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Directories for Worldwide Museums, Galleries and Auction Houses

Directories for Worldwide Museums

• Museum Computer Network - Museum Sites Online
  A good launching pad for finding museum web pages on that of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

• World Wide Web Virtual Library Museums Pages
  An easy to scan, well-indexed directory of museums worldwide.

American Museums

• California Museum of Photography, University of California-Riverside
  Historical and contemporary photography exhibitions, including use of the "Virtual Magnifying Glass," which allows users to zoom in on details of images.

• Dia Center for the Arts, New York
  Works from the permanent collection, program schedules and artists' web projects.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  Online ctalogues of exhibitions, artists' interviews, current shows and samples from the museum's shop.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  A site befitting the institution: immense, slow moving and packed with information and images.

• U.S. Library of Congress
  Exhibits and permanent collection.

• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  The Whitney's ambitious virtual museum covers all the bases, with current shows, works from the permanent collection, essays, library information and up-to-the-minute web art projects sponsored by the museum.

International Museums

• Art Tower Mito
  Current exhibitions as well as details of the programs offered by various departments such as Performing Arts and Film.

• Louvre Museum
  A handful of images from each of its collections that adds up to a decent tour.

• Vatican Museum
  The museum's website offers images of thousands of religious and secular works of art from various Vatican collections.

Virtual Museums

• WebMuseum, Paris
  This superb site includes a section on famous paintings, a virtual tour of Paris and offers such treats as images from the original Tres Riches Heures of the Chantilly Museum. The manuscript is no longer available for viewing by the public.

Art Galleries

• Plexus
  A cross between a gallery and an information service, Plexus offers text and images covering its own artists, along with a wonderful range of other art sites you can view within its page, from publications to museums and other galleries.

• Sandra Gering Gallery
  Ms. Gering's gallery is well-known on the web for offering such interactive art projects as John Simon Jr.'s "Alter Stats," and Ben Kinmont's "We Both Belong."

• Sito/Otis Project
  On the cutting edge of exploring the new online medium. Access to a wide variety of exhibits, catalogued by medium or contents, including collages, morphs, drawings, paintings and performance art. There is also a section called "Synergy," which is a collection of art projects created among several artists working collaboratively on the Internet.

Auction Houses

• Bonhams
  Forthcoming auctions, catalogues, sales results and Internet auctions.

• Christie's
  Forthcoming auctions, catalogues sales results, and auctions online.

• Sotheby's
  Forthcoming auctions, catalogues and sales results, as well as notes on collecting and urbane stories -- One of the most imaginative commercial offerings on the web.

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