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Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 17th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 17th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
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Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 19th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
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Lloyd Library and Museum: The Chocolate Connection: Hans Sloane and Jamaica

For Students 9th - 10th
Hans Sloane, born in 1660, was one of the first Europeans to promote the use of chocolate as a health remedy. A naturalist and a physician, he traveled widely, collecting medicinal plant specimens. His time in Jamaica, where he was...
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Skyscraper Museum: Building the Empire State

For Students 9th - 10th
For 40 years, from 1931 to 1971, the Empire State Building held the title of world's tallest building. This site, from the Skyscraper Museum, tells the story of the building's construction. Includes wonderful historical photographs of...
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Barnum Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives information on P.T. Barnum himself and special exhibits like Jumbo, the African elephant, and Tom Thumb.
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: The Big One

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the introduction to the Burke Museum's online exhibit on earthquakes and natural disasters. This is part of the Burke Museum's collection of geology. Topics that are covered include an introduction to quakes, quake science, quake...
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Tsunamis

For Students 9th - 10th
The information on tsunamis provided at this site is part of the Burke Museum's online exhibition on earthquakes and geology. Prevention is discussed, along with famous tsunamis in history.
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Spanish arts.com: The Museum of "El Prado"

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the largest art gallery in the world, the museum of "El Prado." Click on sculpture, drawing and coin exhibits. Peruse through exhibits online and be enriched by the captivating works of art.
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Discovery Media: Museum Stuff

For Students 9th - 10th
MuseumStuff is a search engine and a web-based guide to art, history, and science museums and to museum-related informational resources, exhibits, educational and entertaining games, and activities.
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Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico (Museum of Art of p.r.)

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico lets visitors view special exhibitions and examples from its permanent collection. Its artist biographies and its glossary of art terms, which is accessible by clicking through to the...
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University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow: Hunterian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historical information about the Hunterian museum as well as links to tours, exhibits, online exhibits, etc.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Museum of the History of Science: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. Includes on-line exhibits and an image bank.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo the Museum Idea 1978

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan in which students take on the work of museum professionals: each student creates a ?Museum of Me? and the entire class builds exhibition on a subject relevant to the curriculum. The issue also includes an article on student...
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Whitney Museum of American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos and information about American artists are found in the sections, "Collection and exhibitions". This resource provides links to education, events, and information about the museum.
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24 Hour Museum: Uk's National Virtual Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The 24 Hour Museum collects in one place museum exhibit sites and news from over 3700 museums, galleries and heritage sites in the UK. Whether you are interested in history, science, literature or culture, you'll be able to find...
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Online Exhibitions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of exhibits that can be found online allowing students to research the museums' artifacts and displays. Exhibits include earth science and dinosaurs topics.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
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Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria: 600 Million Years: Victoria Evolves

For Students Pre-K - 1st
600 Million Years is a permanent exhibition at the Melbourne Museum that examines how Australia evolved through the geological ages, and the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life that lived in the Victoria area in the distant past. The...
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Illinois State Museum: Educational Programs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Illinois State Museum offers a wealth of online learning resources. Here you will find hundreds of lesson plans across the curriculum, web exhibits to accompany them, digitized artifacts from the museum's collections, and games and...
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The home page for the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This "Is the only museum in the United States creating and exhibiting new work in fabric and experimental materials in collaboration with emerging and...
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Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
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Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Human Origin Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum weaves together seven subtopics dealing with human origin and evolution. The topics range from Pildown man and ancient humans to modern humans and chimp research.
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Splendors of China's Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong

For Students 9th - 10th
Artifacts reveal much about the Forbidden City, buried deep inside Beijing, and the life and reign of Chinese Emperor Qianlong, born in the Forbidden City and ruler from the mid- to late-eighteenth century. An online companion to a past...

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