britain call on the greatest collection of British art in the world to present an unrivalled picture of the development of art in Britain from the time of the Tudor monarchs in the sixteenth century, to the present day.
Tate Liverpool, located in the port city of Liverpool in the north of England, is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. This comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art." -http://www.tate.org.uk/-
View the website for more information on collections and galleries.
www.tate.org.uk
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The Andy Warhol Museum. The museum, housed in a renovated seven-floor warehouse building, displays more than 500 works of art, drawn from its extensive collections of works by Andy Warhol in all media, as well as from its huge archives and a collection of works by other artists.
The galleries are ever-changing, exhibiting works arranged in an integrated, interdisciplinary manner. With film, video, and archival materials shown together with paintings, prints, and drawings, the museum offers the visitor a comprehensive presentation of the development of Warhol's work.
www.warhol.org
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The Art Institute of Chicago. Here you will learn about the character and structure of the Art Institute of Chicago collection and also about their educational programs and exhibitions. If you're ever in Chicago, take the opportunity to check out this wonderful gallery.
www.artic.edu/aic/
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The British Museum. "The website is not merely a source of information about the collection and the Museum, but a natural extension of its core purpose to be a laboratory of comparative cultural investigation." -The British Museum-
This is a highly interactive site about The British Museum and the museum's contents. Take a look and learn a little about art and history.
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, true to its vocation of acquiring and promoting the work of Canadian and International artists past and present, has a mission to attract the broadest and most heterogeneous public possible, and to provide that public with first-hand access to a universal artistic heritage. Year after year, the Museum continues to acquire new works to enrich its collections of Ancient Cultures, European Art, Canadian Art, Inuit and Amerindian Art, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts.
www.mbam.qc.ca
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Van Gogh Museum. An extensive collection (more than 200 paintings, 437 drawings and 31 prints) of Van Gogh's work can be found at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It provides the opportunity to keep track of the artist's developments, or compare his paintings to works by other artists from the 19th century in the collection. The museum also holds an extensive offer of exhibitions on various subjects from 19th century art history.
www.vangoghmuseum.nl
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