From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...

From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...

Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.

This national museum offers several videos of gallery talks given in American Sign Language.

At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...

Resource is the homepage for the de Young Museum, one of the two Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Includes information about the museum, its collections, and exhibitions, and resources for educators wanting to take their students to...

This Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies lesson plan features museum field trip writing activities. Upon returning from the museum, students will write stories inspired by paintings that they observed and evoked an...

Through a partnership between the Worcester Art Museum and College of the Holy Cross, gain access to the libraries of both institutions. Search by subjects including artist, style, subject, and more. A teaching manual is available for...

Examine the principles of geometric design that are the basis for the beautiful and intricate patterns in the art of the Islamic world.

An online lesson plan for getting your hands dirty! The student will learn all about making beads from clay and receive ideas on what to do with them after they are done.

The Amarna Period of ancient Egypt only lasted about thirty years but it is one of the most remarkable periods in Egypt's history. It began when the pharaoh Akhenaten, who was married to Nefertiti, built the city of Amarna in honor of...

MuseumStuff is a search engine and a web-based guide to art, history, and science museums and to museum-related informational resources, exhibits, educational and entertaining games, and activities.

Balinese stories are continually told and retold. The Kayonan is the first and last puppet seen in the Balinese wayang shadow theater. As it dances, it symbolizes the living tradition of storytelling that deeply explains and entertains,...

A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.

Beautiful artwork from the more famous artists who depicted the people, places and things of the American West.

This interactive educational resource lends a brief look into the American Circus, Wild West shows, and early Native Americans through the use of images provided by photographer, Frederick W. Glasier. Includes a quiz, activities, and...

This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains 32 pages describing The Burghers of Calais sculpture with images and lesson plans included.

This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains 24 pages describing the David Plates which tell the story of David and Goliath. Images and lesson plans are included.

This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains 216 pages describing numerous pieces of African art with images and lesson plans included.

This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains 168 pages describing numerous pieces of art of South and Southeast Asia with images and lesson plans included.

The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson is the largest museum in the state, and has the largest collection of art by and about Mississippians. The collection is also notably strong in 19th and 20th century American landscape paintings,...

Website of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. Includes information about visiting the museum and its exhibits, resources for educators taking their students to the museum, and multimedia related to the museum.

Some ideas for you to try before making a visit to a museum of any kind. Also included are a worksheet for students to research various museum careers and a fun article about abstract art.

A lesson plan in which students take on the work of museum professionals: each student creates a ?Museum of Me? and the entire class builds exhibition on a subject relevant to the curriculum. The issue also includes an article on student...