Educational Programs
| A guide to art museums with websites designed to be entertaining and educational for students. Fun and games, art interpretation, lesson plans, etc. Compiled by Joseph Phelan |
U.S. Art Museums
Alaska State Museums, Juneau, AlaskaQuilts of Alaska exhibit resource materials
Albany Institute of History and Art, New York
Teacher resources in these areas: Ancient Egypt, Colonial Albany, Facing Portraits and the Hudson River School.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
ARTStart Education Programs
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Artgames: Fun activities for kids
Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas
Teacher's Choice: variety of lesson plans
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Brain Food
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Education
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
Information about offline educational programs
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Student and Teacher Programs
Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami
PDF File: Sculpture Adventures in Metal and Stone
Art Museum of South East Beaumont, Texas
Kidsnet
Asia Society, New York
Education
Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana
Materials for the Classroom
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Matisse for Kids
Berkeley Art Museum, California
online guide for kids
Berkeley Art Museum, California
Resources for Teachers
Boise Art Museum, Idaho
Pre-Tour Art Packs
Brigham Young Universty Museum, Provo, Utah
Lesson plans and education resources
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Learning Center
Carlos Museum at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Odyssey Online (teacher plans and middle and elementary school student site for critical thinking and understanding museum objects)
Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tuscon
Education Department: educator's resources to help people understand, appreciate, and gain new perspectives on photography
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Education & Events
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Fun for Kids Online
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
A Resource for Glass: Art, History, Science, Literature, Social Studies, Technology
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
AccessArt
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Wacky Kids
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois
Educational and Public Programs
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
Fleischer Museum of American and Russian Impressionism, Scottsdale, Arizona
cyber gallery for kids
Frick Collection, New York
Education/Special Programs
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
ArtsEdNet
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Education
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii
Kids Fun Page
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
online activities for kids
International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, Kentucky
Irvine Museum, California
online activities for kids
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York
Curriculum Guide for Educators
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Kent State University Museum, Kent, Ohio
A Visual Dictionary of Fashion
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans
School Programming
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis
Education & Outreach
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut
Interactive Games
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Teacher Resource Center for Visual Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Educational Resources
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Explore and Learn
MexicArt Museum, Austin, Texas
Education
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Education
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
Education
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
Museo de las Américas, Denver, Colorado
Museum for African Art, New York
Educational Programs
Museum of American Studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Several detailed educational exhibits
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Art Safari
Museum of the City of New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Teaching Resources: Online Programs
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
National Statuary Hall, Washington D.C.
Navy Art Collection, Washington D.C.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Echoes of Eternity
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
Art for Kids
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Visible Knowledge Program
Newark Museum, New Jersey
Picturing America
New-York Historical Society, New York
Education
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Teacher's Resources
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, Washington
Oakland Museum of California
online activities for kids
Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Education Programs
Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University, University Park
for kids
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
online exhibit of artists sketchbooks
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
kids page
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
online interactives
Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York
Art Trail interpretative PDF guide to the museum's website
Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
online lesson plans for Slavery in the Young Nation etc
Salvador Dalí Museum, , St. Petersburg, Florida
lesson plans
San Diego Museum of Art, California
Some Wonderful Things Inside provides an Encyclopedia on Art geared to the Collection
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
Teacher resources and online exhibitions
SFMOMA, San Francisco, California
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Educational Program
Silicon Valley Virtual Art Museum
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Art Interactive
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Sackler/Freer Galleries of Asian Art, Washington D.C.
Online teaching guides
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale
Museum Explorers
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence
Educational Resources
Springfield Museum of Art Learning Center, Ohio
online courses in drawing, cartooning & airbrushing
Springville Museum of Art, Utah
Education Program
Strong Museum, Rochester, New York
Just for Kids
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kidstuff
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
Teachers Web & Kids Web
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville
Children's Corner
The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee
UCLA Hammer Museum, California
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology + Anthropology, Philadelphia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Resources for teachers and students
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Education + Community Programs
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Doceo: Inquiry + Art + Education
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Artnet
Woodcock Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts
Bridges to Art is an educational resource that unites art images with important research materials
International Art Museums
British Museum, LondonChildren's Compass: Illustrating world cultures
The rest of the international listings will be coming in March 2002...