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Museums and exhibitions
The museums in this list are categorized by country/continent.
Museums in some
countries are listed on separate pages for space
reasons.
In general,
information and exhibits are in English unless otherwise stated.
Africa -
Algeria -
Austria
Canada
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Latin America
Luxembourg
Poland -
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America
have been recently added.
Starred items marked
have large collections and/or are especially recommended.
If enough people ask for a star to be added to an item I will do so!
Afghanistan
Antarctica
McMurdo Historical Society Virtual Museum, McMurdo Station.
Antarctic history.
Australia
ArtServe -
27,000 images of art and architecture,
mainly from the Mediterranean area.
(Requires registration and payment for full use.)
The
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Collections include
Australian, Aboriginal, Asian, western and contemporary art,
photography.
Australian Museum, Sydney.
La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne.
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne.
Natural and cultural heritage collections at several sites.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Fine art.
National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
Australian Museums On Line (AMOL).
Australian University Museums Online (AUMOL).
Combined catalogue of
university collections.
Search the AUMOL databases.
Belgium
Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve,
Université catholique de Louvain.
See list of
cast collections worldwide.
(In French, also
English, Dutch and German.)
Armenia
Brunei
Bulgaria
National Museum of History, Sofia.
Includes a searchable database of over 300 items.
China
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum.
(In
English and Chinese.)
Virtual Museum of the "Cultural Revolution" and
China '89.
Croatia
Czech Republic
National Museum, Prague.
(In
Czech and English.)
Denmark
The
David Collection, Copenhagen.
Islamic art.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Situated on the North Zealand coast in spectacular setting.
(In
English and Danish.)
Museums of Natural History, Faculty of Science,
University of Copenhagen.
Botany, geology and zoology.
Includes searchable botanical
specimen database.
(25,000 records.)
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
(Also in Danish.)
See also related
museums.
National Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen.
(In 9 languages including
English.)
Estonia
Estonian National Museum, Tartu.
Fiji
Finland
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki.
Fine art.
(In
English, Finnish and Swedish.)
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.
(In
English, Finnish and Swedish.)
Finnish museums information including a
alphabetical list of museums
(also ordered
by location and
by type)
from the
Finnish Museums Association.
(Also in Finnish and Swedish.)
France
Château de Versailles, near Paris.
(In French and
English.)
Includes
The Carriage Museum.
French Ministry of Culture. (Mainly in French,
some
English.) See:
Muséofile - national database of
French museums
(entry price, opening hours, type of collections, etc.).
Archaeological discovery of a decorated Palaeolithic cave
near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on 25 December 1994 (announced 17 January 1995).
An interesting example where a virtual exhibition is the only way to
allow instantaneous worldwide general public access without risk of
damage.
Centre Georges Pompidou,
Musée national d'art moderne.
(Also
in French.)
The
Louvre, Paris.
Widely regarded as the most famous art museum in the world
with the
most famous painting in the world.
(Also
in French,
Japanese,
Spanish and Portuguese.)
See also
Louvre.edu educational resources (by subscription, in French),
virtual visit, and
here.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
(In French.)
Musée Rodin, Paris.
Sculpture and drawings by the artist
Auguste Rodin (1840-1919) in the Hôtel Biron
where he rented the ground floor.
(In French and
English.)
Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
See
collections catalogue including searchable
fish catalogue.
(In French and English.)
Museums,
exhibitions and
monuments/museums map of
Paris.
Greece
Alexander, WWW Server of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
Benaki Museum, Athens.
(In Greek and
English.)
WebAcropol, Athens.
A virtual tour of the Acropolis.
Cultural map of Greece and
list of museums.
Part of the
Hellenic Culture information server
from the
Hellenic Ministry Of Culture.
(In
English and
Greek.)
Hellenic Culture including
Macedonia and Thrace.
Greenland
Greenland National Museum & Archives (NKA), Nuuk.
(In
English, Danish and Kalaallisut.)
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Science Museum.
Iceland
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík.
(In Icelandic and
English.)
India
National Rail Museum, New Delhi.
Ireland
The
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
European Museum of the Year, 2002.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
Israel
Science and history-related museums in Israel.
Beth Hatefutsoth, the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv.
Includes a
virtual exhibition.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Israel National Museum of Science,
Daniel and Matilde Recanati Center, Haifa.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Jordon
Pella Museum. Geology and paleontology of Jordan.
Indonesia
National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lithuania
Macau
The
Museum of Macau, opened in 1998 in the old fortress.
(Also in Chinese and Portuguese.)
Malaysia
Moldova
The
National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History
of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau.
Largest, oldest, most visited museum in Moldova.
Nepal
Netherlands
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam.
(In Dutch and
English).
See
information on the house.
See also the travelling exhibit
Anne Frank In the World: 1929-1945 from
Anne Frank Online and the
Virtual Anne Frank House.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.
Art collection including Mondrian and Escher.
(Also in
Dutch.)
Mauritshuis, The Hague.
(In Dutch and
English.)
Museon, The Hague.
Science and natural history:
geology, biology and ecology, history and archaeology
physics and technology, ethnology.
(In
English and Dutch.)
Natural History Museum, Maastricht.
Includes a
virtual tour and
kid's museum with a
quiz.
(In
English and Dutch.)
Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam.
(In
English and Dutch.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
(In
English,
Dutch, German, French, Italian and Spanish.)
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam.
Leading modern contemporary art museum in the country.
Artworks, images, Java, VRML, Shockwave.
(In
English and Dutch.)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
Fossils and minerals, scientific instruments, medals and coins,
paintings, prints and drawings.
Oldest public museum and the first virtual museum in the country.
(Also
in Dutch, French and German.)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Mainly artworks by Vincent Van Gogh.
(In
English and Dutch.)
Museums in the Netherlands and
Search for Museums,
Netherlands Board of Tourism (NBT).
Succinct information, comprehensive coverage.
Holland Museums from the
Netherlands Board of Tourism supported by the
Netherlands Association of Museums.
See
English information including a directory of
all museums.
An excellent, comprehensive resource.
De Museumserver.
Dutch museums on the Internet.
(Mostly Dutch, some
English.)
Good, but slowed by use of Java.
New Zealand
New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum, Wanaka Airport.
Includes links to
other aviation museums on the Web.
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
Art, history, Maori culture and the natural environment.
A new museum opened in 1998.
Norway
Tromsø Museum.
(Also in Norwegian.)
Search the museums from
Museumsnet Norway.
Norway - Museums Inex, InfoNorway.com.
Museer i Norge (from Denmark).
Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force Museum, Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi.
Singapore
Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum.
Singaporean artist whose works incorporate images, sculptures,
poetry and music.
Includes on-line
souvenir shop and
toilet.
National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board.
Includes
Asia Civilisations Museum,
Singapore History Museum and
Singapore Art Museum.
See also
shop.
Slovakia
Slovak National Museum, Bratislava.
(In Slovak; see also
English information.)
Slovenia
National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
Archaeology, history, applied arts, drawings and graphics.
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Sharjah Archaeological Museum.
Vatican City
Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani). See also
Christus Rex virtual exhibits
containing many images of
the
Vatican City,
Sistine Chapel and
Raphael Stanzas and Loggias.
(Unofficial.)
Yemen
See also
MuseumShop@Home and
The Museum Company
for on-line museum-related shopping.