Museums and Exhibits

The sites listed below are not necessarily theatre related, but have been accumulated over time as places of interest or utility. The time spent browsing here should prove of value to all who labor in the arts.

• American Theatre Architecture Archive, Theatre Historical Society of America. ". . . contains information on more than 13,000 theatres, primarily in the United States." [As so often happens, this collection, originally hosted by the University of Hawaii, has been taken off-line; a great loss to theatre historians. JRW, 2/11/13]

• Civilizations Canada A culturally rich and delightful site, encompassing the culture of our neighbor north of the border. Not specific to theatre, but a grand cultural resource. [Gone missing 11/11/08, JW]

• The Exploratorium, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts

• The Getty Museum

• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs (P&P) Reading Room Online Catalog. The collection is searchable, and much of the collection is in the public domain. Although the interface is Byzantine, it's worth the effort.

• London Transport Museum. Excellent collection of railway film footage, posters and photographs. "Information Resources" provides links to essays and to related web sites.

• The Louvre and the Web Museum

• Museumland.com, "The World Wide Portal to Museums and Cultural Heritage", with more than 8000 links to museums in 118 nations.

• "The Nine Planets" A media tour of the solar system. Intense graphics, good fun to tour. (Absolutely nothing to do with the theatre, but a very beautiful tour of our planets and their satellites.!)

• V&A Theatre Museum Theatre Museum, National Museum of the Performing Arts in Covent Garden, UK. 1500 digitized photos of theatrical artifacts, plus lots of accompanying information.

• The Smithsonian

  [This is arguably one of the most maddeningly maintained sites on the WWW. URLs change without warning and seeming without reason, at an alarming rate. If you have difficulty locating Smithsonian sites, try backing through the URL until you find a redirect or index. JRW, November 2006]

  • Smithsonian Magazine

  • Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Home Page
  • American Art An electronic Journal of American art.
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Outreach Office in the National Museum of Natural History. Selected References of MesoAmerica, South America, and the Caribbean Culture Area. The main Anthropology site contains a wealth of additional information. Bibliography
  • National Anthropological Archives Home Page What's New About the NAA; Guides to the Collections; Online Exhibits; Visiting the NAA; Ordering Information.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives - Front Page, Collections & Research Exhibits. Publications. Internships. Fellowships.
  • Freer Gallery Sackler Gallery - Museum of Asian Art. The national museum of Asian art for the United States.
  • Enola Gay Exhibit. The exhibit closed in 1998. Use the search engine at this link to locate copious articles and notes about this aircraft.
  • The Smithsonian Home page Gateway to the Smithsonian collections.
  • Gems and Minerals Collection
  • The Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Imaging, Printing and Photo Services
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries' Home Page
  • The National Museum of Natural History
  • SIRIS
  • Ocean Planet Home page
  • Smithsonian Institution - Science Service Historical Images...

• The National Museum of the Performing Arts, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London has been closed, its collections housed now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

• Chinese Association of Museums, a directory; and an excellent overview of the growth of museums in Tiawan.

• World Wide Arts Resources. Comprehensive listing of museums, many with clothing and cultural artifacts.

Last revised 1/15/15