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“Honeysuckle Bower” by Peter Paul Rubens

Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens is a self-portrait of the Flemish Baroque painter and his first wife. Th...
10:03 16 November 2019

Kleroterion – Ensuring a Just Democracy

Kleroterion Because Power Corrupts This Kleroterion was a device used by the ancient Athenians during their period of Democracy, over 2,500 year...
7:03 16 November 2019

Charleston, West Virginia Museums

Museums in Charleston, West Virginia Virtual Tour Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, is located at the Elk and Kanawha rivers confluence. Befo...
2:32 16 November 2019

Luohan

Luohan Yixian Glazed Ceramic Sculpture This life-size, glazed pottery sculpture represents a Luóhàn, which is a Chinese term for one who has gained i...
1:34 16 November 2019

Gobi Flag

Gobi Flag The Gobi Flag is an artifact of the Museums 1920s expedition to the Gobi Desert. The expedition leader was Roy Chapman Andrews (1884 – 1960)...
23:20 15 November 2019

Seated Egyptian Scribe

Ancient Egyptian Sculpture of Seated Scribe This sculpture of the Seated Scribe represents a figure of an Egyptian scribe at work over 4,000 years ago...
12:07 15 November 2019

Cambodian Museums

Museums in Cambodia  Cambodia is located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II decl...
11:30 15 November 2019

Montclair Art Museum

Montclair Art Museum Virtual Tour The Montclair Art Museum opened in 1914 as the first museum in New Jersey with public access and the first dedicate...
11:28 15 November 2019

“LOVE” by Robert Indiana

LOVE Sculpture by Robert Indiana LOVE by Robert Indiana is a Pop Art image consisting of the letters L and O stacked over the letters V and E in bold ...
11:05 15 November 2019

Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church Virtual Tour Frederic Edwin Church (1826 – 1900) was an American landscape painter who was a central figure in the Hudson River...
8:23 15 November 2019

Military and War Museums

Military and War Museums Tour Virtual Tour A Military and War Museum is an institution that cares for collections related to military history and in ...
1:50 15 November 2019

“Both Members of This Club” by George Bellows

Both Members of This Club by George Bellows Both Members of This Club by George Bellows is the third and largest of George Bellowss early prize-fighti...
0:11 15 November 2019

Air and Space Museums

Aviation and Aerospace Museums Air and Space Museums exhibit the history and artifacts of aviation and space exploration. In addition to aircraft and ...
12:03 14 November 2019

Nemours Mansion and Gardens

Nemours Mansion and Gardens Virtual Tour The Nemours Mansion and Gardens is a country estate with a formal French-styled 17th-century garden and a Fr...
11:58 14 November 2019

Singapore Philatelic Museum

Singapore Philatelic Museum The Singapore Philatelic Museum focuses on the postal history of Singapore and its stamps. In addition to the permane...
11:38 14 November 2019

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Virtual Tour The National Museum of Western Art specializes in art from the Western tradition and is located in...
10:56 14 November 2019

“Farmhouse in Provence” by Vincent van Gogh

Farmhouse in Provence by Vincent van Gogh Farmhouse in Provence by Vincent van Gogh depicts the entrance gate to a farm with haystacks beyond the gate...
8:51 14 November 2019

Molly Brown House Museum

Molly Brown House Museum Virtual Tour The Molly Brown House Museum was the home of American philanthropist, activist, and socialite Margaret Brown. S...
8:26 14 November 2019

Giant Squid

Giant Squid This Giant Squid, a specimen of the Southern Giant Squid (Family Architeuthidae), is preserved in an airtight tank of ethanol.  The giant ...
0:07 14 November 2019

Antarctic Sledges

Antarctic Sledges These four Antarctic Sledges are icy and snow land vehicles with a smooth underside, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that tr...
23:57 13 November 2019

“Crucifix” by Master of Saint Francis

Crucifix by Master of Saint Francis The Crucifix by the Master of Saint Francis was painted about 1265 70 with gold and tempera on a wooden pane...
12:58 13 November 2019

Battersea Shield

Battersea Shield Celtic Art The Battersea Shield is a bronze covered wooden shield decorated in the Celtic La Tène style from about 350–50 BC. The ov...
12:53 13 November 2019

Japanese Bridge Paintings by Claude Monet

The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet (1918) The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet depicts the footbridge over the lily pond at Monets Giverney Gardens. I...
12:27 13 November 2019

Canaletto

Canaletto  Virtual Tour Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697 – 1768), better known as Canaletto, who was born in Venice, is famous for his paintings...
12:06 13 November 2019

Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park

Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park Virtual Tour The Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites are pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Phoen...
11:54 13 November 2019

Benjamin West

Benjamin West Virtual Tour Benjamin West (1738 – 1820) was a British North American artist who painted famous historical scenes. West was born in Spr...
11:32 13 November 2019

“The Death of King Arthur” by James Archer

The Death of King Arthur by James Archer The Death of King Arthur by James Archer depicts the death of the legendary King Arthur. Arthur is shown laid...
10:18 13 November 2019

Grohmann Museum

Grohmann Museum Virtual Tour The Grohmann Museum houses an art collection dedicated to depicting the evolution of human work. The Museums collection ...
6:43 13 November 2019

“Fair Rosamund” by John William Waterhouse

  Fair Rosamund by John William Waterhouse Fair Rosamund by John William Waterhouse depicts Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II of E...
6:33 13 November 2019

Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore Museum of Art Virtual Tour The Baltimore Museum of Art was founded in 1914 and houses a collection of 95,000 objects. The museums collectio...
4:36 13 November 2019