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    General

Internet for the Fine Arts IFA is an international on-line community and network of artists, galleries, museums, and resources for the fine arts. 'IFA' is continually changing to reflect the emergence of new art related resources on the Internet.

National Geographic This site has an online version of the magazine, an archive of past issues, special activities for kids, plus tons of photos and reference information.

PBS Online This Web site from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) features companion Web sites for more than 250 PBS programs and specials, as well as seven online neighborhoods that aggregate content by genre and interest.

Picasso This site is presented by Picasso's son Claude. You can view many of Picasso's paintings and get information on exhibitions, as well as share your thoughts on Picasso with others.

World Wide Arts Resources This interactive arts gateway will give you access to artists, museums, galleries, high quality art, art history, arts education, antiques, performing arts, classified ads, resume postings, arts chats, arts forums and much more.

    Literature

Atlantic Unbound The Atlantic Monthly - interviews, reviews, essays, poetry and short stories. Web-only features enhance the print version.

Bibliomania Bibliomania offers hundreds of classics as well as reference books. Each title has its own search engine.

BookWire BookWire is the book industry's most comprehensive and thorough online information source. BookWire's content includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, original fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites, and more.

New York Times Book Section The Sunday Book Review is posted here all week, as are daily reviews, interviews and book news. There is access to book reviews, articles and author interviews dating back to 1980.

Project Gutenberg This site contains an online repository of electronic literary texts, including classics from Shakespeare, Poe, and Dante.

The Cortland Review This site presents quality poetry, fiction and essays.

  Writers

Writing.org Articles and annotated Web links for writers.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber The Really Useful Company presents the very best of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

All Music Guide Music styles include rock, country, jazz, blues, world, folk, bluegrass, rap, reggae, vocal, gospel/ccm, easy listening, and new age. The site lets you search by the decade from the '20s. Learn about major albums, read essays and discover key artists.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

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HistoryChannel.com Use the search box to search any topic in history. Other features include This Day in History, What's New, and Exhibits.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures Started in 1994 as an online supplement for students and teachers, EAWC weaves the history of eight civilizations, ranging from China to medieval Europe, into length narratives.

The History Net
An extensive and content-rich site devoted to history.


The World Fact Book The World Fact Book, prepared by the Central Intellgence Agency, has country listings and information.

LaborArts A new web museum about the art and artifacts of working people and the labor movement. You can browse or search the exhibits and and collections of historical photographs, buttons, cartoon art and more. - Suggested by a BestWeb user

 

 

 

 

    Museums:


Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and finest art museums in the world. Its collection spans more than 5,000 years of culture, from prehistory to the present.

MIT Museum Founded in 1971, the MIT Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits materials that serve as a resource for the study and interpretation of the intellectual, educational, and social history of MIT and MIT's role in the history of modern science and technology.

Museum of Modern Art An award-winning site that offers selected works from MoMA's unparalleled collection of modern art, interactive online projects, exhibition listings, general information about the museum, and more.

The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco In addition to online versions of special exhibitions, this site includes a massive art database containing over 70,000 different images.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Chicago's newest major museum and one of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance.

The National Gallery of Art You can take online tours of the permanent collection, recent exhibitions or even specific artworks. The museum's tours are among the best online. Plan a visit or do a reproduction search at the gallery shop.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Easy and fun to explore, this site includes special exhibition pages and the adventurous E-space, which showcases digital art projects.

 

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