u s e u m s

Welcome to the World Wide Web (WWW) Virtual Library museums pages.

Please mail J.P.Bowen@reading.ac.uk if you know of relevant on-line information not included here, would like to maintain information on a particular topic, or if you would like to support or sponsor the pages in some way. Currently this main page receives around 1200 "visitors" per day.

These pages provide an eclectic collection of WWW services connected with museums, galleries and archives.

Museums and exhibitions: (see reorganization)
- Recent recommended additions
- Selected virtual exhibitions
- USA
- Rest of the world
- Art galleries
- Library exhibits
- Information (lists of museums by country/area)
Further lists and links (virtual exhibits, etc.)
Contacts (professional information)
Announcement about the museums pages, including visitor statistics (formatted for netscape)
Old museums pages (all on a single page, and no longer maintained - not recommended unless you have a good network connection to these pages)

Items starting with

are recently added items. Starred items marked

have large collections and/or are especially recommended. If enough people ask for a star to be added to an item I will do so!

The related separate WWW Virtual Library information on libraries and art and literature may be of interest.

Selected virtual exhibitions

EXPO Ticket Office (funded by the Library of Congress): This gives a highly recommended tour around some WWW exhibits if you are not sure what to want to see. Like all good museums, it has a restaurant!
WebMuseum (formerly the WebLouvre).: If you like art, in several locations around the world. The site won a 1994 Best of the Web award.

Recent recommended additions

This section features new additions to the museums pages which are (subjectively) recommended.

11 April 1995: British Library Exhibitions.: See the Treasures Digitisation Project, including the . Magna Carta, which can be viewed at various magnifications.
20 March 1995: Exhibitions in the ether.: Article in The Times Higher Education Supplement, Multimedia features section, page xii, 10 March 1995.
13 March 1995: Vatican City museums and virtual exhibits.: Includes many virtual tours such as the Sistine Chapel.
8 March 1995: The Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria.: On-line exhibits, including Empires Beyond the Great Wall: the Heritage of Genghis Khan.
7 March 1995: The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.: Includes many works of art on-line.
2 March 1995: The Computer Museum, Boston: The Computer Clubhouse.: An educational outreach program.
11 February 1995: J. Paul Getty Trust: Getty Art History Information Program.: A choice of large images (slow) or minimal images is given.
11 January 1995: French National Center for Art and Culture Georges Pompidou.: Also in French.
5 January 1995: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto & the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec.: In English and French.

Reorganization of the museums pages

Due to the large number of museums being added to the museums pages (about one per day), the list has been split into two (almost equal!) sublists for the USA and the rest of the world (come on the rest of the world!). A seraching facility is planned in the future, time (and funding!) permitting.

This service is brought to you by Jonathan Bowen as part of the OUCL archive.