Museums

Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.

Museum has a permanent collection of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists.

Museum devoted exclusively to the study of historical and contemporary design. Located in New York, the museum features applied arts and industrial design, drawings and prints, textiles, and wallcoverings.

The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Located in New York, New York.

Collections contains more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.

Features a revolving schedule of Imax films, temporary exhibitions and planetarium shows. Includes a visitors guide, membership details, volunteer opportunities and educator tools. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Features a coal mine, a U-505 submarine, intelligent LEGO bricks, and travel through virtual reality. Includes a visitors guide, membership details, educational programs and volunteer opportunities. Located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

In Washington,D.C. houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.

London museum and library of science. Exhibitions cover all areas of science and technology. Includes online exhibits and a learning area.

Hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco. Site provides interactive online exhibits and exhibitions, activities, science news, and publications, general information about the museum. Locatde in San Francisco, California.

This museum in New York, New York has large collections of ancient art, including Greek, Roman and Near Eastern. Online descriptions and highlights of the collections, current exhibitions and visitor information.

Follow the changes of the 20th century through the Nobel Prize and the Laureates. Includes visitor information, a calendar, school programs, a staff directory and publications. Located in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Museum has sent more than 350 expeditions to all the inhabited continents of the world. Online exhibits, articles and research.

From the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: links for all aspects of the Ancient Near East.

Provides leadership, service and support for the preservation and interpretation of American state and local history.