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Abbe Museum_Celebrating Maine Native ... __ The Abbe Museum displays anthropological and archaeological native American artifacts from the state of Maine. - illustrated - http://www.abbemuseum.org// 

About Splendors of Ancient Egypt __ Tour the Egyptian Exhibition at the Florida International Museum. Go through the galleries or view artifacts one at a time. - http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/Egypt.6.html 

The Acropolis Museum __ The Acropolis Museum is one of the most important museums in Greece. Works of art and archaeological artifacts known to the whole world. - photos and excellent descriptions - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21101m/e211am01.html 

AERIA... __ Online archaeology museum featuring many galleries and a lot of information. Some parts of this website are in German only. - http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p1altar/aeriahome.en.html 

Africa: The Art of a Continent __ Online exhibit of native African arts. - photos and anthropological background of each. - http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/ 

African Art: Aesthetics and Meanings __ Images of head dresses, masks, and sculpted figurines - interesting links and other information - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html 

Agrinion Archaeological Museum __ "...museum contains finds from the district of Aetoloacarnania, ranging from the Prehistoric to the Roman periods. It was erected in 1960 and is a donation of the Papastratos brothers." - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21106m/e211fm06.html 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository __ Archaeological articfacts of the Alutiiq people and the Alaskan gulf. - photo exhibits of masks and paddles, other exhibits - http://www.alutiiqmuseum.com/ 

Amphipolis Archaeological Museum __ "...houses remains of the history and civilisation of Amphipolis dating from the Archaic to Christian periods. Its exhibition halls chronicle the cultural history of Amphipolis from prehistoric times down to the Byzantine period. Findings brought to light during recent archaeological excavations are housed in its storage areas, and studied, classified and restored in its workshops." - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21118m/e211rm01.html 

Anthropological Institute and Museum __ Museum link leads to two photos but one of them is a reconstruction of a Neanderthal woman which is remarkable. She could walk down any street in the world and would not be noticed as somebody 'different.' - http://www.unizh.ch/anthro/ 

Anthropology Museum at NIU __ Galleries and photos scattered throughout. Learn how to 'preserve your valuables. - http://www.niu.edu/anthro_museum/ 

Anthropology Research Museum __ Collections mostly of North American archaeology. - photos and interesting totem pole article - http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/museum/index.htm 

Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution __ Online exhibitions, news, and public information. - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/departments/anthro.html/ 

APM Homepage __ Archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam. - photos - Dutch, German, English or French." - http://www.uba.uva.nl/apm/ 

Archaeological Museum __ Archaeological museum of Kazan State University. - photos - http://www.kcn.ru/tat_en/university/archeol/ 

Archaeological Museum of Abdera __ Houses finds from the excavations carried out in the city and the cemeteries of ancient Abdera. "The exhibits date from 7th century B.C. to 13th century A.D." - illustrated - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21119m/e211sm03.html 

Archaeological Museum of Aghios Nikolaos __ "The Museum of Aghios Nikolaos was founded in 1970 in order to house the numerous new archaeological finds from eastern Crete, which until then, were housed in the Museum of Herakleion." - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21124m/e211xm03.html 

Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth __ Contains collections of prehistoric finds, items range from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period, Roman and Byzantine items, excavation items from the Asklepieion of Corinth, and a collection of sculptures and inscriptions. - well illustrated - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21104m/e211dm02.html 

Archaeological Museum of Eretria __ Archaeological museum of Eretria features artifacts from excavations of Lefkandi, Amarynthos, Magoula, and Eretria on the island of Euboea. - photos and links - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21111m/e211km01.html 

Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos __ Gallery of artifacts from ancient Kerameikos, a suburb of ancient Athens. - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21103m/e211cm01.html 

Archaeological Museum of Nemea __ Small gallery of artifacts from ancient Nemea in Greece. - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21104m/e211dm05.html 

Archaeological Museum of Veroia __ Gallery of artifacts from Veroia. "... museum includes collections of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (funerary reliefs, funerary and honorary altars, portraits, table supports, statues) from the city of Veroia and other sites of the district, Hellenistic pottery and figurines from the cemeteries of Veroia, Hellenistic and Roman architectural parts (columns, bases, capitals etc.) exhibited in the courtyard, inscriptions from Veroia and the adjacent areas and a few finds from Vergina (Aigai) and Kopanos (Mieza)." - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21117m/e211qm02.html 

The Arizona State Museum __ Museum of Southwestern anthropology and archaeology. - photos - http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu// 

Bede's World __ Museum about life in the middle ages. - illustrated - http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/ 

The Berndt Museum of Anthropology __ "The Berndt Museum holds extensive collections of Australian Aboriginal art and Aboriginal cultural materials, as well as collections from Melanesia, Asia and South-East Asia. Many of these items may now be viewed here in this Virtual Museum." - photos - http://www.berndt.uwa.edu.au/ 

BLM Colorado - Anasazi Heritage Center Home Page __ Anasazi gallery and other resources dealing with educational subjects - http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/index.htm 

British Museum Site Index __ Good overview of the collections in the British Museum - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ 

Buena Vista Museum of Natural History: Anthropology __ About archaeology and anthropology at theBuena Vista Museum of Natural History. - photos and other illustrations - http://www.sharktoothhill.com/anthro.html 

Canadian Museum of Civilization __ While this museum contains collections of a general nature as well as anthropological and archaeological material, I think you will find enough archaeology and anthropology to make your visit worthwhile. - well illustrated - French or English - From Canadian Museum of Civilization - http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmce.asp 

C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology __ Displays include "The Magic, Myth and Legend of Borneo, a guided tour through the Yema-po archaeological site in China, and a map of San FranciscoBay Area archaeological sites. - http://www.isis.csuhayward.edu/cesmith/acesmith.html 

Chiang Saen National Museum, Chiang Saen... __ Provincial museum in Thailand has many artifacts of archaeological interest. - photos - German, Thai, and English. - http://www.thailine.com/thailand/english/north-e/chrai-e/attrak-e/at-sae-e/natmus-e.htm 

Chikatsu Asuka Index English Ver. __ View several special exhibits at the Chikatsu Museum. - history, photos - http://www.mediajoy.com/chikatsu/index_e.html 

Chucalissa Archaeological Museum __ Museum about prehistory of the Mid-South U.S. and Reconstructed Indian Village. - http://cas.memphis.edu/chucalissa/ 

CMCC - Life and Art of an Ancient Arctic People __ Collection of carvings from Canada's Palaeo-Eskimo sites. - photos - French and English - http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/paleoesq/peinteng.html 

Department of Anthropology __ Galleries include 'The History of Utensils,' 'The Victorian Kitchen,' 'Ceramics of the Persian Empire,' and 'Mingei: Japanese Folktoys. - http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/ 

Department of Archaeology, SFU __ A university archaeology department site. Collections from the Pacific Northwest and Canada - photos - http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/ 

Detroit Institute of Arts : Permanent Collection...__ Link to the Detroit Institute of Arts opens on the Egyptian page. View this and other collections - photos - http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/egypt/egypt.html 

Dickson Mounds Museum __ "Dickson Mounds Museum, a branch of the Illinois State Museum and a National Historic Site, is one of the major on-site archaeological museums in the United States." - photos, maps, articles - http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/ 

Egyptian Museum __ Website about the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. photos, history, many links - http://www.powerup.com.au/~ancient/museum.htm 

Entry Into the Fiji Museum __ The Fiji Museum is an all purpose museum of island culture. You will find exhibits about archaeology and prehistory as well as contemporary artists. - photos - From The Fiji Museum - http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/ 

The Estonian State Maritime Museum (Meremuuseum) __ "A museum with an active underwater archaeology department. Featured are recent shipwreck finds." - http://www.abc.se/~m10354/mar/meremuus.htm 

Exhibit __ Online gallery is from the "Daily Life in Ancient Italy" museum display at the J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University. - photos - http://www.sfsu.edu/~debellis/startpg.htm 

FAMSF: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco __ The de Young Museum in San Francisco is in the process of putting its entire collection online. This collection, though an art collection, contains thousands of pieces from the ancient world which could be of interest to anthropology and archaeology students. - illustrated - http://www.thinker.org/  

Florida Museum of Natural History __ Exhibits about the Maya of Central America and Aucilla River prehistory. - illustrated - http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ 

Flowerdew Hundred Museum __ About the history of one of the earliest land grants in Virginia. - photos - mystery artifact to identify - http://www.flowerdew.org/ 

Fundación para la Investigación Antropólogica __ anthropology museum devoted mostly to South American textiles - photos - English, Spanish, French, and German - http://www.bolivianet.com/asur/indexin.htm 

George Ortiz Collection __ Online exhibit of ancient art and artifacts. Many in interactive 3-D format - http://www.georgeortiz.com/aasite/index.html 

Glenbow Museum, Art Gallery, Library and Archives __ Museum in western Canada has a wide range of exhibits. - Hindu and Buddhist artifacts as well as Native American - illustrated - http://www.glenbow.org/ 

The Glory of Byzantium - Metropolitan Museum of Art __ See the splendor of Byzantine art. - photos, history - http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html 

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology __ Museum of Brown University. - photos - http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/ 

Hecht Museum Welcome Page __ museum showing both archaeological exhibits and fine arts. - photos - http://research.haifa.ac.il/~hecht/ 

Heritage of the Americas Museum __ Museum has four wings: archaeology, anthropology, natural history, and art. - photos - http://www.cuyamaca.net/museum/ 

The Heuneberg Museum __ Museum about the archaeology of the Celtic settlement of the Heuneberg in Germany. - photos - German or English - http://www.dhm.de/museen/heuneburg/indexe.html 

Honduras, Central America - Copan Sculpture Museum __ Museum of Copan sculpture - photos, history - http://www.latinworld.com/magazine/revista/copan/tr1-1.html 

Human Prehistory __ Online museum of prehistory. Go from room to room and follow the development of humanity from our primitive ancesters to the beginnings of civilization. - http://users.hol.gr/%7Edilos/prehis.htm  

Iraklion Archaeological Museum __ Gallery of vases, sarcophagi, frescoes, sculptures, and metalwork found on archaeological digs in Crete. - photos - http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/ir_mus.html  

Iransaga - A History of Persian Art through the Centuries __ Online museum from Art Arena displays artifacts from prehistoric Iran to the Zand and Qajar periods. - photos, history, archaeological information - http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/hpart.html  

Journey to Other Worlds __ Traveling collection from the Russian Museum of Ethnography. - photos, history - http://museum.state.il.us/exhibits/changing/journey/  

Kabul Museum __ View galleries of photos from the Kabul Museum. Most of what you see here was destroyed by the Taliban. - http://www.afghan-web.com/kabul-museum/  

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology __ Two online exhibit galleries: one for Greek and Roman material, the other for Near Eastern. - illustrated - http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/  

Kilmartin House Museum __ Archaeological museum about the people and landscape of Kilmartin Valley, Scotland over the past 10,000 years. - illustrated - http://www.kilmartin.org  

Krannert __ Museum is home to not only fine arts but material of cultural anthropological interest as well. - masks, ceremonial objects, Egyptian and pre-Columbian artifacts - illustrated - http://www.kam.uiuc.edu/index.html 

Kunstkamera __ "Peter the Great’s Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkammer) is a visual symbol of the Russian Acadamy of Sciences." - Take a floor by floor tour - photos - Russian or English - http://www.kunstkamera.ru/english/index.htm  

Kyoto National Museum __ One of Japan's major art and archaeology collections. photos - English and Japanese - http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/  

Logan Museum of Anthropology __ The Logan museum has exhibits from all parts of the world and there is at least one representation from each area which you can view online. - photos - http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/  

London Museum of Archaeology __ "This museum of human life over the past 11,000 years in Southwestern Ontario includes a virtual tour. - illustrated - http://www.uwo.ca/museum/ 

Mathers Museum __ Museum at Indiana University. Information about collections and special exhibits. - illustrated - http://www.indiana.edu/~mathers/home.html  

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology __ Museum houses exhibits from all over the world and all periods of history but its specialty is southwest American Native cultures. - photos, articles - http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell/ 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art __ Images from the Egyptian collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/a_index.htm 

Midwestern US 16,000 Years Ago __ Exhibit about midwestern North America 16,000 years ago. - photos, maps, and other illustrations - http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/  

MOA __ Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Information about the First Nations project. - photos - http://www.moa.ubc.ca/  

Musee Notukeu Museum __ ""The Notukeu Heritage Museum was conceived in 1980 as a private "Celebrate Saskatchewan" project, containing a stone-age archaeological collection which was started in 1940 by Henri Liboiron, a former resident of Ponteix, Saskatchewan. The purpose of the collection was to record artifacts of the people who had inhabited the region during the previous 10,000 years." - photos and other illustrations - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/notukeu/  

Museum of Aiane __ "...museum contains collections of finds from Aiane, the capital of ancient Elimeia, one of the regions of Upper Macedonia, and finds from the satellite settlements of the city." - illustrated - From Hellenic Ministry of Culture - http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21117m/e211qm04.html 

Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology __ Museum about the culture, history, and prehistory of Southern Africa. - photos - http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/vir/mmuseum.html 

Museum of Antiquities __ Access to the main collection of Egyptian antiquities in Wales. - illustrated - http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/mushp.htm 

Museum of Antiquities, University of Saskatchewan __ Tour artifacts of the ancient world. - photos - http://www.usask.ca/antiquities/index.html 

Museum of Cycladic Art __ Collections of Greek antiquities which concentrate on the prehistoric art from the Cycladic Islands. - photos - http://www.cycladic-m.gr/ 

Nanzan University Anthropological Museum __ Pages of the Nanzan University Anthropological Museum. - photos - eclectic mix of ancient and modern artifacts. - Japanese and English. - http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/MUSEUM/eng.html 

National Museum __ The Czech National Museum. There is so much to see and do here - well illustrated - English or Czech." - http://www.nm.cz/english/ 

National Museum Bangkok __ The museum is the largest of its type in southeast Asia and there are many exhibits from prehistory through the classic age. - photos - http://www.bangkoksite.com/NationalMuseum/ 

National Museum of India, New Delhi (India) __ ""National Museum, New Delhi, today , has in its possession over 2,000,000 works of exquisite art, both of Indian and Foreign origin covering more than 5,000 years..." - well illustrated - http://www.nationalmuseumindia.org/index.html 

Neolithic Statues from Jordan at the Smithsonian's... __ Special exhibit of Neolithic art from ancient Jordan. - photos - http://www.asia.si.edu/jordan/html/jordan.htm 

The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath __ "The Roman Baths Museum’s collections are designated as nationally and internationally significant. The Museum cares for archaeological and historical collections from Bath and North East Somerset. These range from architectural fragments and Roman finds from the Temple and baths to objects from the Georgian town and Twentieth century spa." - well illustrated - From Roman Baths Museum City of Bath - http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/index.cfm?UUID=59F8EE80-E027-41DB-9459AC9A8DE1F8D9 

Orinoco Online __ You will find a collection of artifacts from twelve indigenous groups living in the Orinoco River basin. - illustrated - Spanish or English - From - Fundation Cisneros - http://www.orinoco.org/ 

Oriental Institute, The __ Museum and research organization dedicated to the study of the ancient Near East. - photos - http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html 

P.M.A.: Archaeology - Fur Trade __ Archaeological account of the history of the fur trade in Alberta. - http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/intro.htm  

Page Accueil Art Prehistorique des Pyrenees Version Anglaise __ Online gallery of prehistoric art from the Pyrenees. - illustrated - French and English." - http://www.culture.fr/culture/app/eng/artprepy.htm  

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology __ Good collection of Egyptian artifacts - photos - http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/index.html 

Pre-Columbian Directory __ The pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks. - photos and other illustrations - http://www.doaks.org/PCWebSite/PCcollection.html 

Royal Ontario Museum Home Page __ The Royal Ontario Museum houses one of the world's great collections. For those interested in archaeology and anthropology, this museum is important indeed. - photos and other illustrations - French and English - http://www.rom.on.ca/  

San Diego Museum of Man __ Exhibits representing a cross-section of the ancient world and human history. - illustrated - http://www.museumofman.org/  

Semitic Museum, Harvard Univ. Home Page __ Museum houses collections of archaeological materials from the Ancient Near East. - photos and other illustrations - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/hsm/AltSemMuseumHome.htm 

The SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology __ Museum at the Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. - photos and other illustrations, good articles - http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/ 

Shefton Museum __ A Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology. - well illustrated - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/ 

The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights __ Prehistory section of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. - tour the whole museum - photos, articles, and more - http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2.html  

The Sukuma Home Page __ An anthropological exhibit of African culture and tradition. Many topics - illustrated - http://www.photo.net/sukuma/  

Templo Mayor Museum __ Archaeological museum of the Ceremonial Precinct of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. - will illustrated - English or Spanish - http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/tm/index2.htm 

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