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American Museum of Papermaking

http://www.ipst.edu/amp/

This renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology features a collection of watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. You can go on a virtual tour of the museum and learn about topics such as forerunners to paper, the invention of the paper machine, and recycling in the paper industry.

Art Deco Erte Museum of Fashion and Theater Designs

http://www.webcom.com/ajarts/welcome.html

Cybermuseum in memory of the father of art deco, Romain de Tirtoff(1892-1990), known as “Erté.” One of the foremost fashion and stage designers of the early twentieth century, he is remembered for the extravagant costumes and stage sets he designed for the Folies-Bergère in Paris and George White's Scandals in New York, as well as designs for the Broadway musical Stardust in 1988. This illustrated museum contains a selection of images drawn from throughout Erté's 80-year career.

Eli Whitney Museum

http://www.eliwhitney.org/

This museum and site are dedicated to exploring people’s passion for making things. While this site was being overhauled at the time of this book’s writing, it shall once again be a cool site one day. Bookmark it and check back when it’s finished.

Graphions Online Type Museum

http://www.slip.net/~graphion/museum.html

This site provides information about the history and practice of typesetting, including biographies of visionary typesetters and elements of typesetting style. There also is a question and answer page where you can request information, make suggestions, or ask any question your heart desires.

Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

http://www.addgr.com/jewel/lalaouni/enindex.htm

A museum devoted to the art of jewelry, its permanent collection houses over 3,000 designs. The gallery is organized into six categories—The Golden Dawn of Art, History of Greek Jewelry, Collections Inspired From 12 Civilizations, Nature, Technology and Biology, and Special Commissions. Photos are available on the site.

The Judah L. Magnes Jewish Museum

http://www.jfed.org/Magnes/Magnes.htm

The third largest Jewish museum in North America, it collects and displays treasures of Jewish art, history, and culture. The permanent collection includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and a film/video and photography collection. The site also provides information about libraries and archives, poetry and video competitions, and books and publications.

Kelsey Museum of Archeology

http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/

This site contains maps of the ancient world and other online resources for classical art and archeology. It also shows photos of objects on display in the museum’s two main galleries, The Greek and Roman Gallery and The Egyptian and Near Eastern Gallery.

Living Museum of Letterpress Printing

http://www.speakeasy.org/~eoeleven/

This foundation dedicated to the preservation of the 550 year history of letterpress printing provides links to a reference library, tools of the trade, and much more. (This black and white site has some large graphics that take a while to come up. You’ll probably need a fast modem and updated browser to view this site most effectively.)

Melbourne Museum of Printing

http://www.vicnet.net.au/~typo/

This is a working and teaching museum of type and printing. Its collection includes machines, info about founts, and other printing items. It also has links to books and records that have to do with printing and businesses of that type (no pun intended).

Museum for the Preservation of Illustrative Art

http://www.i-link.net/pavilion/mpia.html

This museum is dedicated to the archiving, indexing, display, commemoration, and preservation of the works of the major illustrators of the romance era of the 20th Century. While this site is still under construction, it has the potential to be a great site for artists and art lovers. Bookmark it and check back later.

Museum of Contemporary Ideas

http://toolshed.artschool.utas.edu.au/moci/home.html

This unique museum delves into the worlds of the visual arts, the philosophy of science, architecture, technology, performing arts, and off-planet systems. As of this book’s writing, for example, the site had a sample chapter of a mystery novel and an Encyclopedia of Superfictions, which forces us to examine what is true and what is false. (Check out the entry for Hillary Clinton.)

Museum of Korean Embroidery

http://samsung.expo.or.kr/pojagi/poja_m.html

This museum boasts over 3,000 pieces of embroidery and other handicrafts created by women or used in the women's quarters of traditional Korea. The opening page of the site shows 20 beautiful samples, which you can click on to enlarge them and read a description.

Museum of Outdoor Arts

http://www.fine-art.com/museum/moa.html

This museum offers people a place to enjoy picnics and concerts in an environment of fine art, architecture, and landscape. Site includes photos of the grounds and sculptures as well as information about the collection, exhibitions, and programs.

National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.si.edu/

The portraits in the Gallery’s permanent collection number more that 7,000, including portraits of all 41 presidents (President Clinton’s hasn’t been added yet), all of which can be viewed at this site. Portraits of other individuals can be admitted to the collection 10 years after the death of the subject. Other permanent collections include “The Age of Revolution” and “Native Americans” and are supplemented by other special exhibits.

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum

http://aqua.ucsd.edu/

Part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, this aquarium has volunteer opportunities, educational programs, and summer learning adventures. This home page provides information about all these, plus links to what’s new at the aquarium and membership information.

The victoria and Albert Museum

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of the decorative arts in the world. Today the beautiful Victorian and Edwardian buildings house 145 galleries containing some of the world's greatest collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewelry, books, prints and photographs.