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Many of these sites offer detailed pictorial material - it can take a long time to load this material over the Internet (this may depend upon the speed of your modem or the time of day when you are connected). However, many sites also offer thumbnail pictures, which will load much more quickly - not to mention a wealth of interesting written information.

bullet24 Hour Museum - the latest information on museums, galleries and heritage organisations in the UK.
bulletDirectory of museums - major museums and art galleries in the UK.
bulletBritish Film Institute - includes links to related sites.
bulletBritish Museum
bulletCollage: images from the Guildhall Library and Art Gallery in London
bulletImperial War Museum
bulletMuseums around the UK - a very comprehensive A-Z listing.
bulletMuseum of Science and Industry in Manchester
bulletNatural History Museum in London
bulletNational Gallery
bulletNational Museum of Photography, Film & Television
bulletNational Railway Museum in York
bulletNational Museum of Science and History
bulletRoyal Armouries in Leeds
bulletTate Gallery - just round the corner from Drummond Gate!
bulletVictoria and Albert Museum - a national treasure.
bulletWallace Collection -among its treasures are one of the best collections of French 18th-century pictures, porcelain and furniture in the world, a remarkable array of 17th-century paintings and a superb armoury.

Overseas Museums

Some of the best sites:

bulletCave of Lascaux - a major French archaeological site - an impressive home page!
bulletGuggenheim Museum, Bilbao
bulletGuggenheim Museum, New York
bullet Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
bulletLouvre Museum
bulletMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
bulletMusée d'Orsay - uses Lotus Notes to generate its pages.
bulletNational Gallery of Art, Washington DC
bulletPrado, Madrid - one of the biggest in the world.
bulletSmithsonian Institution - The Smithsonian is composed of sixteen museums and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad
bulletSmithsonian National Portrait Gallery - major renovations not complete until late 2004.
bulletState Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg - may be slow loading images but worth waiting for.
bulletUffizi Gallery, Florence
bulletVirtual Library museums - comprehensive listing of museums around the world.

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