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Art history, archaeology, and fine art resources on the web


Features art resources grouped by time period, region, and medium


Art Net
Buy, sell, and research fine art online
 
DTV.gov
What you need to know about digital tv transition
 

Mother of All Art History Links Pages
Annotated collection of links to art history sites


Searchable database of 275,000 photographs and manuscripts


Timeline featuring art history through 1600 AD covering key historical and cultural events of the period in chronological order


Marketplace for contemporary art, international art news, research and gallery portfolios


Museum

American Museum of Photography
A virtual museum exploring various aspects of the medium with numerous online exhibits strongest from the early days of photography (1839) to World War I

Louvre
Offers a thorough virtual trip through its collections, activities and history

Museum of Modern Art
Offers an overview of modern art , examples from their collections of painting and sculpture, drawings, prints, illustrated books, architecture, design, photography, film, video, and much more

National Gallery of Art
A collection of more than 100,000 searchable art objects, tours of galleries, and describes and illustrates current and upcoming exhibitions

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Collections range from ancient to modern, Asian, European, American, Middle East, includes the Rodin Museum

Smithsonian American ArtMuseum
Search collection of 40,000 art objects ,more than 18,000 works are illustrated

Virtual Libraries Museums
Directory of museums throughout the world, museums grouped by country and then in alphabetical order

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 Entertainment
 
Brain food
Puzzles for the Brain to Gnaw on

Crossword Puzzles
Daily, weekly, monthly puzzles , and others with hundreds of links to crossword puzzles
 
DTV.gov
What you need to know about digital tv transition

Entertainment Network News 2
Llinks to sites including ENN Music, TV, Backstage, World Nightlife A-Z, ENN at the movies, kids entertainment and more

JigZone
Free online jigsaw puzzles with choice of puzzle cuts varying in difficulty from 6 easy pieces to 247 nearly impossible pieces, includes a "solve" button

The Puzzle Factory
Free Online Games and Puzzles

Variety
Variety magazine online with breaking entertainment news, movie reviews, industry events and more

 Movies
 
All Movie Guide
Ratings and descriptions of feature movies, includes plot synopsis, review, cast, director, producer, availability on video or DVD, and more

Based on the Book
Database of selected movies based on Books

Box Office Online
Index of classic movies; recent reviews of new movies in DVD and VHS ; weekly top ten list

Fandango
Purchase movie tickets online, check for show times and theater listings in your area

Film Ratings
Movies rated since 1968 to provide parents with advance information on films, enabling parents to make judgments on movies they want or do not want their children to see

TV Guide:Movie Guide
Features information, clips, and reviews of movies currently or soon to be released in theaters, available on video and DVD, or being shown on television

Internet Movie Database
Entries provide detailed information for movies (in theaters, on video or DVD, and forthcoming), as well as television movies and series

Kids in Mind
Provides parents with objective and complete information about a film's content so that they can decide, based on their own value system, whether they should watch a movie with or without their kids

Movie Fone
Plug in your zip code or city and moviefone will find out which movies are playing at local theatres, may also search and browse by film title

New York Times Movie Reviews
Reviews for all films reviewed since 1983, reviews of all Best Picture Academy Award winners, as well as a selective list of the 1,000 Best Movies , registration (free) required


Upcomingmovies.com
Learn about tomorrow's movies today, each preview page tracks an individual film throughout its development and production, up until release

Yahoo Movies
Your guide to everything about movies online, from upcoming releases, to movies in theaters and movies on DVD


Music


All-music Guide
Contains ratings and reviews of more than 400,000 record albums, search by artist, album, song, style, or label


Billboard
Daily music news, weekly charts with music samples, this day in music, new releases, a review finder, with tens of thousands of original album reviews from 1970 through today


Essentials of Music
Introduction to classical music, features Eras , Composers , and a Glossary


Searchable collection of folk and traditional music and popular songs, with lyrics, MIDI renditions, tune information, and history


MusicSearch
Music-only search site with over 20,000 annotated links which continues to grow


Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Includes inductees, sound clips, birthdates, and a searchable archive


Worldwide Internet Music Resources
A comprehensive list of music resources, not annotated, maintained by the Indiana University Music Library


Yahoo Music
Music reviews, information on major acts, interviews, concert information, Internet radio, access to a wide selection of streaming audio, exclusive artist features, music news, and music videos



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