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Interactive Art Museum Web-Sites-These websites all share outstanding qualities including access to current and permanent collections, children’s activities and pertinent information concerning specific pieces in their respective collections as well as visiting collections. Unless noted all include some type of interactive teacher/student activities or lesson plans.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art-This page provides a variety of information about the museum’s massive collection. It includes recent acquisitions as well as an inventory of the current exhibitions and permanent collection. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Walters Art Gallery-Accessible locally, this internationally renowned museum also has an excellent online inventory of its permanent and current exhibitions. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://thewalters.org/

Smithsonian Museum of Art/Renwick Gallery-This website is an absolute essential when conducting any type of web-based research on American Art. The Smithsonian out does itself again by providing a wealth of information including current works in conservation and helpful advice for researchers. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://americanart.si.edu/

Seattle Art Museum-Seattle Art Museum offers a collection full of variety ranging from African Art to its famous Olympic Sculpture Park. This website is an excellent tool to navigate the entire collection and any visiting artwork. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/

Philadelphia Museum of Art-Physically this is one of the largest museums in the United States. This website certainly does a stellar job of showcasing their reputation of hosting world renowned exhibitions and its high quality permanent collection. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.philamuseum.org/

Denver Art Museum-The Rocky Mountains reach the African Continent, DAM is as funky as Colorado itself. This website is does an outstanding job of showcasing the museums permanent collection as well as any visiting collection. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.denverartmuseum.org/home

National Gallery of Art-This website offers a wealth of information about the museum’s collection. Although not as user friendly as some of the other websites included in this list, it does offer a lot of information for researchers, teachers and students. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.nga.gov/

American Visionary Art Museum-Although not a physically large museum it does offer a very useful website regarding its collection. Funky and fun to use it would appeal mainly to middle and high school age students. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.avam.org/

Portland Art Museum- This website is accessible and easy to use. It offers resources for teachers as well as information concerning its collection as well as visiting pieces. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://portlandartmuseum.org/

Miami Art Museum-This website is easy to use and is a good example of a local museum that has successfully made accessible information regarding local artists as well as some of the museums more notable pieces. Dated visited-September 13, 2009

http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/

The Louvre-As one might imagine this website is extremely user friendly. If even offers a self-guided tour of the museum’s most famous pieces. In addition, it provides an enormous amount of resources for teachers and students. It has recently updated its collection database so that it is available in English. Dated visited-September 13, 2009.

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en

Baltimore Museum of Art-This website is very easy to use and in addition to pertinent information on its famous Cone Collection as well as traveling exhibitions it offers a family section which makes visiting the BMA with family and friends even easier.

http://www.artbma.org/

The Museum of Modern Art-In addition to standard information on its massive collection MOMA’s website offers outstanding audio tours of its own collection as well as visiting pieces.

http://www.moma.org/

Los Angeles Museum of Art-This website offers a large amount of audio as well as interactive activities designed for children, teens and adults. In addition they have archived a huge amount of museum talks and other community events.

http://www.lacma.org/

The J. Paul Getty Museum-The museum’s collection of mostly modern works is uniquely introduced through a interesting collection of fun and interactive games.

http://www.getty.edu/museum/

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles-Like its modern collection this website offers a variety of up to date ways to stay connected; including Facebook and twitter.

http://www.moca.org/

Corcoran Gallery of Art-This website is extremely user friendly offers a lot of factual information for teachers, students and researchers. The collection is well organized and easily accessible online.

http://www.corcoran.org/

The Phillips Collection-This website is a great example of a small gallery showcasing its internationally famous collection. It has accessible and easy to find information about its work.

http://www.phillipscollection.org/

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden-This website offers users the ultimate interactive experience by providing weekly conversations which invite the viewer into discussion with others.

http://hirshhorn.si.edu/

National Museum of Women in the Arts-This website is an excellent resource for researchers as well as teachers. It also offers online educational programs as well as lesson plans centered on the museum’s collection.

http://www.nmwa.org/

National Museum of African Art-This website offers an excellent audio collection as well as fantastic information about its works.

http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

The Art Institute of Chicago-This website is very family and kid friendly. It provides a wealth of online educational tools and interactive activities.

http://www.artic.edu/