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Art Museums and Art Galleries
Many art museums and art galleries have put photos of their paintings and other items in their collections on their websites. While it can't beat seeing the originals, it's the next best thing to a visit. (If the museum or gallery you're looking for isn't listed here, try the Search box at the top of the page.)
Photo Gallery: Picasso, Challenging the Past Exhibition
A few highlights of the paintings included in the Picasso, Challenging the Past exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
Exhibition Review: Renaissance Faces
What I thought of the Renaissance Faces exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
Exhibition Review: Rothko at Tate Modern
What I thought of the Rothko Late Series Exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.
Exhibition Review: Francis Bacon at Tate Britain
What I thought of the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Tate Britain in London.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Are the paintings in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, UK, worth a visit? Here's my opinion.
Exhibition Review: Radical Light, Italy's Divisionist Painters
What I thought of the Radical Light exhibition at the National Gallery in London, which showcased paintings by Italy's Divisionist painters.
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington is America's showcase of portraiture, with some 57,000 square feet of exhibition space.
Visitor's Guide to the National Gallery in London
This museum in central London houses one of the world's largest collections of paintings of Western European paintings from 1250 to 1900.
New York: Visitors Guide to the Museum of Modern Art
Find out what you can expect when visiting Moma, or the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
Paris: National Museum of Modern Art
A visitor's guide to the museum of modern art in central Paris, in the Pompidou Centre.
Traveling O'Keeffe Country
Travel in the footsteps of painter Georgia O'Keeffe with this guide to where to go and what to see in New Mexico, USA.
International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
A photo guide to one of the must-see sights when visiting Rio.
National Portrait Gallery, London
A museum, founded in 1856, devoted entirely to portraits of famous British men and women, from royalty to celebrities to scientists. You can view the collection by sitter, artist, or type of portrait. Although it's right next to the National Gallery, many visitors miss out on this fascinating collection.
Tate Galleries -- Tate Modern, Britain, St Ives, Liverpool
The four Tate galleries in the UK - Tate Britain (British art from 1500 to today) and Tate Modern in London plus in St Ives, and Liverpool (the largest modern-art museum in the UK outside London). Includes a searchable database to find the specific artists and works.
The British Museum, London
There is nothing British about the British Museum, rather it showcases artifacts collected from cultures across the world.
The Wallace Collection, London
View the paintings, drawings, and watercolours in the Wallace Collection, a private collection bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace in 1897.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Britain's national museum of design and art, which holds regular exhibitions to supplement its permanent collection.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Get a feel for this vast museum's collections from all over the world - African, Asian, European, Greek and Roman, Oceania - and all periods in our history.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Founded in 1930, the Whitney showcases contemporary art as well as having a permanent collection.
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
Explore a small selection from the museum's painting, decorative arts, sculpture, and works on paper collections.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC is home to more than 37,500 works of American art, “reflecting the nation's ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity.”
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Take a look at the museum's permanent, current, and past exhibitions, which includes contemporary African art.
Guggenheim Museums
Check out the Guggenheim art museums in New York, Las Vegas, Bilbao (Spain), Venice, and Berlin. The museum buildings are works of art in their own right.
De Young Museum, San Francisco
This museum, in the Golden Gate Park, houses art from the Americas, Africa, Oceania, as well as textile art.
J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
View the museum's collections of Greek and Roman antiquities, European paintings and drawings, sculpture, and decorative art, as well as its special exhibitions and find out what its latest acquisitions are.
Fleischer Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona
This museum houses primarily American Impressionism, California School, and Russian and Soviet Realism tempered by Impressionism paintings.
Andy Warhol Museum
A museum in Pittsburgh dedicated to one of the most influential 20th-century painters. Not much to see on-line, unless you're browsing the posters in the shop.
Painting Galleries at the Louvre, Paris
The Louvre in Paris houses one of the world's largest and oldest collections of paintings.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
A great museum in Paris showcasing European paintings, drawings, sculpture, and decorative art from 1848 to 1914.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
If you enjoy Van Gogh's paintings but can't get to the capital of the Netherlands, this online museum is the next-best thing.
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
As you'd expect, the Prado houses the world's best collection of Spanish art. Each month a new painting from the museum's collection is analysed in depth.
Finnish National Gallery
The Finnish National Gallery is housed in three collections, the Sinebrychoff Art Museum, the Ateneum Art Museum, and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. (Some of the site is not in English.)
Museums at the Vatican
View the collections of the Vatican museums online or take a number of virtual tours, including one of the Sistine Chapel
National Gallery of Modern Art, India
View paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art in India.
Photos: Exhibitions at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London
Selected photos I've found interesting from exhibitions at the Estorick Collection in London, a small museum with a focus on modern art.