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American Memory
Vintage downloadable photos, audio, and movies from the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Project. There is a search form, but it's hard to find anything quickly among the 100,000 files without knowing exactly what you're looking for. The collection centers mainly on the period between the Civil War and World War I, and contains text interviews and eclectic documents from the period as well. Your tax dollars at work.

Art Forum
An interactive directory and network of artists, art galleries, museums, and art-supply companies.

Art Crimes
An extensive site focusing on graffiti and urban art from all over the world. Art Crimes features artists from Sweden to Pennsylvania to Japan. There are interviews, articles, information sources, and the opportunity to contribute and showcase one's own artwork. A refreshing and intelligent source for a medium that is grossly misunderstood.

The Art Institute of Chicago
One of the finest collections of art from around the world, the Institute also offers online access to it's extensive libraries and archives, programs, and of course a schedule of upcoming exhibitions complete with pictures and history of the artist.

Capp Street Project
Capp Street Project is a not-for-profit arts organization in San Francisco, California that was designed to encourage experimentation and support for emerging as well as established artists. Focused on urban landscapes and installation art this group is a unique find.

CultureFinder
Offers artist profiles, theater news, and a searchable index of complete season schedules for orchestra, opera, and dance companies in the United States and Canada.

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Internet Art Resources
Includes reviews, features, and an image catalog. The art guide takes you to art schools, galleries, museums, and art expos.

RGB Gallery: Clear Your Cache
RGB Gallery is a Web-based digital art gallery where HotWired spotlights intriguing and forward-thinking multimedia work created specifically for the Net. Each month, RGB will feature a new installation created exclusively for HotWired by some of the most renowned artists, designers, animators, and musicians in the digital world.

The Smithsonian
Search the Smithsonian's enormous collection. (Note: For this search you can use AND, OR, and NOT as connectors between words.)

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National Air and Space Museum National Museum of American Art National Museum of Natural History National Museum of American History

The Thinker Art Imagebase
The largest art image base in the world. Drawings, etchings, pastels, and watercolors from two of the nation's best fine-art museums - the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Before you search, please read the museum's copyright - where they note they'll pursue anyone who tries to reproduce or alter the .jpeg images.

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The Uffizi
Tour the rooms of the Uffizi in Florence, one of the oldest museums in the world. Make your own fine-art postcards by downloading high-res images from the site. All text is in English.

WebMuseum
An extraordinary collection of famous artists and works throughout history.

World Wide Arts Resources
Provides links to chat forums, art museums, schools, theater and dance resources, etc. 

 

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