Reference Desk
Virtual Gallery/museum
A World of Art: Works in Progress
http://www.learner.org/resources/series64.html
A video instructional series on art appreciation for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 10 half-hour video programs and coordinated books
Each program in this art appreciation series is devoted to a contemporary artist who takes one or more works of art from start to finish. Listening to the artists and observing their working process provides insight into the artworks themselves. The series emphasizes effective visual communication, problem solving, and critical thinking as large, often collaborative, projects are seen through to completion. The series includes painting, photography, sculpture, video, and performance art.
Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with Oregon State University. 1997.
Related topics: sculpture photography painting art
American Impressionism and Realism
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/horo_intro.shtm
Online site provides essays on 12 paingints and biographies of 8 artists fomr thMargaret and Raymond Horowitz Colletion (National Gallery of Art) as well as online tours for other galleries.
Related topics: video and digital arts sculpture photography painting art advising
Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
A searchable guide to great art on the internet. Provides biographies, links to artists' websites and essays. Searchable by artist name or movement.
Related topics: video and digital arts sculpture photography painting art
ArtMuseum.Net
http://www.artmuseum.net/w2vr/contents.html
An online museum designed to "expand access to great art exhibitions and foster a deeper understanding of the story behind the art." The multimedia exhibit includes digital reproductions of paintings, sketches, letters, photographs, audio-tour sound clips, and more.
Related topics: art
California Academy of Sciences: Natural History Museum
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/
Virtual exhibits as well as info about on-ground museum.
Changing the Face of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/exhibition
/
An online exhibit "honoring the lives and accomplishments of these women in the hope of inspiring a new generation of medical pioneers."
Related topics: nursing science
Charles Sheeler: Across Media
http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/sheeler/overview.html
The first exhibit to focus on the relationships amonf photgraphy, film and painting in the works fo Charles Sheller (1883-1965). Online site allows visitors wot view selected works
Related topics: video and digital arts photography painting film art
Cinema Treasures
http://www.cinematreasures.org/
"...a groundbreaking website devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness. Utilizing the community-building capabilities of the internet, Cinema Treasures unites movie theater owners and enthusiasts in a common cause—to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country."
Related topics: film film
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorbilia
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/
Sponsored by Ferris State University in Grand rapids, MI.
"Our mission is to promote racial tolerance by helping people
understand the historical and contemporary expressions of intolerance."
Related topics: cultural studies
John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection
http://www.mcgill.ca/dcp/projects/bland/
Links to libraries, digital collections, journals and more.
Related topics: architecture
MIT Open Courseware
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
A free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
Related topics: accounting active learning addiction counseling advising african studies african-american studies aging air traffic control algebra apparel technologies archaeology architecture art asian studies assessment in the online classroom astronomy at-risk students automotive service technology automotive technician barbering best practices (general) best practices: teaching biology biotechnology blogs business office administration cabinetmaking carpentry case-based teaching chemistry child development chinese civility classroom assessment classroom design classroom management classroom research college readiness commercial vendor community health worker computer forensics computer science concept mapping construction construction electricity cooperative and collaborative learning cosmetology course design courses/tutorials criminal justice studies crisis in the classroom culinary arts cultural studies dance death and dying dental assistant developmental education discussion groups in the classroom e-learning economics electronic portfolio employment engineering english english for speakers of other languages ethics evaluating curriculum evaluating electronic portfolios evaluating web sources evaluation - mid-term evaluation - peer observation evaulation-faculty faculty_adminstration relationships fair use farm business management film fire technology first days first-generation college students first-year experience foreign languages french gender geography geology german global perspective grading health and safety heating, ventilation , air conditioning and refrigeration hispanic studies history homeland security specialist hospitality humanities humor inexperienced students information studies institutional/program/discipline assessment instructional design intellectual property tutorial interactive learning international studies jewelry manufacture and repair journalism labs large classes law learning communities learning contracts learning outcomes learning styles learning theories lectures lesson plans library science literature machine tool technology mathematics mentoring motivation music native american studies new faculty nursing online collaboration online course design online teaching painting philosophy photography physical education physical therapy physics plagiarism podcasts poetry political science polysommographic technology preliminary assessments preparing future faculty problem solving problem-based learning program evaluation psychology radiological services remediation research using the internet reusable classroom materials rubrics science sculpture self-assessment service learning sociolgy sound arts spanish speech communications statistics student ethnicity student feedback student honesty student retention students in transition students with disabilities supplemental instruction syllabi teach act teaching strategies team teaching technology in the classroom textbook evaluation theater tutoring urban park, recreation and youth development video and digital arts video capture welding technician womens studies writing blogs
Museo Virtual De Artes El Pais
http://muva.elpais.com.uy/Esp/
Virtual Museum. (In Spanish)
Related topics: art spanish
Museum of Online Museums
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
"The Museum Campus contains links to brick-and-mortar museums with an interesting online presence. Most of these sites will have multiple exhibits from their collections (or, in the case of the Smithsonian, displays of items not on display in the Washington museum itself).
The Permanent Collection displays links to exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising.
Galleries, Exhibition, and Shows is an ecelctic and ever-changing list of interesting links to collections and galleries, most of them hosted on personal web pages. In other words, it's where all the good stuff is. "
National Institute of Standards and Technology Virtual Museum
http://museum.nist.gov/
A museum of artifacts relating to the evolutoin and development of measurement standardization.
Related topics: nursing mathematics engineering cosmetology construction computer science carpentry business office administration barbering automotive technician apparel technologies
Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
http://cprr.org/
Photographic history museum.
Peter Parker Collection
http://cwmldl.med.yale.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localh
ost&a=p&p=about&c=ppdcdot&ct=0&l=en&
;w=utf-8
A searchable database of portraits of specific medical conditions owned by Dr. Peter Parker(1804-1888), medical missionary and diplomat to China. These portraits, created by some of the finest Chinese painters "utilizing the Western style of portraiture" were displayed in the United States to promote his missinoary activities.
Related topics: painting
The FOOD Museum Online
http://www.foodmuseum.com/
Your source for food exhibits, examination of food issues and resources, food history, food fun, food news on The FOOD Museum’s interactive Blog, answers to your food questions, and the museum’s favorite places and things, including restaurants, cafes, books, and films.
Related topics: culinary arts
The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts
http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html
The Virtual Museum of Traditional Japanese Arts is produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Kodansha International Ltd., which is responsible for the contents of the site. Reproduction of photographs appearing on this site is prohibited.
Related topics: art asian studies cultural studies history
Trove.net: Reflecting the World's Cultures
http://www.trove.net/
Digital images from "constantly growing collections of art, photos, maps, music, posters, manuscripts..." Most can be used under the fair use for teaching and learning.
Related topics: art global perspective history humanities music political science
Virtual Library Museums Pages (VLmp)
http://vlmp.museophile.com/
This site is a portal to virtual museums and libraries all over the world.
WWW Virtual Museums
http://vlmp.museophile.com/cgi/htgrep/file=/vlmp/vlmp-db.ht
ml&style=ol?virtual
A list of virtual museums all over the world.
