Knowledge: art museums
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- Sackler Museums
http://www.sackler.org - Directory to five museums which hold the collections of publisher and art collector Dr. Arthur M. Sackler.
- Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/tope.html - Paintings and sculptures, European as well as Japanese, mostly 19th and 20th century. The Rodin wing contains pre- and post-Rodin works, as well as a major collection of Rodin.
- NMWA - The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo)
http://www.nmwa.go.jp/ - European paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, from the 14th through the 20th centuries. Illustrated samples from the collections.
- Ethnographic Museum Antwerp
http://museum.antwerpen.be/etnografisch_museum/index_eng.html - Highlights non-European ethnic groups, including African, American, Asian and Oceanian cultures.
- Kunsthal Rotterdam
http://www.kunsthal.nl/english/ - Staging 25 exhibits through the year, the Kunsthal Rotterdam exhibits a full spectrum of art, from Da Vinci to 19th century cat portraits to modern photography and design.
- The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ - Formerly the homes of tsars, the five buildings which comprise the Hermitage now house one of the finest art collections in the world. Site offers a virtual tour, on-line exhibtions and a digital collection of high resolution art images.
- The British Museum
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ - Houses a vast collection of world art and artefacts, highlights of which can be viewed online. Includes visitor information, events and exhibitions programme, current research projects, gallery guides and teaching resources.
- Nature in Art Museum
http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/ - Dedicated to art inspired by nature including artists ranging from Audubon to Picasso. Located in Twigworth, Gloucester.
- Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk - Features world-renowned Arts and Crafts Movement collection, rare Chinese and English ceramics, and 300 years of painting by Dutch and British artists.
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
http://aggv.bc.ca - Featuring a collection of over 15,000 objets d'art from Asia, Europe and North America with primary emphasis on Canada and Japan.
- Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu - Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.
- Allentown Art Museum
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/ - Offering a full schedule of art exhibits, tours, galleries, lectures, workshops, and family activities in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Armand Hammer Museum
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/ - Permanent collections include the Armand Hammer Collection of Art which is primarily composed of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
- The Art Institute of Chicago Museum
http://www.artic.edu/aic/ - Museum houses more than 300,000 works of art and includes among its treasures, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and 33 works by Monet.
- Carnegie Museum of Art
http://www.cmoa.org/ - Museum features a central collection of international art and additional halls of architectural art and sculpture. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Chrysler Museum of Art
http://www.chrysler.org - Exhibits a collection of art works from contemporary times to ancient Egypt, located in Norfolk, Virginia.
- The Detroit Institute of Arts
http://www.dia.org/ - The fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States with holdings of over 60,000 works. More than one hundred galleries featuring paintings, sculpture, and graphic and decorative arts.
- Frye Art Museum
http://www.fryeart.org/ - Collection of 19th and 20th century American, German, and French paintings. Located in Seattle, Washington.
- Georgia Museum of Art
http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/ - Significant resource for UGA, the state, and the southeastern region, with a permanent collection of over 7,000 objects.
- Haggerty Museum of Art
http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/ - Permanent collection covers a variety of art periods and styles. Museum features a permanent exhibit of Old Masters paintings. Located at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden
http://www.hammondmuseum.org/ - A not-for-profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and the arts, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and the West.
- Heckscher Museum of Art
http://www.heckscher.org/ - Permanent collection spans 15th to 20th century, European and American paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Located in Huntington, NY.
- International Museum of Carousel Art
http://www.carouselmuseum.com - Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and exhibition of the world's antique carousels.
- National Cartoon Museum (NCM)
http://cartoon.org/ - Contains a collection of over 160,000 original drawings from every genre of the art and represents cartoonists from over 50 countries. Located in Boca Raton, FL.
- Kimbell Art Museum
http://www.kimbellart.org/ - Fort Worth, Texas museum of international art with collections ranging from antiquities to 20th century contemporary art.
- Mead Art Museum
http://www.amherst.edu/~mead/ - Contains a collection of over 14,000 works by international artists. Located at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org - Collections contains more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org - International museum of fine art.
- National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov - In Washington,D.C. houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
- New Orleans Museum of Art
http://www.noma.org/ - Permanent collection includes French and American art, photography, glass, African and Japanese works. Houses a sculpture garden and offers photography and decorative arts.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/ - Seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret the visual arts to a diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination, and lifelong learning.
- Portland Art Museum
http://www.pam.org/ - The oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest houses a permanent collections of European and American art as well as a fine collection of English silver.
- Princeton University Art Museum
http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/ - Permanent collections range from antiquities to contemporary art and focus primarily on works by American, European and Latin American artists.
- San Diego Museum of Art
http://www.sdmart.org - Features American and international art. Includes the latest events and programs at the museum.
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
http://www.sbmuseart.org - Collections include ancient art, French and English 19th and early 20th century art, 19th and early 20th Century American art, international modernism, photography, and contemporary art.
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/ - Founded in 1842 and featuring collection of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. Collection highlights, exhibits and program information.
- Museum of Art and Archaeology
http://museum.research.missouri.edu/ - At the University of Missouri. Images and informative text relating to permanent, special and virtual exhibitions of works of art from antiquity to the present.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/ - Boston museum of international art founded by collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner.
- Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mmfa.org - Exhibits and collects fine art by American and international artists.
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
http://www.pafa.org/ - Special exhibitions of international art are featured annually as well as exhibits of the Academy's collections.
- The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
http://www.fiu.edu/~museum/ - Collection emphasis on Latin American and 20th century American art.
- Currier Museum of Art
http://www.currier.org/ - Features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs, sculpture and Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire.
- East Japan Railway Culture Foundation: Tokyo Station Gallery
http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/en_zh/gallery/index_en.html - Art exhibitions in part of Tokyo Central Railway Station. Past and future exhibits, hours, cost, map, and contact information.
- Hiroshima Museum of Art
http://www.hiroshima-museum.jp/ - Mostly paintings. French painting, from the French Impressionists to the present, and Japanese works from the Meiji era to contemporary works. (Eng/Jpn)
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ - With one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, this museum also has within its permanent collection classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, as well as decorative arts and textiles.
- The Hyde Collection Art Museum
http://www.hydecollection.org/ - Founded by Charlotte Pruyn Hyde in 1952, the museum exhibits an important collection of European and American works of art and European antiques. Includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Rembrandt, Homer and Whistler.
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
http://www.scva.org.uk/ - With over 1,200 examples of fine and decorative arts, the centre is also home to the UEA collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art and Design.
- Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
http://www.harn.ufl.edu/ - Features African, ancient American, Asian, contemporary, modern and Oceanic paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography. Includes exhibition schedule, calendar of events, membership information, hours and directions. Located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville.
- Itami City Museum of Art (Hyogo)
http://www.artmuseum-itami.jp/ - Satire and humor. Caricature prints, sculpture and paintings by Honore Daumier, William Hogarth, James Gillray, George Bigot, James Ensor, Kathe Kollwitz, Raoul Dufy, and contemporary American and Japanese artists. English and Japanese.
- Cleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/ - Collection of more than 30,000 works of art ranges over 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present, and includes masterpieces from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Includes events, membership details, hours and a visitor's guide. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
- The Saint Louis Art Museum
http://www.stlouis.art.museum/ - Collection spans the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present.
- Cincinnati Art Museum
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/ - Founded in 1881, the museum features 88 galleries and a permanent collection of over 80,000 works of international art.
- Bermuda National Gallery
http://www.bermudanationalgallery.com/ - Houses the national collection of European, African and Bermuda art. Exhibits include the Bermuda Biennial exhibition and changing international exhibition.
- Denver Art Museum
http://www.denverartmuseum.org/home - Presents a variety of international art throughout the year including traveling exhibits and displays from the museum's permanent collection.
- Nasher Museum of Art
http://www.nasher.duke.edu/ - Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs, and scholarly publications.
- Indiana University Art Museum
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuam/iuam_intro.htm - Situated in the center of the Bloomington campus for IU, more than 35,000 artifacts such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and photographs are open for public viewing, for free.
- Gemeente Museum Den Haag
http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/?langId=en - Collections of modern art, fashion and applied arts, including ceramics from the Far, Middle and Near East. The Hague, Netherlands.
- UVSC Woodbury Art Museum
http://www.uvsc.edu/museum/ - Provides exhibitions from local and national levels, as well as educational programs and an art resource library. Provides details of exhibits, events, hours, and directions to the location in Orem, Utah.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
http://mfah.org/main.asp?target=home - Features information on visiting, special exhibits, membership details, contacts, and photos.
- Polk Museum of Art
http://www.polkmuseumofart.org/ - Provides an emphasis on modern and contemporary, American and European decorative arts, Asian and pre-Columbian art. Includes details of collections, events, calendar, programs, admission, hours, FAQs, membership, employment and volunteer opportunities, and directions. Located in Lakeland, Florida.
- The Baltimore Museum of Art
http://artbma.org/ - Exhibits American and international art, including the Cone Collection of over 40 paintings by Matisse, Gauguin, Picasso, Van Gogh and other European artists.
- Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/ - The museum's permanent collection ranges from impressionist paintings to contemporary sculpture.
- A. E. Backus Museum and Gallery
http://aebackusmuseum.com/ - A public visual arts facility with displays of landscape paintings. Biographical information and directions, Located in Fort Pierce, Florida.
- The Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum
http://mushecht.haifa.ac.il/ - Exhibits international art and archaeology. Various artistic movements are represented, with the emphasis on Impressionism and the Jewish School of Paris. The Art wing also contains works by Jewish artists who perished during the Holocaust.
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