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Museums -- New York (State) -- New York American Museum of Natural History 
 General information about the New York City museum and the Rose Center for Earth and Space, home of the Hayden Planetarium. Find out about the current exhibits and programs, including those for children; collections in the research areas of anthropology, zoology, paleontology, and physical sciences; the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation; and past and present expeditions. Includes online courses and resources for educators. Searchable. http://www.amnh.org/ Topics: Environment, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Science, Science Last updated Nov 13, 2007 American Museum of Natural History, Division of Paleontology
This museum "has one of the largest and most significant paleontology collections in the world. This collection contains an estimated five million fossil specimens, including over three hundred thousand fossil vertebrates, collected over 125 years." This site features more than 8,000 images of the specimens and more than a thousand images of old photographs, letters, and field notebooks. http://research.amnh.org/paleontology/ Topics: Animals, Correspondence, Environment, Geology, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science Last updated Oct 26, 2009 American Museum of Natural History: Dioramas
Website companion to the habitat dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History, which feature "precise depictions of geographical locations and the careful, anatomically correct mounting of specimens." Includes a diorama gallery, special features (such as videos, essays, and panoramic views) for some of the dioramas, behind-the-scenes material, biographies of the diorama artists and taxidermists, and more. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dioramas/ Topics: Animals, Biology Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Knights in Central Park
This tour of the arms and armor collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) includes information about armor from Europe, Japan, North America, and the Middle East. Includes clips from a 1922 film about the collection, sidebars about topics such as jousts and samurai, and interactive games and quizzes for children. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/knights/home.html Topics: Weapons Last updated May 10, 2006 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Information about this New York City museum, floor plans detailing what type of art is located where, a calendar of events and exhibitions, and a sampling of the museum's collection. http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Dec 20, 2000 MoMA : The Museum of Modern Art
Examples from the collections of this New York City museum: painting and sculpture, drawings, prints, illustrated books, architecture, design, photography, film, video, and much more. http://www.moma.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated May 8, 2002 The Museum of the City of New York
This museum "holds more than 1.5 million paintings, prints, photographs, costumes, toys, rare books, manuscripts, sculptures, decorative arts objects, and other artifacts that comprise a treasury of New York City history." The site features an overview of the collection with selected images, and virtual exhibits on subjects such as Work Projects Administration (WPA) photographs of New York, Al Hirschfeld's New York, and 18th century women's shoes. Searchable. http://www.mcny.org Topics: Fashion, Holidays & Observances, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 1, 2004 Tenement Museum
New York's Lower East Side Tenement Museum is the first in the United States to preserve a tenement building. Between the years 1870 and 1915, 97 Orchard Street was home to over ten thousand people, mostly new immigrants. The site includes a history of the building, dioramas of individual rooms, photographs by Arnold Eagle, and the opportunity to peel away thirteen layers of wallpaper from just one wall. Public television station WNET has done a masterful job of creating a Web tour of this stunning re-creation of tenement life. http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/ Topics: Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jan 10, 2003 Whitney Museum of American Art
Site of this New York museum includes information on exhibitions, programs, and events; an audio tour of selections from the permanent collection; features on Louise Nevelson and Edward Hopper; and a searchable catalog of materials on art from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library. http://whitney.org/index.php Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Sep 24, 2009 Whitney Museum of American Art: Works Available Online
This site "introduces many of the art works in our renowned Permanent Collection. The tour features the voices of notable artists, authors, and scholars as well as our own curators." Includes images and brief written commentary on works in areas such as early 20th century urban realism, modernism, industry and consumer culture, abstraction, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. From the Whitney Museum of American Art. http://www.whitney.org/Collection Topics: Art by Region, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Nov 19, 2009 Works of Art: The Costume Institute
"The world-renowned Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum [in New York] possesses more than 75,000 costumes and accessories from seven centuries and five continents." This site provides a brief overview of the collection and images of 50 specially selected items. Also includes images and information about exhibits on topics such as fashion and furniture in the 18th century, rock-and-roll style, and "Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed" (about items such as corsets, bustles, and lotus shoes). http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=8 Topics: Fashion, History, Holidays & Observances, Museums by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 17, 2005 |
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