This is the African American Museum and Library in Oakland, California. It has exhibitions and a wide ranging collection.
AAMLO
A blog devoted to online museums, both old and new. I plan to include a lot of the stranger ones.
Thursday, November 28, 2002
This is an incredible resource list of archive web sites and national park web sites! It covers the world and includes holdings of manuscripts, rare books, historical photographs and other primary sources.
Repositories of Primary Sources
Repositories of Primary Sources
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Dennis does wonders with fractals. A great collection of images.
dennis wilen: fractals: adventures in numberland
dennis wilen: fractals: adventures in numberland
Friday, November 15, 2002
Here is the Sigmund Freud Museum, complete with videos, maps, and chronologies.
Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna Homepage
Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna Homepage
Saturday, November 09, 2002
Here is a virtual museum devoted to some of the 7,000 immigrants who lived at 97 Orchard Street from 1863 to 1935. A virtual tour is offered, along with an audio presentation and an encyclopedia about the day to day lives.
The Official Site of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The Official Site of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
You can virtually tour Jefferson's House, learn about the man himself, as well as see the grounds and the plantation.
Monticello—The Home of Thomas Jefferson
Monticello—The Home of Thomas Jefferson
MONPA is the Museum of Non Primate Art. Ever wonder why cats paint? Or dance? Here's your chance to find out.
MONPA
MONPA
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
A great site for anyone who loves drive-in theaters. You can find a list of theaters, the history (broken down by decade), old movie ads, and the concessions area.
Drive-In Theater
Drive-In Theater
Sunday, October 20, 2002
This is Robert Smith's Master Index of Maritime Museum Web sites (United States). You can search by state.
maritime museums
maritime museums
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
The Adirondack Museum chronicles the history and lifeways of the peoples in upstate New York.
Adirondack Museum -- Blue Mountain Lake New York
Adirondack Museum -- Blue Mountain Lake New York
A great collection of squished coins from those coin machines found in amusement parks and museums.
Elongated Coins
Elongated Coins
A wonderful collection of Mountain Dew (the soda) memorabila, from the bottles and cans to various giveaways. And, all the photos can be used freely.
Mountain Dew Memorabilia Guide
Mountain Dew Memorabilia Guide
Sunday, October 06, 2002
This is the Museum of United States Essays and Proofs. Now that title certainly doesn't tell us anything, does it? The objects in question are early stamps.
The Museum Home Page
The Museum Home Page
Tuesday, October 01, 2002
This is one of California's newest museums. It is located in Sacramento, and the web site explores the various sections of the museum.
The California Military Museum: Welcome to California Military History Online!
The California Military Museum: Welcome to California Military History Online!
Friday, September 20, 2002
The Ashmolean Museum, which calls itself "Britain's Oldest Public Museum", has an excellent site with links to its collections and archives. There are also links to PotWeb (an online database of their ceramic collections, and an online class about Islamic ceramics.
Ashmolean Museum: Home Page
Ashmolean Museum: Home Page
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Norton I declared himself Emperor of the United States in 1859. This site has his proclamations and the history of his reign.
Emperor Norton's Archives
Emperor Norton's Archives
Here is the web site of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The collection is quite large and covers santos (painted and sculpted images of saints,) textiles, tinwork, silverwork, goldwork, ironwork, straw appliqué, ceramics, furniture, and books.
a href="http://www.spanishcolonial.org/">The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art: Santa Fe, New Mexico
a href="http://www.spanishcolonial.org/">The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Saturday, September 07, 2002
This is an incredibly poetic exhibit about the papers that blew into Brooklyn after the Word Trade Center towers collapsed. The Blue Man group composed the music and put the exhibit together.
Exhibit 13 - Home
Exhibit 13 - Home
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