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“The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David depicts the famous philosopher as the stoic older man in a w...
2:16 3 November 2019

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum Virtual Tour The Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin features 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century ...
0:58 3 November 2019

“Judith Slaying Holofernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi depicts the beheading of an Assyrian g...
7:16 2 November 2019

“George Washington”, The Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart

George Washington, The Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart George Washington  by Gilbert Stuart is a portrait of the first president of the Unit...
0:58 1 November 2019

Bangkok Museums

 Museums in Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest city of Thailand and traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Ki...
12:45 31 October 2019

Rhode Island Museums

Museums in Rhode Island Virtual Tour Rhode Island is a state that takes its name from one of its many islands, however, most of the state is located ...
8:41 31 October 2019

Lekythos with Woman

Lekythos with Woman This small Red-Figure Lekythos or oil flask is decorated with a domestic scene showing a Woman next to a chair holding a lidded bo...
2:22 31 October 2019

Stargazer Figurine

Stargazer Cycladic Art This Stargazer Figurine is a 6,000-year-old sculpture, referred to as the Stargazer. The figurine is called the Stargazer beca...
1:49 31 October 2019

“Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond” by Claude Monet (MoMA)

Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond by Claude Monet Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond by Claude Monet is a monumental triptych por...
12:45 30 October 2019

“The Figurine” by William McGregor Paxton

The Figurine by William McGregor Paxton The Figurine by William McGregor Paxton depicts a maid carefully cleaning the glass encasing a Chinese porcela...
7:43 30 October 2019

Stephenson’s Rocket

Stephensons Rocket Stephensons Rocket was an early steam locomotive, built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1...
4:27 30 October 2019

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery were established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Soc...
4:07 30 October 2019

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is part of the University College London Museums and Collections. The ...
0:52 30 October 2019

Lion from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Lion from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus This lion is among the few free-standing sculptures remaining from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which...
13:04 29 October 2019

Fragment of the Heliand

Heliand The Saxon and Viking Bible This is a fragment of the Heliand (Fragment P) from 830 AD, written as an epic poem in the Old Saxon language, dep...
12:56 29 October 2019

The Man with the Golden Helmet by Circle of Rembrandt

The Man with the Golden Helmet by Circle of Rembrandt The Man with the Golden Helmet by Circle of Rembrandt is masterful artwork that had previously c...
12:24 29 October 2019

Stela of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Family

Stela of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Family This Stela of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Family is an altar image of the Pharaoh, his queen Nefertiti, and th...
12:17 29 October 2019

WA Shipwrecks Museum

WA Shipwrecks Museum Virtual Tour The WA Shipwrecks Museum is a maritime archaeology museum housed in the 1850s-era restored Commissariat building. &...
12:16 29 October 2019

Votive Relief dedicated to Vesta

Votive Relief dedicated to Vesta This Votive Relief dedicated to Vesta has an inscription that states that the baker C. Pupius Firminus and his wife M...
11:41 29 October 2019

William McGregor Paxton

William McGregor Paxton Virtual Tour William McGregor Paxton (1869 – 1941) was an American painter who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a ...
11:32 29 October 2019

Pieter de Hooch

Pieter de Hooch Virtual Tour Pieter de Hooch (1629 – 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his works of domestic scenes with an open doorwa...
11:28 29 October 2019

National Naval Aviation Museum

National Naval Aviation Museum Virtual Tour The National Naval Aviation Museum is a military and aerospace museum dedicated to the history of naval a...
11:02 29 October 2019

Vatican Apoxyomenos “Scraper” by Lysippus

Vatican Apoxyomenos Scraper by Lysippus The Vatican Apoxyomenos is a Roman copy from the 1st century AD after a Greek bronze original from about 330 B...
10:57 29 October 2019

South Dakota Museums

Museums in South Dakota Virtual Tour South Dakota is bordered by North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. The state is named af...
4:45 29 October 2019

Men’s Silk Doublet from 1620

Doublet from 1620 This mans doublet is from the 1620s and is made of luxurious silk embellished with pinking and decorative slits. A doublet was a man...
12:40 28 October 2019

Maitreya Bodhisattva

Bodhisattva Maitreya, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century This Gandharan styled statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya depicts as a princely figure with elaborate ornam...
10:25 28 October 2019

Historic House Museums

Historic House Museums Virtual Tour A Historic House Museum is the house of a famous person or one that is preserved due to its historical significan...
10:58 27 October 2019

Houston Museums

Museums in Houston Virtual Tour Houston is the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest city in the United States. Houston was founded in 1836, and ...
10:52 27 October 2019

Museum of Freemasonry, London

Museum of Freemasonry, London Virtual Tour The Museum of Freemasonry is based at Freemasons’ Hall, London. Its collection relates to English Fre...
10:34 27 October 2019

Rio de Janeiro Museums

Museums in Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro or simply Rio was founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy o...
2:05 27 October 2019