Art, Music & Museums

History, science, and art museums as well as information about art and music.

Sub-headings:

Art

Buildings & Cities (Architecture)

Magazines about Art, Music & Museums

Museums

Music

Art, Music and Museum Resources for Parents & Teachers

Resources in this category:

42Explore: Thematic Pathfinders for All Ages
http://42explore.com/

Stop by this eye-catching website to discover pathfinders and links on everything from sled-dog racing to chocolate to calligraphy. Pick a subject, read the pathfinder, and follow the links!

Art Safari
http://artsafari.moma.org/

This site lets you choose a famous painting, and then helps you write a story about it. You can even submit your story to a Childrens Art Display that will be seen by people all over the world!

BrainPOP
http://www.brainpop.com/

Learn about everything from the Harlem Renaissance to the electromagnetic spectrum, movies, comics, and interactive games. For grades 3-8.

The Cave of Lascaux
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

Come and take a virtual tour of the Palaeolithic wall paintings of Lascaux. Explore the caves and learn more about the images created by artists 15,000 years ago.

FirstGov for Kids!
http://www.kids.gov/

Come explore this site if you are looking for information on almost every topic you can think of…from art, music and animals, to homework help, history, how to fight crime, and computers!

Learning about the Holocaust through Art
http://art.holocaust-education.net/

Available in English and Hebrew, it explores the art and artists of Concentration Camps during World War II. Sketches and watercolors are complemented with study resources and lesson plans, and you can even choose works for your own online collection.

Museum of Unnatural Mystery
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm

Would you like to know more about UFO's, dinosaurs, Stonehenge, and other puzzling subjects? Visit this virtual museum for information about odd and not-so-odd topics such as the seven wonders of the ancient world, lost worlds, and weird explorations. You can even get some ideas for science experiments by visiting the mad scientist's laboratory.

National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.si.edu/index.htm

Contains online exhibits of historically significant American portraits, i.e., portraits of notable American subjects or by notable American artists.

Our Way of Making Prayers
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/yupik/

See the beautiful artwork of the Yup'ik Eskimo people of Alaska in the online version of the museum exhibit.