Museum Websites

• List of Free Museum Days
  List of NYC museums that offer free or reduced entry to general collections

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The Met currently has about 6500 images from their collection online, organized by curatorial department (i.e. European Paintings, Drawings & Prints, Asian Art etc. They provide exhibition highlights, as well as the ability to all of the online collection. You can also enter search words, if there are specific subjects you want to see represented. The site also includes information on current, future and past exhibitions.

• Museum of Modern Art
  MOMA re-opened in 2004. At the moment, only highlights from the collection can be viewed online, divided by department. You can also access their exhibition schedule, information on opening times, and special events happening at the Museum. The site also provides links to information on exhibitions at P.S.1.

• Whitney Museum of American Art
  Information on upcoming exhibitions, special programs and events, and research facilities. Only highlights of the collection are currently online.

• Brooklyn Museum
  Information on exhibitions, events (including "First Saturdays"), and images from the collection.

• Morgan Library
  Searchable database of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, with images, in the collection of the Morgan Library in New York.

• Dia Center: Beacon
  Upstate outpost of Chelsea's Dia Center for the Arts. The Chelsea space is closed for renovations until 2006. The Dia specialises in contemporary art, and is accessible by train from New York City.

• El Museo del Barrio
  New York's premier showcase for the art and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean.

• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
  The collection can be searched by artist or title, and is also divided into specific periods, and by medium. Also provides special "online tours" of specific areas of interest, including the "Web Tour of the Week".

• Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  The Getty Collection includes European art, including Etruscan, Greek and Roman art at the Getty Villa. The collection can be searched by theme, artist, time period or title.

• Tate Galleries, UK
  This website provides links to all four of the Tate Galleries: Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives. 65,000 works are online, and are serachable by artist, subject and title. A glossary is also provided, along with links to newly-acquired collections and works.

• National Gallery, London
  The entire National Gallery collection is illustrated and viewable online. It can be searched by theme, artist, time period or title.