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American Association of Museums |
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ArtMuseum.net |
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Art Museum Network (information and news about museums, collections, and exhibitions) |
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World Wide Arts Resources - Museums (information on museums, collections, and other educational resources online) |
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ICOM: The International Council of Museums |
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ICOM: Virtual Library Museums Pages (a very extensive list of museums around the world linked to the web) (International Council of Museums) |
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Internet Art Resources (information on art and artists, galleries, exhibitions and museums) (Sound Data, Inc.) |
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CIMI (Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information) |
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Gary Schwartz (CODART) The CODART List: Dutch and Flemish Art in Museums (an excellent resource for Flemish and Dutch art on the internet) |
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Dia Art Foundation |
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Australia |
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National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) |
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AMOL: Australian Museums and Galleries Online (news, exhibition announcements, conference calls, and other information on galleries and museums) |
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AUMOL: Australian University Museums Online |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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AusArts: Web Server for Australian Visual Arts & Music at the Institute of the Arts |
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Austria |
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ICOM Virtual Library - Museums in Austria (an extensive list of museums in Austria, organized by site) (The International Council of Museums) |
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (The Vienna Museum of Art History) (in English and German) |
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Belgium |
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Royal Museum for Central Africa (in English, French, and Dutch) |
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Canada |
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Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art |
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Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (in French and English) |
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Musée du Québec |
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National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) |
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Royal Ontario Museum |
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Textile Museum of Canada |
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U. Victoria Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery |
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Winnipeg Art Gallery |
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Yukon Arts Centre |
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CHIN: Canadian Heritage Information Network |
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Homepage of Canadian Heritage Information Network (gateway to Canadian art, cultural, and heritage resources; in English & French) |
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Guide to Canadian Museums and Galleries |
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National Inventories |
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China |
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Henan Museum (in English) |
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Henan Museum (in Chinese) |
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Egypt |
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Project (Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Supreme Council of Antiquities) |
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Coptic Museum |
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Finland |
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Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (in English, Swedish and Finnish) |
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Finnish National Gallery (in English, Swedish, or Finnish) |
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France |
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General Information on Art Museums, Institutes and Centers in France |
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Réunion des Musées Nationaux (in French and English) (information about national museums in France) |
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Musées de Paris/Museums of Paris (searchable index of museums in Paris) (in English and French) |
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Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (Center of French Museum Research and Restoration) (in French) |
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French Ministry of Culture (in French) |
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Château de Versailles (the official website of the Palace of Versailles) (in French, English, Spanish, and Japanese) |
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Paris |
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The Louvre (in English, French, Spanish and Japanese) |
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Musée d'Orsay (in English, Spanish and French) |
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Centre Pompidou (houses the National Museum of Modern Art) (in English, French and Spanish) |
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Musée de l'Orangerie |
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Musée Marmottan Monet (Marmottan Monet Museum) (in English and French) |
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Musée Gustave-Moreau (Gustave Moreau Museum) (in English, French and Japanese) |
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l'Institute du Monde Arabe/The Arab World Institute (houses the Musée des museés arabes) (in French and English) |
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Centre National de la Photographie (National Center of Photography) (in English and French) |
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Le Musée des Artes et Métiers (The Museum of Arts and Crafts) (in French) |
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Germany |
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German Galleries (a database of German art galleries and institutions) |
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Hamburger Kunsthalle (in German and English) |
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Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (in German) |
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Berlin |
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Deutsche Guggenheim/The German Guggenheim Museum (in German and English) |
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Kunstbibliothek (The Art Library) (in English and German) |
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/National Museums in Berlin |
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/National Museums in Berlin (in German and English) (lists, news, links and other information for the National Museums in Berlin) |
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Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung (The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection) (in English and German) |
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Antikensammlung (The Collection of Classical Antiquities) (in English and German) |
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Ethnologisches Museum (Museum of Ethnology) (in English and German) |
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Museum Europäischer Kulturen (The Museum of European Cultures) (in English and German) |
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Museum für Fotographie (The Museum of Photography) (the museum is part of the Art Library) (in English and German) |
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Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery) (in English and German) |
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Museum für Indische Kunst (The Museum of Indian Art) (in English and German) |
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Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art) (in English and German) |
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Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) (in English and German) |
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Kunstgewerbemuseum (The Museum of Decorative Arts) (in English and German) |
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Münzkabinett (Numismatic Collection) (in English and German) |
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Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art) (in English and German) |
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Skulpturen Sammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Sculpture Collection and Museum for Byzantine Art) (in English and German) |
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Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) (in English and German) |
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Museum für Vor- und Frügeschichte (Museum of Pre- and Early History) (in English and German) |
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National Galerie/National Galleries |
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Alte Nationalgalerie: Kunst des 19 Jahrhunderts (The Old National Gallery: 19th century art) (in English and German) |
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National Galerie, Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (The National Gallery at Friedrichswerder Church) (early 19th-century sculptures) (in English and German) |
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Neue Nationalgalerie (The New National Gallery) (20th century painting and sculpture) (in English and German) |
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart (Museum for the Present at the Hamburg train station, Berlin) (contemporary art) (in English and German) |
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Museum Berggruen, "Picasso und Seine Zeit" (The Berggruen Museum, "Picasso and his Time") (classic modern art) (in English and German) |
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Kunstareal Muenchen |
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Alte Pinakothek (in German and English) |
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Kunstareal München (in German) |
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Neue Pinakothek (in German and English) |
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Pinakothek der Moderne (in German and English) |
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Greece |
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Every Museum of Greece and Cyprus - Ariadne Network |
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India |
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Museums in Kolkata (Calcutta) |
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indiatravelinfo.com Addresses and Brief Description of art museums in Calcutta |
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Astra Infotech |
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Transweb Solutions India Ltd. Indian Musuem, Calcutta (The Indian Museum is the offspring of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which was founded in 1784.The Museum is divided into six sections dealing with Archaeology, Art, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology, Botany and Industry. The Picture Gallery includes Drawings and Paintings in Persian and Indian styles, Tibetian Temple Banners and Indian Miniatures) |
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achatt1@gl.umbc.edu Indian Museum, Calcutta Founded in 1784 the museum is divided into six sections dealing with Archaeology, Art, Anthropology, Geology, Zoology, Botany and Industry. The section on Picture Gallery includes Tibetian Temple Banners, drawings and paintings in Persian style and Indian miniature paintings. |
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Transweb Solutions India Ltd. The Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal The museum specialises in two areas: contemporary art, with paintings and sculptures by various eminent Indian artists, and tribal and regional art forms from the area of Madhya Pradesh. |
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Iceland |
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National Gallery of Iceland (Reykjavik) |
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Ireland |
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National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin) |
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Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin) |
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Hunt Museum (Limerick) |
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Israel |
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The Israel Museum Jerusalem (in English, Arabic, Hebrew and Russian) |
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Jerusalem Mosaic |
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art (in Hebrew and English) |
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Italy |
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Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence) (in Italian) |
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Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino (extensive information and links to galleries and museums in Florence) (in Italian) |
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Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Romano (in English and Italian) (includes links and information for galleries and museums in Rome) |
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Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence) (in Italian) |
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Polo Museale Fiorentino (extensive information on art museums and exhibitions in Florence with excellent images) (in English and Italian) |
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Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) (in English and Italian) |
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari (in Italian) |
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Museo Revoltella (gallery of modern art, Trieste) (in Italian) |
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MIFAV: Museo dell'Immagine Fotografica e delle Arti Visuali (Museum of Visual Arts and Photography) (U. di Roma Tor Vergata) (in Italian) |
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The Vatican |
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The Holy See (the official website of the Vatican, with links to the vatican art museums, libraries, and other resources) (in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portugese) |
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Gregorian Egyptian Museum (Vatican Museums Online) |
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Gregorian Etruscan Museum (Vatican Museums Online) |
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Raphael's Rooms (Vatican Museums Online) |
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Pinacoteca (art gallery) (Vatican Museums Online) |
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Ethnological Missionary Museum (Vatican Museums Online) |
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Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit (Online Exhibit: Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture) |
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Michael Olteanu and Christus Rex, Inc. Musei Vaticani (Extensive information, images and history from the Vatican Museums) (in English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Portugese) |
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Sistine Chapel |
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Sistine Chapel (Vatican Museums online) (extensive history, pictures, and other information on the Sistine Chapel, includes an online tour) |
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Emil Kren and Daniel Marx (Web Gallery of Art) Visit to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican (detailed history and images from the Sistine Chapel) |
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Japan |
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Art Tower Mito, Contemporary ART Center |
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National Museum of Art, Osaka (in English and Japanese) |
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Nara National Museum (in English and Japanese) |
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Tokugawa Art Museum (in English and Japanese) |
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Yokohama Museum of Art (in English and Japanese) |
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Kyoto |
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Kyoto National Museum (in Japanese and English) |
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (in English and Japanese) |
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Tokyo |
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Tokyo National Museum (in English and Japanese) |
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National Museum of Modern Art (in Japanese) |
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National Museum of Modern Art (in English) |
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (in English and Japanese) |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (in English and Japanese) |
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National Museum of Western Art (in English and Japanese) |
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Korea |
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Hahoe Mask Museum (in English and Korean) |
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Artsonje Museum (contemporary art) (in English and Korean) |
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Gwangju National Museum (in Korean) |
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Gyeongju National Museum (in English and Korean) |
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Ho-Am Art Museum (in English and Korean) |
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Moran Museum of Art (in Korean. Site has limited English but many excellent images make the site accessible) |
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Seoul |
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National Museum of Contemporary Art (in English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese) |
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National Museum of Korea (in English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese) |
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Seoul Arts Center (in Korean and English) |
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Seoul Museum of Art (in English and Korean) |
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Sungkok Art Museum (in English and Korean) |
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World Ceramic Exposition Foundation |
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World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (foundation promotes ceramic art and operates the ceramic art museums of Icheon, Gwangju and Yeoju) (in English and Korean) |
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Gwangju Joseon Royal Kiln Museum (in English and Korean) |
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Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery (in English and Korean) |
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Icheon World Ceramic Center (in English and Korean) |
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The Netherlands |
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Amsterdam |
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Van Gogh Museum (in English and Dutch) |
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Rijksmuseum ("the largest museum of art and history in the Netherlands", especially strong in 17th c. Dutch painting) (in English and Dutch) |
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Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art (in English and Dutch) |
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The Hague |
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Mauritshuis (15th-18th c. Dutch and Flemish art, especially strong in 17th c. Dutch art) (in English and Dutch) |
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Gemeentemuseum (modern and applied arts, music, and fashion) (in English and Dutch) |
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek (special collections of illuminated medieval manuscripts, maps, etc.) (in English and Dutch) |
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New Zealand |
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Auckland Art Gallery ("the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand") |
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Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of New Zealand (in English and Maori) |
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Norway |
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Nasjonalgalleriet (The National Gallery, Oslo) (in English and Norwegian) |
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Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst (The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo) (in English and Norwegian) |
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Munch Museet (The Munch Museum, Oslo, is devoted to the work of Edvard Munch) (in English and Norwegian) |
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Russia |
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The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) (in English and Russian) |
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Museums of Russia (Музей России) (links and information for museums in Russia) (in Russian) |
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Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Kunstkammer (Музей Антропологии и Этнографии Имени Петра Великого, Кунсткамера) (in English and Russian) |
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Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Государственный Музей Изобразительных Искусств им. А. С. Пушкина) (in English and Russian) |
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Singapore |
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The National Heritage Board (Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts) |
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Singapore Art Museum (20th century Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art) |
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Spain |
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General Information |
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Museums in Spain/Museos en España (in English and Spanish) (José Martínez) |
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SpanishArts.com (educational information on Spanish artists, museums, and art history of Spain) (in English and Spanish) |
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Barcelona |
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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (in Spanish, English and Catalan) |
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The Picasso Museum (in English, Spanish and Catalan) |
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Guggenheim Bilbao (in Spanish, Euskara, English and French) |
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Madrid |
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Museo Nacional del Prado/The Prado National Museum (in English and Spanish) |
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (modern and contemporary art) (in English and Spanish) |
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (in English and Spanish) |
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Sweden |
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Stockholm |
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National Museum, Stockholm (in English and Swedish) |
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Moderna Museet/Modern Museum (in English and Swedish) |
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Taiwan |
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National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (in English and Chinese) |
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Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (in English and Chinese) |
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Taipei Fine Arts Museum (in Chinese and English) |
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National Palace Museum, Taipei (in English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German and Spanish) |
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Turkey |
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Topkapi Palace Museum (in English and Turkish) |
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United Kingdom |
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England |
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London |
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British Museum (in English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and French) |
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National Portrait Gallery (in English, German, French, Japanese and Italian) |
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National Gallery (in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian and Japanese) |
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Courtauld Institute of Art (home to the Courtauld Institute Gallery) (University of London) |
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Victoria and Albert Museum |
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National Art Library (Victoria and Albert Museum) |
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Warburg Institute (U. London) |
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Tate Galleries |
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Tate Online: British and International Modern Art (in English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian) |
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Tate St. Ives |
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Tate Liverpool |
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Tate Modern |
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Tate Britain |
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Northern Ireland |
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National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland |
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Scotland |
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National Galleries of Scotland |
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Wales |
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National Museums and Galleries of Wales |
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United States |
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Smithsonian Institute Museums & Organizations |
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Smithsonian Institution |
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SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (online gateway to the Smithsonian's archives, libraries, collections, art inventories, and other resources) |
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Arthur M. Sackler / Freer Galleries |
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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum |
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
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National Museum of African Art |
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National Museum of the American Indian |
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National Museum of American Art |
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National Museum of American Art: White House Collection of American Crafts |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art |
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Alaska |
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Anchorage Museum of History and Art |
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Museum of the North (U. of Alaska) |
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California |
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
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Huntington (Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens) |
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Museum of Contemporary Art |
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J. Paul Getty Museum |
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Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena) |
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ArtScene: Guide to Art Galleries and Museums in Southern California (ArtSceneCal) |
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San Jose State U. Art Museum |
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De Young Museum (San Francisco) |
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University of California Art Museums |
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, U. California, Berkeley |
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U. California, Santa Barbara, Art Museum |
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Connecticut |
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Yale University Art Gallery |
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Yale Center for British Art (Mellon Centre) |
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Georgia |
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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (Atlanta) |
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Museum of Design (in association with the Smithsonian Institution)(Atlanta) |
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High Museum of Art (Atlanta) |
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Michael C. Carlos Museum (ancient art) (Emory University) |
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Illinois |
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David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (U. of Chicago) |
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Indiana |
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Indianapolis Museum of Art |
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Indiana U. Art Museum |
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U. Notre Dame Snite Museum of Art |
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Kansas |
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Spencer Museum of Art (U. of Kansas) |
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Louisiana |
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Amistad Research Center (Tulane University) |
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Massachusetts |
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Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) |
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Davis Museum and Cultural Center (Wellesley College) |
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McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College |
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Museum of Bad Art ("community-based, private institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory") |
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Harvard U. Art Museums |
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Homepage of Harvard U. Art Museums |
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Sargent at Harvard ("searchable database that makes available images and textual information relating to [Sargent] in the collections of the Harvard U. Art Museums . . . and the Harvard U. Portrait Collection") (Melinda Linderer & Lee Mand |
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Michigan |
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The Detroit Institute of Arts |
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Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (U. of Michigan) |
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Minnesota |
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
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Weisman Art Museum (U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis) |
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New Jersey |
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Princeton U. Art Museum |
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New York |
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New York Art World (information and news about exhibitions, art and artists in New York, with reviews and commentaries) |
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Art Deco Society of New York |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) |
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Whitney Museum of American Art |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
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Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library |
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Dahesh Museum of Art |
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Museum for African Art |
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Brooklyn Museum of Art |
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Queens Museum of Art |
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New Museum of Contemporary Art |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo) |
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Dia: Beacon - Riggio Galleries (museum of the Dia Art Foundation collections) |
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George Eastman House (Museum of Photography and Film Archives) |
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Ohio |
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Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Allen Memorial Art Museum (Oberlin College) |
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Pennsylvania |
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Reading Public Museum |
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Texas |
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Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth) |
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Chinati Foundation (museum of contemporary art) |
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Dallas Museum of Art Online |
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Virginia |
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U. Virginia Bayly Art Museum |
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African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (electronic exhibition catalogue) (Bayley Art Museum, U. of Virginia) |
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Washington, D.C. (see also Smithsonian Institute Museums and Organizations) |
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National Museum of Women in the Arts |
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Wisconsin |
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Madison Art Center, Wisconsin |
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