COLLECTIONS

Timelines of Art History [Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC]
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Museums - " . . . . the public realm is intellectual and spiritual as well as physical and economic, and excludes nobody . . . . " (On the National Gallery in "Britain is at the Centre of a Conversation with the World" by Neil MacGregor for the Guardian, UK - 4/19/2007)
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.htm

Degas at Harvard - "Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834–1917) is an artist of contradictions. Although he was associated from an early stage with the impressionist group of artists and took part in their exhibitions, he resisted the label "impressionist" and did not share an interest in plein air painting, keeping his artistic activities restricted to the studio. The subjects he painted there—portrait sitters, the race track, ballet dancers, and bathers—are among the most canonical images of the age. Through his work, Degas traced the social and cultural landscape of his time and depicted, like few others, the spirit of his day. In the words of the artist, critic, and writer Edmond de Goncourt, he was the artist best "able to capture the soul of modern life." Born in Paris into a wealthy Franco-Italian family with branches in Naples and New Orleans, Degas did not train formally within the structure of the académie. Although in 1855 he enrolled briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, shortly thereafter he journeyed to Italy to study the old masters and heed the words of Jean-August-Dominique Ingres to "draw lines, lots of lines, and you will become a good artist." Ingres could never have imagined the degree to which Degas would follow his advice. Drawing became a constant pursuit throughout his life and a cornerstone of his art and working practice. One of the master draftsmen of the nineteenth century, Degas famously stated: "No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and of the study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament, I know nothing." Despite these words, Degas experimented ceaselessly and proved himself one of the nineteenth century's most innovative painters, printmakers, pastelists, photographers, and sculptors . . . . (read on!)

Art Museum Network - [North American Consortium of Leading Art Museums - Exibition Calendar of World's Leading Art Museums - News - Image Consortium]
http://www.amn.org/museums_000.html

National Palace Museum, Taiwan - "The culture effect is more important than the technology. We're trying to give people a warm feeling about these artifacts. We want the human touch." - Indeed, for the past few years there have been fascinating, beautiful exhibitions, thematic videos and educational features at the National Palace Museum online site. Explore!

International Council on Museums [Search the Virtual Library Museum Pages] - "The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is dedicated to the development of museums and the museum profession, and operates globally for the preservation of cultural heritage."
http://www.icom.org

Collections at the Harvard University Art Museums - Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Index of Resources for History - [Eras and Epochs, Historical Topics, Countries and Regions, Research Methods and Materials]
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library - " . . . . Exceptional works of Western European art from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century that industrialist Henry Clay Frick generously bequeathed to the public."

Collections Database Project - Davis Museum & Cultural Center, Wellesley College
http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/collections/database.html

Art History Resources on the Web - A Comprehensive Art History Resource (Whitcombe, Sweet Briar College, Virginia U.S.A.)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents - "The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents was established in 1995 under the auspices of Oxford University's Faculty of Literae Humaniores to provide a focus for the study of ancient documents within Oxford . . . . The Centre provides a home for Oxford University's epigraphical archive, which includes one of the largest collections of squeezes (paper impressions) of Greek inscriptions in the world, together with the Haverfield archive of Roman inscriptions from Britain, and a substantial photographic collection. The strengths of the epigraphical archive lie in its broad coverage of early Greek inscriptions, Attic epigraphy and the Hellenistic world. Individual sites well represented in the archive include Chios, Samos, Priene, Rhodes, and Samothrace."
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk

Asia Society - Collection in Context . . . . . . .
http://www.asiasociety.org

Ancient Near East.net - "The ancient Near East has been the birthplace of some of civilization's most important advances, among them written language, the impulse to urbanism, and crop cultivation. Created and maintained by Paul James Cowie (a doctoral student at Australia's Macquarie University), the site is a fine resource for both scholars and the general public. Scholars will want to make sure and take a look at the conference diary section, which lists upcoming conferences and various calls for papers and other submissions. The announcements section is of additional interest, as it gives advance notice regarding related activities, including international symposia. For the general public, a host of sections (such as museums and galleries) offer comprehensive listings of Web-based resources ranging from Egyptology links to those dealing with cuneiform. The Web site also contains a listing of links to museums that specialize in the antiquities and archaeology of the Near East located around the world." ['Scout Report']
http://www.ancientneareast.net

Visual Resources Department [Collections in VIA - The Visual Resources Department contains 155,000 35mm. slides. Of this number, approximately 22,000 slide records will be found in VIA. Visual Information at Harvard University]
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb_library/visual_resources/index.html

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program [A collaborative Initiative of the Library of Congress] - "Information is being produced in greater quantities and with greater frequency than at any time in history. Electronic media, especially the Internet, make it possible for almost anyone to become a "publisher." How will society preserve this information and make it available to future generations? How will libraries and other repositories classify this information so that their patrons can find it with the same ease that they can locate a book on a shelf? These questions and others are being addressed by a program led by the Library of Congress and including a host of other participants from the public and private sectors. The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, or Digital Preservation Program for short, has been generously funded by the U.S. Congress and will seek gifts and in-kind donations to achieve its mission. The ease with which electronic information can be created and "published" makes much of what is available today, gone tomorrow. Thus there is an urgent need to preserve this information before it is forever lost."
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov

The AMPHORAS Project - "This site contains information on plain, unglazed, ceramic storage containers, with two handles, mostly pointed at the bottom, used to carry wine, oil, fish, and other commodities around the ancient Mediterranean."
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/project.html

Odysseus [The Hellenic Ministry of Culture] - " It is not possible to appraise Greek Culture as a whole, through a computer screen. Nevertheless, being aware of the force and the potentialities of new technologies, we tried to squeeze in this program the millennia of artistry, the centuries of outstanding art, the achievements of the human spirit, the routes on which the western civilization strode in order to reach its current form . . . . The name we gave our server is "ODYSSEUS" because we believe that he, the greatest of all voyagers, is the most representative Greek of all. He is also the character most apt to lead your steps to the fascinating quest you just start."
http://www.culture.gr

The Pompeii Forum Project - "A collaborative research venture that is archaeologicaly based, heavily dependent upon advanced technology, and so conceived as to address broad issues in urban history and urban design. Evidence gathered to date challenges commonly held and widely published notions about the evolution of the forum, especially during the final years of the city's life. The goals are to provide the first systematic documentation of the architecture and decoration of the forum, to interpret evidence as it pertains to Pompeii's urban history, and to make wider contributions to both the history of urbanism and contemporary problems of urban design." [The Pompeii Forum Project is an interdisciplinary collaborative research venture sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Virginia, and private contributors.] [See Archival Photographs]
http://pompeii.virginia.edu

CARES - Central Asia Resources, including: ICARP, the Interactive Central Asia Resource Project "with over 1000 annotated links, ICARP also serves as the official World Wide Web Virtual Library [WWWVL] for Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and is also a member of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library."
http://www.orientarch.uni-halle.de/ca/cares.htm

Project Muse [Scholarly Journals Online]
http://muse.jhu.edu/muse.html

Encyclopedia Mythica - Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. General folklore, Arthurian legends, Greek heroic legend, and fascinating folktales from many lands.

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org

Vatican Collections - "The founding of the Vatican Museums can be traced back to 1503 when the newly-elected Pope, Julius II della Rovere, placed a statue of Apollo in the internal courtyard of the Belvedere Palace built by Innocent VIII; he brought the statue from the garden of his titular church of St. Peter in Chains. In 1506 the Laocoon was added to the collection, after its discovery on the Esquiline Hill before the eyes of Giuliano di Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti. Scores of artifacts were added throughout the next two centuries and the collections were eventually reorganized under Benedict XIV (1740-1758) and Clement XIII (1758-1769) . . . . " (This site has extensive works, including: Giotto (Ambrogio Bondone, detto) [1267 - 1337] -- The Sistine Chapel -- The Raphael Stanze and Loggia)
http://www.Christusrex.org

ABZU - "Guide to resources for the study of the Ancient Near East available on the Internet" [The Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago]
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML

Oriental Institute [Univ. of Chicago] - "Oriental Institute scholars are renowned for training generations of new scholars who, in turn, take the legacy of The Oriental Institute to other museums, universities, schools and research centers throughout the world. The galleries of The Oriental Institute Museum introduce the public, including generations of local school children, to the richness of ancient Near Eastern cultures."
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html

Petroglyphs - "The Petroglyphs in this area date from 200 to 1200 AD with a peak at 1050. Some of them have distinctive astronomical subjects." [American Southwest]
http://nfo.edu/petroglyphs.html

Art on File - Images for Lectures, Presentations & Reports< [World Landmarks, Public Art, Murals, Functional Art, Sculpture Parks, etc.]. "ART on FILE was founded in 1982, by Rob Wilkinson and Colleen Chartier. Following a National Endowment for the Arts - Design Arts Grant in 1987, ART on FILE has continued to address a broad range of design challenges which effect the quality of public spaces. Through the documentation of outstanding projects around the world, ART on FILE images and research provide students, faculty and design professionals with the tools to encourage, educate and persuade."
http://www.artonfile.com

Collections Link - Just Practical Advice. Care, Conserve, Organize Displays and Exhibitons, Digitise, Plan for Emergencies, Buy-in a System, Get to Grips with Copyright, Insure, Market, Publish, Rise Funds, Manage Change - Standards for Collections Care - Accreditation Resource Directory
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk

i-Museums [Isreal Museums and Exhibitions]
http://www.ilMuseums.com

Nasher Sculpture Center - "Opening to the public October 20, 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the few institutions in the world devoted to the exhibition, study, and preservation of modern sculpture . . . . The collection - which numbers more than three hundred sculptures together with twentieth-century paintings and drawings - will be rotated in thematic installations throughout the Center's seamless blend of indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces: an elegant, light-filled 55,000 ft2 building designed by Renzo Piano and a spacious garden created by Peter Walker. Special exhibitions drawn from other sources will also be presented, contributing to the Center's mission of examining as thoroughly as possible the primary forces shaping the history of sculpture since the late nineteenth century. The Sculpture Center will complement its ongoing rotation of exhibitions with a variety of public programs and scholarly and educational initiatives. Through successive installations, audiences will encounter the collection's remarkable breadth as well as its deep strengths and the exciting ways that it connects the creative energy of those artists represented to our daily lives."
http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org

Ambrosiana - "Some of the many private art collections established throughout the centuries in Milan still preserve their 'private' character, although they do have a profound social role and are usually open to the public. The most outstanding among these - and the first great Milanese cultural institution of its kind - is the Ambrosiana . . . . " [From 'A Key to Milan']
http://www.ambrosiana.it
http://www.italnet.nd.edu/AMBROS/index.html

Historic New England - "If you love antiques, historic homes and landscapes, you've come to the right place . . . . . We offer a unique opportunity to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions. Historic properties, Collections, Archives and Publications, Education Programs, House Tours, Events, Preservation Services."
http://www.historicnewengland.org

Decorative Arts and Material Culture [Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - Documents, Images, Resources]
http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu

MuseumStuff.com - "Gateway to educational and entertainng Museum "stuff."
http://www.MuseumStuff.com

The Hans Christian Andersen Collection at Northwestern University Library - "Illustrated children's books from around the world."
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/exhibits/hca/index.html

Voice of the Shuttle [Humanities Resources]
http://vos.ucsb.edu

Shangri La - "Shangri La provides a unique environment for the study of Islamic art and culture. The estate houses around 3500 objects, many of wfhich are embedded into the structure of the house. . . . . " The house was built in Honolulu, Hawaii by Doris Duke in 1937.
http://www.shangrilahawaii.org

Zeroland - "This is a comprehensive arts research site. An International Directory of Online Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Literature Resources - Ancient times to the present."
http://www.zeroland.co.nz

Australian National University Art History Server - "Art & Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin (but increasingly good on Kyoto, Nara, and East Asia] . . . . This server now contains some 165,000 images." [Subscription]
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/

National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/index.htm

Cartographica Extraordinaire - David Rumssey Map Collection, Cartogroaphy Associates. "Surveying our past�old maps and new technology combine to provide an extraordinary view of American history. . . . In 'Cartographica Extraordinaire', maps serve as time machines, transporting us hundreds of years into the past and showing us extraordinary views of history through the eyes of the mapmakers of the time. From a 1736 atlas depicting California as an island to a Civil War bird's eye view of military positions on the southeastern seaboard, the stunning reproductions from the renowned David Rumsey Map Collection and text illuminate early American history from a uniquely geographic perspective.."

The Thinker - Collections of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - The ImageBase is a searchable image and text database of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor).
http://www.thinker.org

Crow Collection of Asian Art - "More than 500 paintings, objects of metal and stone, and large architectural pieces from China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia . . . . The artwork dates from 3500 B.C.E. to the early 20th century."
http://www.crowcollection.org

National Heritage Board: Singapore Art & History
http://www.museum.org.sg

Medieval Resources [NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources]
http://www.netserf.org

Early Church History [The Ecole Initiative] - Docments, Glossary, Articles, Images, Chronology - Temporarily unavailable
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson - "In order to preserve and share the legacy of his work, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martine Franck and their daughter Mélanie decided many years ago to create the HCB Fondation. . . . The Fondation is recognized by the French Government as being of public interest and will be housed in an elegant and carefully renovated atelier located in Montparnasse."
http://www.henricartierbresson.org

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

European Literature - Electronic Text Collection in Western European Literature [Western European Specialists / Association of College and Research Libraries]
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html

Museum Collection Profiles [National Park Service Museum Collections]
http://www.cr.nps.gov

Electronic Arts Intermix - "A nonprofit media arts organization that is one of the world's leading resources for artists' video and new media. Founded in 1971, EAI serves artists,educators, curators, and diverse audiences through a wide range of programs [Artists Videotape Distribution Service, Preservation Program, Online Catalogue and Catalogue Publications, EAI Screening Room, Exhibitions & Events, Editing Facility, Equipment Loan Service] - EAI's international collection of artists' tapes is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, ranging from historical works of the 1960s to new works by emerging media artists of the 1990s.
http://www.eai.org

Trajan's Column - "This is a site for exploring the Column of Trajan as a sculptural monument. The core of the site is a searchable database of over 500 images focusing on various aspects of the design and execution of the column's sculptural decoration. These images (slides and drawings) were generated by and for sculptor Peter Rockwell, over the course of his study of Roman stone-carving practices. The aim of this site is to make these images available to the widest possible public, in a form that can contribute both to ongoing study by specialists and to enjoyment and appreciation of the monument by the general public."

Online Resources Selected by Category [Metropolitan Museum of Art]
http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp

1200 years of Italian sculpture
http://www.thais.it/scultura/default.htm

40 Centuries of Architecture
http://www.thais.it/architettura

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning [Umiversity of Virginia]
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html

American Artists [Resource Library Magazine]
http://www.tfaoi.com/distingu/alvarez.htm

American Memory from the Library of Congress - "American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections."
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

Ancient City of Athens - "A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece)."
http://www.stoa.org/athens

Ancient Aegean Art [Dr. Rozmeri Basic, Univ. of Oklahoma] - Minoan, Mycenaean, Cycladic.
http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/aegean2.html

The Courtauld Collection
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk

Classics at Oxford - [Online Resources]
http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/resources/www/index.asp

Ancient World Web - This site is not entirely closed.
http://www.julen.net/ancient

Treasures from the Archives of American Art
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/treasures/treasures.htm

Artchive - Mark Harden's Artchive now includes over 2,300 scans from more than 230 artists [for private non-profit use only].
http://www.artchive.com

Artcyclopedia The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet. Excellent directory to find works at museums by master artists.
http://artcyclopedia.com

The On-Line Books Page [University of Pennsylvania]
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books

Eli Broad Family Foundation - "The Foundation operates as an educational lending resource for contemporary art and is dedicated to building a collection that reflects the scope and diversity of the art of our time. The Broad family formed the foundation after several decades of personal collecting, dedicated patronage and leadership of some of the nation's most prominent museums. As a new component in the Foundation's programming, this website extends the Foundation's mandate to foster public appreciation of contemporary art to a worldwide audience of internet users, making available information and selected images from its collection of over 600 works by provocative and important artists working today.
http://www.broadartfoundation.org

California Indian Library Collections [Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians] - "The California Indian Library Collections has collected, duplicated, assembled, and shipped more than 11,000 textual documents, nearly 25,000 photographs, and over 3,400 audio tapes. There is reward and satisfaction in having prepared over 17,000 manuscript pages for finding guides to the collections and publishing these in 44 volumes. Now a Native Californian in a remote area of northern California may find a photograph of his or her grandmother or hear, for the first time, his grandfather sing or tell a story. Researchers in rural areas are using the collections for legal defense as well as research material for documentation of an important period in California history."
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/bibs/toc.html

Early Photography / Asia "Early photography is represented from the second half of the 19th century with an album covering Turkey (1854-1856) and Persia (1858-1861) taken by the French military mission led by Victor-Fran�ois Brogniart. There are photographs of India from 1860 by Ernest Grandidier, and of Cambodia in 1866 by the Mekong exploration mission led by Doudart de Lagrée (1823-1868). The collection also includes a major series of photographs on Japan, from the late 1860s, and on China, around 1870 and at the turn of the century with the Auguste Fran�ois (1857-1935) collection for Southern China, and the Louis Marin (1871-1960) collection for Northern China, as well as the Middle East, Far Eastern Siberia, and Korea. . . . The Department also houses numerous photographic documents on the art (architecture, graphic arts, objets d'art, painting, sculpture) of India, Southeast Asian countries, and the Far East." - (National Museum of Asian Art-Guimet, Paris)
http://www.guimet.fr/-Photographic-archives-

Château de Versailles
http://www.chateauversailles.fr

China the Beautiful - "Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting, and Philosophy"
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

Choix de miniatures des manuscrits de l'Université de Liège
http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/enlumin/enl01.htm

Corbis [Image Collection]
http://www.corbis.com

RockArtNet
http://rupestre.net/rockart

The Digital Directory - Photography, Illustration, Graphics, New Media, Web Design [For Art Directors]
http://www.digitaldirectory.com

Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Etruscan Art [Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, the Vatican] " The Etruscan Museum was founded in 1837, during the pontificate of Gregorio XVI. It comprises nine rooms (sale) and presents artifacts excavated from Etruria (1828-1837) and Lazio . . . ."
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ET2-Etrusco.html

European public art service
http://www.sigap.net/art-public-com/english.php3

Fine Arts Collection - U.S. Gov/General Services Administration [Inquiries]
http://facit.gsa.gov/facit/interaia.nsf/859c1330cb4698c7852563d2006d058c?OpenView

A Fine Art Image Gallery - Italian Renaissance
http://198.62.75.1/www2/art/gallery.htm

Folk Art and Craft Exchange [International, Including sales and Private Collections]
http://www.folkart.com

Archaeological Site Photography - Mesopotamia. "All of these Archaeological Site photographs were taken by either John or Peggy Sanders, and, with few exceptions, were recorded between 1973 and 1990. At that time John Sanders was the architect, surveyor, and cartographer for the Nippur Expedition, the Oriental Institute's archaeological project in Iraq; Peggy Sanders was an independent artist and photographer also working for the Nippur Expedition."

The Great Buildings Collection - "This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds."
http://www.greatbuildings.com

Kiowa drawings - The Smithsonian's collections of Kiowa drawings
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/kiowa/kiowa.htm

Links to the Past [America's Album - Historic Landmarks, Adventure] [eZine/National ParkService] [Tours, Events, Opportunities, Tools for Teaching, etc.]
http://www.cr.nps.gov

Masters of Photography - Adams, Atget, Brassai, Callahan, Kertéz, Lang, Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, White, etc.
http://www.masters-of-photography.com

Murano Glass - "Located in Murano Island, Jewel of Veneto's Lagoon, known from time immemorial . . . . "
http://www.tommasi.it

MuralArtsProgram - "Since its inception in 1984, the Mural Arts Program has completed more murals than any other public art program in the nation - more than 2,300 indoor and outdoor murals throughout Philadelphia. This effort has brought art to the cityscape, turning graffiti-scarred walls into scenic views, portraits of community heroes, and abstract creations."
http://www.muralarts.org

Notre Dame Cathedral of Amiens [Photograph Collection]
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/imaging/html/marc/amiens/NYDA93-F109.html

The Office of Imaging, Printing and Photographic Services - "The Smithsonian's central source for the creation, processing, distribution and archival storage of photographs and digital images."
http://photo2.si.edu

Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company 1890-1920 - "This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. The collection includes the work of a number of photographers, one of whom was the well known photographer William Henry Jackson. A small group within the larger collection includes about 900 Mammoth Plate Photographs taken by William Henry Jackson along several railroad lines in the United States and Mexico in the 1880s and 1890s. The group also includes views of California, Wyoming and the Canadian Rockies."
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html

Pablo Picasso - "Le Site Officiel - Online Picasso Project [Texas A&M University / Dr. Enrique Mallen]
http://www.picasso.fr

The Collections at the Archives of American Art [The Smithsonian]
http://artarchives.si.edu/collectn.htm

Project Gutenberg
http://www.promo.net/pg

Public Art on the Net
http://www.zpub.com/public

Réunion des Musées Nationaux - The Réuniondes Musées Nationaux (RMN) was founded in 1895 to raise and administer the funds required for the acquisition of works of art by national collections. At its creation, the RMN was made up of only four bodies: the Louvre, the Château de Versailles, the Musée du Luxembourg and the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Musée des Antiquités nationales). Today, the RMN collaborates with thirty three institutions of varying sizes. In 1990, the RMN became a national public institution operating in industrial and commercial areas (EPIC) under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture (Direction des Musées de France). Its president is the Director of the Musées de France.
http://www.rmn.fr

The Réunion des Musées Nationaux's Photo Agency - Official site of the RMN's photo agency. Access to the photographs of the art works kept in the 33 French national museums.
http://www.photo.rmn.fr

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities [SPNEA] - Now called 'Historic New England' - "If you love antiques, historic homes and landscapes, you've come to the right place . . . . . We offer a unique opportunity to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions. Historic properties, Collections, Archives and Publications, Education Programs, House Tours, Events, Preservation Services."
http://www.historicnewengland.org

Stamps On-Line - [U.S. Post Office]
http://www.stampsonline.com

Stuart Collection [Site Specific Works at the University of California, San Diego]
http://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu

The Bryant Foundation Collection [Carribbean Art] - The William L. Bryant Foundation Collection of West Indies art, artifacts, and rare books is located in the Special Collections suite of the University of Central Florida Library. This Web site provides the opportunity to share an electronic exhibit from the collection. It is offered as a resource for scholars and others interested in the West Indies.The William L. Bryant Foundation was established in 1950 by William J. Bryant in honor of his father. In 1972, the collection was moved to the University of Central Florida Library. It now includes more than 1600 rare books and other printed materials, metal and fabric crafts, sound recordings, paintings, sculptures, and maps."
http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/Bryant/default.htm

Essential Vermeer - The Life and Work of the 17th-century Dutch painter
http://essentialvermeer.20m.com

WebCams - Scenes, Space & Science, Sports & Recreation, Weather, News, Traffic, etc.
http://www.earthcam.com

WebMuseum, Paris - Artist Index
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint

Fred Marer Collection - "The Fred Marer collection of ceramic art is part of the permanent collections of the Ruth Chcandler Williamson Gallery of Scripps College."
http://karaart.com/collections/fred.marer/index.html

Web Gallery of Art - The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750), currently containing over 6,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available. Free postcard service is provided for the visitors.
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp