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Pintura, Art Detective
Outstanding, clever, and stimulating site using a Dashiell Hammett
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Adler
Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago
The Adler opened on May 12, 1930, as the
first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, and continues today to
interpret the exploration of the universe for the broadest possible
audience.
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Albright-Knox
Art Games
This interactive site engages
children in art activities that help them to learn about artists and the
works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in
Buffalo, New York. Requires Flash.
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The
@rt Room
Provides a learning environment for
exploring the world of art. Includes bibliographies of art books, exhibits
of kids’ art from different parts of the world, and facts about famous
artists.
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The
Art Institute of Chicago
Includes activities for children.
Excellent opening page with animated changes of the art images. Includes
exploring “A Mysterious Mummy” and “Thousands of Dots” (about a
painting by Georges Seurat).
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Carving
at Skidegate
Photographs and text indicate the
elaborate nature of totem pole carving.
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The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The museum offers nontraditional learning
opportunities for children and their families. Includes explorations of
dinosaurs and visits to “Rex’s Lending Library”
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The
Exploratorium, San Francisco
An online version of a hands-on
museum in San Francisco that permits you to do your own cow’s eye
dissection or learn the science behind a home run. Be sure to visit the
“Learning Studio.”
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The
Imagination Factory
This site provides art activities using
recycled materials. Ideas and clear directions can be found for painting,
drawing, sculpture, printmaking, fiber arts, and crafts from recycled
media.
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Illinois
State Museum, Springfield
Provides online exhibits about the Ice
Ages and prehistoric mammals as well as a trip back to our Midwestern
lands 16,000 years ago.
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Inside
Art
What if you were trapped inside a painting
and had to solve a mystery to get out? An adventure inside art history.
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Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York
The page for young people includes family
guides, museum hunts, and art games. Features special sections on artists
such as Winslow Homer.
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National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
The National Gallery of Art and its
collections belong to the people of the United States of America. European
and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected works on
paper. Full-screen views of whole paintings and details allow close study.
The site also includes information on artists and on the museum’s
facilities and services.
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National
Gallery of Art for Kids
Explore stories in art, take a postcard tour of one of the galleries, get directions for art activities and
projects, and more.
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National
Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, this
museum is devoted to the protection and study of the life, languages,
literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
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Ology
The American Museum of Natural History offers a unique
museum experience for kids from 8-12. Included are stories, games and
interactive activities.
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Origami
Clear instructions and elegant models in the
traditional Japanese art of paper folding from Joseph Wu in Japan. Contains
links to many other origami sites, including “How to Make an Origami
Crane.”
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Picasso:
Official Web Site
Take a walk through the art of the
great abstract artist, Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973). See a gallery of
many of his most famous portraits shown in glorious color. The
collection is divided by subject and includes works on family, friends,
children, and women as well as many of his famous self-portraits.
(All ages)
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Vincent
Van Gogh
Visit the Texas.net Museum of Art
for a look at the painting of the great Vincent(1853-90). In
addition, read about his life and the history of his paintings as well as
link up with other Van Gogh sites. (All ages)
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Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C.
Great site for gaining an understanding of the natural
world and our place in it.
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WebMuseum,
Paris
This is an exciting collection of resources on many subjects ranging from
Paul Cézanne, to information on Paris, to Medieval art treasures. Many
images can be enlarged for closer viewing. |
