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Research | Online Collection
Sites that support or present research about or using museum collections, that provide excellent resources for researchers in any discipline. They may be online databases, search engines or APIs that provide detailed museum information for individuals and/or groups. Quality characteristics include: * Ease of use for both experienced and novice researchers * Accuracy and depth of content * Consistency of material * Currency of links and updates * Extensive links and references to other related resources and sites * Creative use of APIs * Mashups/integration of multiple data sources last updated: January 2011
Smithsonian Wild
206,340 wildlife photos from around the world were made available to the public through this website.
The London Library
With members such as Churchill, Dickens, Simon Callow and Michael Palin, the London Library is a renowned independent library in Piccadilly. Serving over 8,000 members, it required a website that elevates its presence whilst being faithful to its enviable heritage.
National Park Service Museum Collections website
NPS Museum collections home pageWith 32 million cataloged o
Collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met’s new online Collections system sets the gold standard. Three hundred and fifty thousand works are mapped to standard vocabularies, and organized into simply understandable and accessible Who-What-When-Where categories.
The National Gallery Technical Bulletin
Following a major digitisation project, all 32 volumes of the National Gallery’s flagship research journal can now be downloaded and printed out for free from the Gallery’s website.
Guggenheim Publications
As a vital part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s mission as an educational institution, the Guggenheim Museum’s Publications Department publishes books and catalogues to document its exhibitions and collections. Guggenheim publications are renowned for the high quality of their design and production, as well as for the depth of their scholarship.
Adviz
ADVIZ is a bilingual (NL/EN) interactive platform for the graphic design industry, the advertising industry and for everyone interested in visual communication. The website consists of two parts that are closely interrelated.
Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing
From abacus to IBM, this online exhibition chronicles the first 2,000 years of human innovation in the world of computing.
Reciprocal Research Network
The RRN - An Online Research Environment
Queensland Museum
As the custodian of the state’s natural and cultural heritage, caring for more than a million items and specimens in collections that tell the changing story of Queensland, the Queensland Museum site is an amazing resource.
The Queensland Museum has met the bold ambition of integrating the shared content of seven different websites and hundreds of thousands of artefacts into one seamless, engaging and consistent online experience, providing users with material and resources for a variety of educational needs, from self-directed learning to school programs.