This slideshow focuses on underlining and highlighting effectively by showing what ineffective underlining and highlighting looks like and explaining the problems with it; this is followed by showing what effective underlining and...

View a highlight from the museum's collection of a caryatid, one of the original six column supports removed from the Erechtheum, an ancient Greek temple located on the Acropolis.

This selection features 22 works of art from the MFA's collection of more than 13,000 examples of American decorative arts and sculpture ranging in date from the seventeenth century to the present and in origin from North America to...

Explore a selection of the MFA's holdings of over 1,400 paintings from across Europe, featuring masterworks from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.

The MFA's collection of European decorative arts and sculpture include approximately 22,000 works of art from the seventh century until the present day. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.

Provides a detailed timeline documenting the building, destruction, and rebuilding of the Temple.

"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...

From the landing page, learn about tapestries, their function, and creation, including the production of dyes used to produce colors. Tapestries in the the Art Institute's collection are highlighted as the history of tapestries is...

This online exhibit demonstrates how human vision works and has influenced Western art. It combines the biology of vision and art history. The exhibit focuses on the eye and its response to color and contrast while highlighting several...

NPR highlights historical inaugural firsts in this captioned pictorial slideshow. Includes many interesting and fun facts about U.S. presidents.

See where and when composers interacted and were influenced by one another in this interactive world map. The map highlights the relationships among the various composers as well as the connection between music to history.

Enter an address or area into NYCityMap and not only will it be highlighted on the map, but you will also be able to find schools, libraries, hospitals, parks, markets, wifi hotspots, etc. that are in close proximity to the address.

This collection contains more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world, and ranging from political and shaded relief maps to the detailed and the historical. Select from a region of the world or an area of highlighted interest.

Exhibtion of artwork and artifacts from geographic regions across the Americas highlights the historic significance and diversity of material culture produced by Native Americans, past to present. With examples of textiles, ceramics,...

A vast collection of photographs that highlight the life of Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her eightieth birthday. Click on 'Contents' then 'The exhibition' to access the photographs by decade.

When state and local authorities fail to uphold the Federal Court orders for integration at Central High School, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to enforce those orders. Using an array of photos and primary source...

The natural resources of India - including coal, iron ore, bauxite, mica - are highlighted on this map.

Photographic exhibit highlights events from the Warsaw Rising in 1944.

On May 7, 1945, the formal act of military surrender was signed by Germany, ending World War II in Europe. This pictorial essay highlights the celebrations that took place in London the next day marking VE Day.

Photographs and news stories highlight the social change and protest that occurred during the Civil Rights movement in the San Francisco Bay area from 1960-1965.

Photography exhibit highlights the Romanian architecture of Ion Mincu.

This slideshow gives a detailed explanation of the characteristics of statistical questions and how they differ from other types of questions, the types of studies, and the methods for collecting data. It describes the case of Clever...

This is a slideshow presentation that offers many examples of statistical studies where generalizations to the larger population were made, often leading to incorrect assumptions. While the author's commentary has been omitted, there are...

Highlights of Western styles of clothing, in timeline format, inspire us with the vastness and novelty of human creation. Examples span 250 years of changing styles in fashion, with the earliest articles dating from the eighteenth century.