Libraries and Museums --
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Libraries -- Most of these
library home pages give you web access to their catalogs as well as other useful
resources:
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Boston Public Library |
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Central and Western
Massachusetts (CW/MARS) Libraries Catalog, includes
Fitchburg, Gardner, Worcester and other area public and academic libraries |
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Donna C. Philbin
Library Media Center, Overlook Middle School |
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Fisher-Watkins
Library at Cushing Academy |
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Forbush Memorial
Library, Westminster, Massachusetts |
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The Internet Public Library |
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The Library of Congress
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MA Virtual Catalog Gateway
-- provides a single,
searchable catalog of materials owned by participating academic and
public libraries in Massachusetts. Library patrons in good standing
may use the Virtual Catalog to request items that are unavailable
through their own library network or institution. |
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Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners |
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Stevens Memorial Library,
Ashburnham, Massachusetts |
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University
of Massachusetts, Amherst Library |
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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library |
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Museums -- Many, many museums
around the world have developed wonderful virtual tours. All have special exhibits
which are changed on a regular basis, so revisit often. (See also
Art Resources on the Web) A selection:
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The Exploratorium --
the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco, California. |
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EXPO -- a world wide
web exhibit organization. |
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Franklin Institute Science Museum -- Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. |
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Guggenheim Museums-- links to the Guggenheim Museums around the world. |
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Hands-on Science Centers
Worldwide -- pointers to public museums with a strong emphasis on
interactive science education. |
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
-- an extraordinary small art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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J. Paul Getty Museum --
comprises seven areas of art from Greek and Roman antiquities to contemporary American and
European photographs. |
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Louvre Museum --
the famous museum in Paris, France (web site is in English). |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art -- collections include more than two million works of
art—several hundred thousand of which are on view at any given time—spanning
more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. In New York
City. |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston --
discover some of the great works of art through an online Museum tour. |
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Museum of
Science, Boston --
features a revolving schedule of Imax
films, temporary exhibitions and planetarium shows. Includes a
visitor's guide, membership details, and more. |
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National Air & Space Museum --
the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) maintains the largest
collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. |
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National Museum of American Art --
painting, sculpture, graphics, folk art and photography, 18th-century to present. |
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The Smithsonian Institution -- composed of sixteen museums
and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities in the United States
and abroad. |
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
-- America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation
of Holocaust history, also serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people
murdered during the Holocaust. |
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WebMuseum, Paris --
a collection of art exhibits maintained by Nicolas Pioch. |
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Please send comments and/or suggestions to
Tom Anderson, Librarian. This page was updated on
December 18, 2007.
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