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• Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Educational Materials - Art Games.
  
  
• Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth Texas. See online exhibit about Eliot Porter's photography and one about Erwin Smith's Cowboy photography. Inspiring Visions: Artists' Views of the American West  Erwin E Smith for Kids!
  
  
• Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago Illinois. K-12 Lesson Plans - Art Access - Art Explorer
  
  
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA.  Education 
  
  
• Baltimore Museum of Art - Baltimore, Maryland - See Matisse for Kids (listed under Related Links)
  
  
• Barnes Foundation, Merion (near Philadelphia),  Pennsylvania - See Kids Page
  
  
• Birmingham Museum of Art  Birmingham, Alabama - Start with Art Lesson Plans - Alabama Folk Pottery - Kids Page to come.
  
  
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa. Collection search on-line.
  
  
• Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, California
  
  
• Cincinnati Museum of Art Cincinnati, Ohio  Teacher Resources  
  

• Clark Art Institute -- Williamstown, Massachusetts - Clark Kids Activities - Asian Odyssey Curriculum Model
  
  
• Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio - See Fun for Kids
  Make a Medieval helmet! project was created by Bob Dewey. Try this Nsibidi Symbol Matching Game! (make a list as you play the game) See Egypt activities.
  
  
• Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, Ohio - See Eye Spy Adventures in Art Lesson Plans (all interdisciplinary)
  
  
• Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas (doesn't have collections online)
  
  
• Cooper- Hewitt National Design Museum New York, NY. Educator Resources
  
  
• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. Teacher Resources
  
  
• Dayton Art Institute Dayton, Ohio - See At Home Projects for Kids  
  Educator Resource Packets
  
• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan - Lesson Plans (Egypt and Murals) Site map for Ancient Egypt Lessons - interdisciplinary. 
  
  
• Denver Museum of Art, Denver, Colorado. See Wacky Kids - Explore Cool Places
  
  
• De Young Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Resources for Educators 
  
  
• El Museo Del Barrio Latin American Art, New York, NY
  
  
• Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• Field Museum - Anthropology Collection, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Frick Museum, New York City, NY - Not much of the collection online. See exhibits. Educator Resources
  
  
• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  
  
• Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Getty Museum, Malibu - See Devices of Wonder - Dorothea Lange Curriculum - Lesson Plans - Media Gallery - short video clips online. Video Gallery  TeacherArtExchange list serve
  
  
• Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York. Search collection by artist, movement or medium. Lesson Resources. See the other Guggenheim Museums.  Learning Through Art - encourages teachers and teaching artists to design art projects that support student learning across the curriculum.
  
  
• Heard Museum - Native Cultures and Art-- Phoenix, Arizona
  
  
• High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington DC. Interactive Sculpture Lesson - Teacher Resources
  
  
• Illinois State Museum Many art lesson plans - also see Web Exhibits.
  
  
• International Museum of Folk Art - Santa Fe. Folk art from around the world. Check out the newly designed web site. Lots more to see from the collection now online. Curricular Materials
  
  
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  - Boston, Massachusetts. Education Resources
  
  
• James A Michener Museum Art Museum, Doylestown, PA  Mapping the Journey of Bucks County Artists  Teacher Resources Michener for Kids
  
  
• The Jewish Museum New York, New York. Curricular Materials
  
  
• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska - Browse the Educator Resource Center.  Kid Connection
  
  
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Nice selection of collection online.
  
  
• Kimball Art Museum Forth Worth, Texas
  
  
• Logan Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI - See also Wright Museum of Art.
  
  
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Los Angeles, California - 
  Browse the Collection - Many images online. See Islamic Art Resources for Educators
  
  
• Luce Foundation Center for American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. Browse the collection.
  
  
• Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA) North Adams, MA See Kids Space@Mass MoCA 
  
  
• Meadows Museum - Dallas, Texas  Features: Online displays of historical Spanish art and contemporary exhibits - at Meadows School of Arts
  
  
• Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, NY - Art History Timeline  
  Explore and Learn- Education Resources Many Interactive Online Exhibits - Museum Kids
  
  
• Michael C. Carlos Museum  Emory University, Atlanta, GA.- See Odyssey Educational study guides for Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Africa - for elementary and middle school. See Teaching with Works of Art
  
  
• Milwaukee Museum of Art  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. A few works from each collection on line. Teacher Resources
  
  
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN. Teacher Resources - ArtsConnectEd - Interactive-Multimedia
  
  
• Mobile Museum of Art Mobile Alabama. Scavenger Hunt can help you design your own for a museum trip - or virtual trip. Teacher Resources.
  
  
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas
  
  
• Montana Museum of Art and Culture - University of Montana, Missoula, MT
  
  
• Morgan Library & Museum - New York, New York. See online exhibits. Illuminated manuscripts and more.
  
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois. See Looking at Sculpture Curriculum Teacher Resources
  
  
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Boston, Mass - Explore Ancient Egypt   Interactive Online Tours - CAMEO: Conservation & Art Material Encyclopedia Online
  
  
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Houston, TX. . Impressionism interactive. See Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico - Franz Mayer Collection from Mexico City. See Teaching with Art - image library and lesson plans. Art-To-Go Resources
  
  
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Alternate url) 
  Curricula and Lesson Plans. See Carnival - activities - curriculum.
  
  
• Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY Open Ends An interesting guide to contemporary artists (with topics for discussion) from the MOMA: Online Projects. See the Latin American Online Bibliography  Destination: Modern Art  (for ages 5 to 8) and  Red Studio (for teenagers). Modern Teachers - educators guides, images and lessons.
  
  
• Museum of Nebraska Art - University of Nebraska Kearney, Nebraska. 
  
  
• National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC - Education Resources - Exploring American Art Themes - Quest for Immortality - Lesson Plans - Integrating Art Into the Curriculum -NGA Classroom - Cross Curriculum Materials - Loan Finder for visual resources - Online Tours - NGA KIDS  Art Zone Interactive Make Art  - collage, mobile, and more.
  
  
• National Portrait Gallery Washington DC - See Current Exhibitions for Virtual Exhibits and Online Exhibits  many with Teacher's Guide -  Washington DC sites of interest below.
  
  
• National Postal Museum, Washington DC - images may spark a lesson.
  Curriculum guides
  
• National Museum of African Art (See all of the museums of the Smithsonian) Washington DC. Explore the Collection - Curriculum Resources-  More Washington DC sites of interest below.
  
  
• National Museum of American Art in Washington DC. Now Smithsonian American Art Museum. Education Resources  More online exhibits. Also known as Ryder Museum - For Kids - Bottlecaps to Brushes  - America's Art
  
  
• National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. See the  Santos: Substance and Soul. A Vision of Puerto Rico  For Kids
  
  
• National Museum of the American Indian NY and Washington DC - Link to current online exhibits  Online Native American Exhibits - Smithsonian  Teaching materials   PDF files to download. Visit Moving the Collection (click on Follow the Object).
  
  
• The National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC. Resources for Educators
  
  
• Nelson Atkins Museum of Art  in Kansas City, Missouri.
  
  
• New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT. See Timeline of American Art. Thomas Hart Arts of Life in America. Teacher Resources
  Web Games
  
  
• Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, MA. Teacher Resources
  
  
• North Caroline Museum of Art (first art museum supported by public funds in US), Raleigh, North Carolina - Collection Highlights -  Art History Timeline - Flight Lesson Plans
  
  
• Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL. 
  
  
• Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California . Nice selection online. Study Guides
  
  
• Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Check ARTscape - an online multimedia tool that allows visitors to create their own themed collections.
  
  
• Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, California - See Exhibitions.  Teaching kits available for various cultures - pdf files to download for California Indians, Mexican Folk Art, Chinese Folk Art, Yoruba Art and more.
  
  
• Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, Pa See Degas and the Dance - Degas for Kids - Dox Thrash Revealed (printmaker) Teacher Resources 
  
  
• Philbrook Museum of Art - Tulsa, Oklahoma 
  
  
• Plains Art Museum, Fargo North Dakota. Education Resources
  
  
• Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ - See online collections curators' choices.
  
  
• Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis Missouri
  
  
• San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX - Faces of Civilization Lesson Plans (3 levels).
  
  
• San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. Great online catalog  
  Lesson Plans - portraits - books - masks and more.
  
  
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) - Online Exhibits- interactive. - Making Sense of Modern Art - Also see Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - San Francisco, California. Online Teacher's Guide to African Art and American Art (under Publications)  See de Young Art Center - highlights of the collections. Art Think Curriculum Site.
  
  
• Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA - See Online Interactive Activities Not much of the collection is online. Collection search feature is difficult to use unless you know what they have. Curriculum Resources
  
  
• Silicon Valley Art Museum, Belmont, CA - Lesson Plans to download. Lessons Index
  
  
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC (formerly National Museum of American Art) America's Art - Resources for Teachers  Bottlecaps to Brushes   Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History and Culture See Treasure to Go Exhibits and Highlights of the American Art Museum  Artists' Birthdays
  
  
• Smithsonian Institution Washington DC. Online Resources Art & Design -  Excellent Lesson Plans - Smithsonian Education  
  
  
• Studio Museum Harlem in New York, New York.
  
  
• Tennessee State Museum Nashville, Tennessee. Kids' Connection
  
  
• Textile Museum Washington DC. Lesson Plans - Flowers of Silk and Gold - Ottoman Exhibit.
  
  
• Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio 
  
  
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1935- 1045
  
  
• University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive - Teacher Resources
  
  
• University of Michigan Museum of Art , Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania   Bodies of Culture --all about piercing, tattooing and body painting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Online Exhibits - Resources for Teachers - See Just for Kids and Fun and Games - a few Lesson Plans 
  
  
• Utah Museum of Fine Art-  Lesson Plans   Educational resources
  
  
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA  Online educational materials
  
  
• Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN -- See also ArtsConnectEd 
  Art Today examines several themes and questions related to understanding contemporary art.
  
  
• Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland. 
  
  
• Whitney Museum New York City. ARTPORT - Web Art Gallery. See Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories - Learning@Whitney Resources for teachers, kids and teens. Education Online
  
  
• Wichita Art Museum Wichita, Kansas.
  
  
• Winterthur Museum and Country Estates, Winterthur, DE. See interactive story on apprenticeship in 1800s
  
  
• Wright Museum of Art - Beloit College, Beloit, WI. Art for Kids coming soon. 
  
  
• United States Holocaust Museum Memorial
  
  
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Nice selection of images from the Collection on line. See "What is Art?"  - Games in Schoolhouse - K-12 resources. 
  
  
• More USA Museums - from Artcyclopedia
  
  
• Teacher recommended Art Museums around the world
  
  
• Tips from Art Teachers on Planning a Museum Field Trip

WASHINGTON D.C. SITES OF INTEREST

A Guide to Washington D.C.	Smithsonian Institution
Arlington National Cemetery	U.S. House of Representatives
FDR Memorial	U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ford's Theatre	U.S. Naval Observatory
History of Washington D.C.	U.S. Presidents
Korean War Veterans Memorial	U.S. Senate
Library of Congress	U.S. Supreme Court
Lincoln Memorial	U.S. Treasury
Mount Vernon	Thomas Jefferson Memorial
National Air and Space Museum	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
National Museum of Natural History	Washington Monument
National Zoo	Washington National Cathedral
Pentagon	White House

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