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This page provides links to galleries around the globe.

Galleries, Collections, and Museums in Washington State

Anacortes Museum: Historical and artistic museum about the city of Anacortes, WA.

The Getty Research Institute: Digital database for works of art, photographs and art related research.

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU: This museum serves as the intellectual center for the visual arts at WSU, offering enriching encounters of regional and national artists to the Pacific Northwest.

Museum of Northwest Art: MoNA collects and exhibits contemporary art from across the Northwest, including Alaska, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

Seattle Art Museum's Collection: From antiquity to the present, paintings to porcelain, and baskets to belt masks, SAM’s permanent collection represents global cultures and historical perspectives.

University of Washington Libraries: Digital collections.

Gallery, Collections, and Websites in the U.S. and Worldwide

AIDS Quilt Information Website: Considered the largest community arts project in history, the AIDS Memorial Quilt helps us remember the unique lives and stories of those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS.

Albright - Knox Art Gallery: Collections database and more. Buffalo, New York.

The Art Institute of Chicago: Extensive resource sections, such as the museum's "Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to Ancient Art," are also accessible from this page and include fully bilingual English and Spanish text, video clips, time lines.

 

The Berardo Collection: Extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.

Brooklyn Museum: Digital database from one of the country’s oldest and largest museums.

 

Currier Museum of Art: A smaller museum in Manchester, NH with a fantastic collection, much of it online.

 

Claremont Colleges Digital Library: Includes prints by Goya and other important works of art.

 

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Search over 82,000 images

Galleria Borghese: Rome. Images from the collection, including Giolorenzo Bernini’s sculpture of David.

Henry Art Gallery: The art repository of the University of Washington. An extensive image database and excellent search system.

J. Paul Getty Museum: The Los Angeles museum's site includes extensive image banks

The Louvre Museum: One of the world’s great museums. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa resides here.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The site also includes an online archive with thousands of highlights from the collection.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art and Walker Art CenterArtsConnectEd, a joint project organized by Minneapolis' two world-class art museums, offers a wealth of ideas on integrating art into the curriculum

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Our national art museum.

Museum of Modern Art New York: Treasure trove of modern art

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston An extensive digital collection with text information.

National Galleries of Scotland Extensive collection of artwork from many cultures and time periods.

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Our national art museum.

The National Museum of American Illustration Artworks from the Golden Age of American Illustration

Saatchi Gallery, LondonCutting edge contemporary art, plus a site where any artist can post their work.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice: Home page for the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice, Italy. Good collection of modern art.

The Wadsworth Atheneum: Official website of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. Search their collection from here.

Web Gallery of Art:  Good reference for lots of art history images.

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