Top 45 science museums in USA
Academy of Natural Science,
Philladelphia, PA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL
Museum and art school.
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, CA
Just under the North tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, the nationally recognized
Bay Area Discovery Museum is a one-of-a-kind indoor/outdoor children's museum
for children ages 6 months to 8 years that offers hands-on art, science and
environmental exhibitions, performances, special events and cultural
festivals... all with a focus on fun!
Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film
Archive, Berkeley, CA
The BAM + PFA at the University of California offers a website with extensive
exhibition information including online catalogs with images and audio artist
interviews, a database of over 12,000 film notes on world cinema, searchable art
and film collection guides, an interactive multimedia guide to modern art for
kids and more.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,
AL
Largest municipal museum in the Southeast. Permanent collection of 22,000 works
of art dating from ancient to modern times, from cultures across the globe.
Highlights include Asian, European and American collections, outdoor sculpture
garden, Wedgwood, Kress Collection. Terrace cafe, museum store.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn,
NY
The Brooklyn Museum of Art is one of the largest art institutions in the United
States, with collections in Ancient Egyptian art and American Painting &
Sculpture that are considered among the world's finest. One of the premier art
institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one and a
half million objects and represents almost every culture.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is widely regarded as America's finest
western museum. Located in northwestern Wyoming, 52 miles from Yellowstone
National Park's East Gate, the Center features a library and four
internationally acclaimed museums under one roof.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, OH
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, VA
Historic capital of 18th century Virginia.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's web site contains an astonishing
database of over 65,000 images from the permanent collection. It also contains
museum information on important exhibitions, tours, the collection, etc.
George Eastman House International Museum of
Photography & Film, Rochester, NY
George Eastman House is the foremost museum of photography in the world.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, ??
Includes images of contemporary art, a decorative arts collection, American and
European painting, African art, folk art, and photography.
Illinois State Museum,
Springfield, IL
Natural history, anthropology, art, and natural/cultural history of Illinois.
Lawrence Hall of Science,
Berkeley, CA
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is the public science museum and research center
for K-12 education at the University of California, Berkeley. LHS offers
hands-on science exhibits, discovery laboratories, computer labs, planetarium
shows, after-school classes and summer camps, family workshops, special events,
school programs and teacher education. Science and mathematics teaching
materials and curricula developed at LHS are used in schools across the U.S. and
worldwide.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City, NY
The Met. One of the largest art museums in the world.
Michael C. Carlos Museum,
Emory University, GA
Ancient Americas, Egypt and Near East; prints and drawings; Asia; Greece and
Rome; sub-Saharan African.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, ??
Established in 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum features 20,000 works from ancient
objects to recent art. A 125,000-square-foot,.
Mingei International Museum, San Diego,
CA
The official Mingei International Museum of World Folk Arts and Crafts presents
an extensive photo collection of current and past exhibitions.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minnesota. Fine arts museum, MN
Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile, AL
African and Asian Collection Gallery, Altmayer American Gallery, Katherine C.
Cochrane Gallery of American Fine Art,Maisel European Gallery, Riddick Glass
Gallery are First floor Parmanent Collecion
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
An award-winning site that offers general information about the Museum's
exhibitions listings, interactive subsites, a preview of collections and more.
Museo De Las Americas, Denver, CO
The purpose and mission of the Museo de las Américas is to foster understanding
and appreciation for the achievements of the Latino people of the Americas by
collecting, preserving and interpreting the diverse art, history and cultures of
this region from ancient times to the present.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
IL
Please supply no more than one or two sentences describing the museum in neutral
tones; excessive statments may be surgically altered.
Museum of Paleontology, University of
California, Berkeley, CA
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO
A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the present, and
all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English ceramics from the
17th century.
Newseum, Arlington, VA
The Newseum, the world's only interactive news museum, takes visitors behind the
scenes to see and experience how and why news is made. At the Newseum, visitors
can be television announcers or reporters; relive the great news stories of all
time though multimedia exhibits, unique artifacts, and news memorabilia; and see
today's news as it happens on a block-long video news wall.
Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
One of the largest regional museums in the country, devoted exclusively to
Californian art, history and ecology. The Oakland Museum of California maintains
and hosts the USA Museums list that you are currently browsing!
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus,
OH
The Ohio Historical Society conducts a range of activities related to
interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage.
Oregon State
Archives Online Exhibit, Salem, OR
This online exhibit of Oregon history features over 100 separate Web pages and
nearly 250 images. The exhibit interprets Oregon history primarily through
documents and images held by the Oregon State Archives. Topics include
prohibition in Oregon, a notorious prison escape, colorful Oregon trademarks,
and more. A new exhibit is added every two months.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, is unique among American
museums in its integrated presentation of a full range of fine and applied arts
from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Spanning over 2,000 years, the collections
include masterpieces of painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings displayed with
a wide range of furniture, silver, glasswork, architectural elements, and entire
furnished rooms from historic houses.
Rice University Art Gallery,
Houston, TX
Contemporary art, architecture and design.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
Francisco, ??
With over 20,000 works of art housed in a spectacular Mario-Botta designed
building, SFMOMA is a jewel of the West Coast art scene. In addition to
permanent exhibitions displaying everything from Matisse to Rauschenberg to
Cindy Sherman, the museum is also a site for thrilling temporary exhibitions,
such as Degas to Picasso, an exploration of the relationship between 14 modern
masters and the camera, and Seeing Time, a collection of important video art.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The permanent collection of 1,200 twentieth-century artworks focuses on
post-1980 Bay Area artists. SJMA offers exhibitions, education programs,
publications, the Museum Art School, and extensive outreach programs which are
designed to increase awareness of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art in the
Bay Area and beyond.
Shrine to Music Museum, University of
South Dakota, SD
Sixth Floor Museum, John F. Kennedy and the
memory of a Nation, TX
The Museum is located on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book
Depository over looking Dealey Plaza at the site of the Kennedy assassination.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Among the 30,000 works in our collection are paintings, sculpture, prints,
photographs, glassware, silver, furniture, ceramics, textiles, ritual arts, and
drawings. Our collection spans the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present.
One of only two permanent structures remaining from the 1904 World's Fair, The
Saint Louis Art Museum is in a spectacular setting atop Art Hill in Forest Park,
one of the largest urban parks in the United States.
St. Louis Science Center, Missouri, ??
University of
Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO
The Museum's collection, over 13,000 objects, is strong in classical art and
archaeology, as well as European and American art from the 15th c. to the
present. This site includes exhibit information, a virtual exhibit of Roman
Coins and an extensive museum education page.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthroplogy, Philadelphia, PA
Has sponsored over 300 expeditions around the world and have artifacts from
every inhabited continent.
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Walters Art Gallery is a public art museum located in Baltimore's historic
Mt. Vernon Cultural District. Its permanent collection ranges from ancient to
medieval art and manuscripts to decorative objects, Asian art and Old Master and
19th-century paintings. Established by father and son collectors William and
Henry Walters, the Walters Art Gallery is recognized internationally as one of
the foremost art museums in the United States.
Yale Center for British Art, New
Haven, CT
The YCBA holds one of the most comprehensive collections of British Art outside
of London. The Center places special emphasis on art from the 17th Century to
the present.
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, CT
Over 11 million specimens/objects from the curatorial disciplines of
Anthropology, Botany, Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology, Paleobotany,
Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Invertebrate Paleontology, Mineralogy,
Historical Scientific Instruments, Meteorites.
ZEUM, San Francisco, CA
Zeum is an innovative arts and technology museum where kids and families combine
hands-on experiences with the power of their imaginations to create movies,
music, art and more! Stop by to create a clay animation, produce and star in a
music video, or experiment with digital art. Summer Hours: Tuesday through
Sunday, 11am ? 5pm. School Year Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11am ? 5pm.
(415)777-2800
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