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Guggenheim Museum - The Collection The Guggenheim collection online premiered in April 2001 with a selection of works of art from the New York museum's holdings. Currently representing 169 artists, the collection online encompasses both the classic and the new—from the Guggenheim's earliest work, an 1867 landscape by Camille Pissarro, through more recent acquisitions, a 1998–99 sculpture by Robert Gober—striking a balance that reflects the dynamic tenor of the institution as a whole. In the winter of 2001, we added almost 100 works from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, in the summer of 2003 we added works commissioned by the Deutsche Guggenheim, which will soon be followed by highlights from the collection of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. www.guggenheimcollection.org   (159 words)

Collection Level Description - the Museum Perspective Or, a collection may be a discrete part of a museum’s collection; it may be centred on some type of similarity between the items in the collection. Museums also define collections in administrative terms: for example, the collection of a particular donor (the Barnes collection), or suited for a particular purpose (the education collection). A museum might hold objects relating to the early settlement of a community, while governmental agencies or archives might hold statistical studies that are related (e.g., a census for the period). www.dlib.org /dlib/september00/dunn/09dunn.html   (3916 words)

Louisiana State Museum The collection with its exhibit potential was as strong as ever, but lacked a building to house it. The photo collection consists of around 10,000 photographs, and reflects the fact that the original Jazz Museum drew heavily on the personal collections and donations of the members of the New Orleans Jazz Club, and was therefore shaped by their interests. The collection has several photos of Armstrong as King Zulu at Mardi Gras in 1949, including some recently discovered snapshots previously unknown, and a large number of photos from his visit to New Orleans and the Jazz Museum on Oct. 31, 1965. lsm.crt.state.la.us /collections/jazz.htm   (2104 words)

Art Museum of the Americas - Permanent Collection In 1957 the OAS Permanent Council conferred institutional backing to the collection by establishing a modest Purchase Fund to support the acquisition of art for a collection that was to reflect the contemporary art of the member nations of the OAS to form an enduring cultural resource. Both collections serve to preserve a unique visual and written record of the artistic achievements of artists of the Americas and their contributions to world art. Building a strong permanent collection, which reflects current directions in the art as well as those historical movements most important for present and future generations continues to be the mission. www.museum.oas.org /permanent.html   (329 words)

MoFA's Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) These works were donated to the Museum by James Ball who fulfilled the wish and bequest of a friend, a soldier in World War II who had found these modest drawings and genre paintings in a destroyed artist's studio. In holding at the Museum for FSU's Anthropology Department, this collection was donated by John and Mary Carter in 1944. This collection is a limited edition portfolio of 12 original 19th Century, one-of-a-kind, photographs: 1 daguerreotype, 1 salt print, 1 tintype, 1 ambrotype, 3 albumen prints, 1 stereograph, 1 woodburytype, 1 photogravure, 1 blue print, 1 platinum print. www.fsu.edu /~svad/FSUMuseum/collection.htm   (1005 words)

Boaz Vaadia - Museum Collection - Listing The Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection is comprised of the final piece of the edition of nearly every bronze cast of Vaadia's figurative sculptures. The work from this collection is available for loan to museum exhibitions or to public installations. The Boaz Vaadia Museum Collection is intended to allow for specific spatial conditions of each particular exhibition space. www.vaadia.com /museumcollection/museumcollection.shtml   (258 words)

RR Museum of PA - Rolling Stock Collection The PRR collection was moved piecemeal with the first locomotives arriving in October of 1969 and the other pieces arriving in various stages through 1975 when the first section of the museum exhibit hall was completed. The historic locomotives and rolling-stock from the Penn Central were, at first, leased to the Railroad Museum but the continuing financial struggles of the huge railroad corporation prompted the Commonwealth to purchase the collection because of the uncertain future of the locomotives and cars. In the years preceding the acquisition of this historic collection by the Railroad Museum, a few pieces of the collection were, sadly, lost in the shuffle. www.rrmuseumpa.org /about/roster/collect.htm   (951 words)

Slave Museum Gains a Collection Built on Captivation (washingtonpost.com) The museum, founded by former Virginia governor and Richmond Mayor-elect Douglas Wilder, is slated to open in Fredericksburg in 2007. The slavery museum's director, Vonita Foster, said most of the museum's donors have been white -- a phenomenon that curators and experts in slave collections said has been the case for decades and is just starting to change. Parker estimates that the collection he is giving to the Fredericksburg museum is worth "at least $250,000," but it might be the largest gift in number of items, Foster said. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A36159-2004Dec4.html   (1006 words)

Macleay Museum Insect Collection The collection was added to by Alexander's son, William Sharp Macleay, and increased further by William Sharp's cousin, William John Macleay. A flea, collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle is also held in the Museum. The insect collection is currently being managed one day a week by Margaret Humphrey who is being assisted by the Macleay Museums' Honorary Associate Don Herbison-Evans. www.usyd.edu.au /su/macleay/cinsect.htm   (419 words)

Univ. of MO Museum of Anthropology Grayson Archery Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) An assemblage of long bows dating from 1850 to the present and the world's only complete collection of flight bows are included, as are archery-related artwork, library materials, thumb rings, jewelry, bracers, and other accessories. arts of the Grayson Collection are on display at the Museum's exhibit hall and in a special exhibition area of the Museum Support Center. The Grayson Collection at the University of Missouri coas.missouri.edu /anthromuseum/grayson/grayson.html   (233 words)

Michael C. Carlos Museum: Collection & Exhibitions The collections of the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University span the globe and the centuries. The Museum is also home to collections of nineteenth- and twentieth-century sub-Saharan African art and European and American works on paper from the Renaissance to the present day. The Carlos Museum works with Emory faculty members to develop unique special exhibitions that draw on collections from around the world to engage the public and contribute to current scholarship. www.carlos.emory.edu /COLLECTION   (641 words)

UCLA Hammer Museum: The Armand Hammer Collection The opulently dressed goddess—wearing a crown and holding a golden scepter and accompanied by her traditional attribute, a peacock—is rendered in the subtle golden tones and spontaneous brushwork characteristic of the artist’s later works. His commitment to sharing his collections with the public continues today with ongoing exhibitions from the collection at the Hammer Museum as well as frequent loans from the collections to other international museums. This fall, the Museum is pleased to inaugurate “Writings on the Wall,” a series of extended wall labels for selected works in the collection. www.hammer.ucla.edu /collections/2   (1314 words)

San Jose Museum of Art | PERMANENT COLLECTION Objects from the permanent collection are often installed in the Museum's galleries, and are periodically used to curate entire exhibitions. After all, while the collection is the Museum's backbone, the community it serves is its heart. Museum visitors often look to labels and wall texts to find out the curators' opinion and interpretation of the work. www.sjmusart.org /content/collection/collection.phtml   (802 words)

ASIA SOCIETY: THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT The Collection in Context presents the Asia Society's collection of nearly three hundred works of art in their historical and cultural context. The core of the collection was donated by Mr. John D. Rockefeller 3rd and includes masterworks from South, Southeast, and East Asia, dating from 2000 B.C.E. to the 19th century, reflecting the great achievements and wide diversity of Asian arts and cultures. www.asiasocietymuseum.org   (122 words)

The Children's Museum of Virginia > Lancaster Train Collection ! The collection, valued at over $1 million, is probably the largest donation of toys and trains ever by a single collector. With a large part of the museum's second floor dedicated to it, the collection features four working layouts: a G gauge layout called Candy Land; an HO gauge layout of a harbor town; an O gauge layout of a 1950s mining town; and a combined N and HO gauge layout. The Lightship Museum and The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum www.childrensmuseumva.com /lancaster.html   (328 words)

Buchheim Collection - Museum of Imagination - Buchheim Museum - Munich, Bernried, Germany The path from the visitors' parking area (on the state roadway 2063) to the museum is lined with old trees, charming ponds, pagodas, as well as works fashioned out of wood and metal. Buchheim's collection, which was essentially compiled in the 1950's, encompasses an extraordinarily wide spectrum of outstanding Expressionist art. At the heart of the collection are paintings, watercolors, drawings, woodcuts, etchings and lithographs by artists of the group "Brücke", which included the artists Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, as well as Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller, who joined the group briefly. www.buchheimmuseum.de /english/museum.htm   (801 words)

MIT Museum - Collections & Research - Holography Collection The holography collection at the MIT Museum documents the history of holography since its inception in the late 1940s. A selection of the 1,800 pieces in the collection is on view in the Museum’s exhibition Holography: The Light Fantastic. Historic holograms in the collection include the first reflection holograms, the first laser transmission hologram, and the first white light transmission hologram, created by MIT professor Stephen Benton, a pioneer in the field of holography and 3-D imaging. web.mit.edu /museum/collections/holography.html   (364 words)

ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Visitors to the Museum are given a glimpse into the fascinating world of ancient man. Three millennia of civilization in the ancient Near East saw the rise of mighty nations in Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran. Unlike many more widely known museum collections, whose objects were acquired by purchase, the majority of the artifacts in the Oriental Institute Museum were found as a result of archaeological excavations sponsored by the Oriental Institute. oi.uchicago.edu /OI/MUS/HIGH/OI_Museum_Highlights.html   (332 words)

Yale Peabody Museum: The Collections: Paleobotany The collection is worldwide in scope, with approximately 75% of the collection from North America and the other 25% from the Arctic, Australia, Central American, Europe, Israel, Pakistan, Lebanon, South America and the West Indies. Tracing its roots back to the early 19th century, this collection is one of the most historically significant in the United States. Part of this expansion is the result of field collecting, but the largest increase is from the addition of 2 orphaned collections: The New York Botanical Garden Collection and a substantial part of the Princeton University paleobotanical collections. www.peabody.yale.edu /collections/pb   (265 words)

Collections and Research at the University of Alaska Museum of the North - Fine Art The collection represents an invaluable record of Alaska's cultural richness and aesthetic diversity and includes over 3,200 works of art. The major focus of the collection is Alaskan art - historic through contemporary - and is composed of all major mediums of visual expression. The collection serves as an important tool for scholarly research in the art history of Alaska, and for classroom support in the study of drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. www.uaf.edu /museum/depts/fineart   (129 words)

Keep Homestead Museum/Museum Collection Myra was an accomplished needleworker and extensive examples of her work are distributed throughout the house. Myra was nationally known for her button collection of several thousand cards. All images are the property of the KHM and may not be used without written permission. www.keephomesteadmuseum.org /museum_collection.htm   (480 words)

Audio/Visual Collection - Museum Library University Museum Library Desk R134.8.E43 1997b disc 1-6. University Museum Library Desk NK2635.C76 E76 1998 v.1 + disc. The Museum Library does have the equipment to view videos at the library. www.library.upenn.edu /collections/videos/museaudiovisual.html   (1464 words)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art View more than 6,500 works of art from the Metropolitan's permanent collection, organized by curatorial department. Discover 8 online features designed to complement works of art in the Metropolitan's collection, and a highlight of the newest educational feature. Explore the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan's collection. www.metmuseum.org /collections/index.asp   (107 words)

Central Intelligence Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Housed in the Agency's Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, this unique collection illustrates the history of US intelligence—which effectively began when this country was still 13 separate colonies—by showing some of the artifacts and tools used by men and women serving in various aspects of espionage. The North Gallery houses the Agency's permanent collection of artifacts and photographs from the early days of the CIA to the present. Most were given to the Museum by the office or individual who designed or used them. www.cia.gov /cia/information/artifacts   (334 words)

Salvador Dali Museum » The Collection The Salvador Dalí Museum is the permanent home of the world's most comprehensive collection of the renowned Spanish artist's work. Characterized by its diversity, it includes the Impressionist and Cubist styles of his early period, abstract work from his transition to Surrealism, the famous surrealist canvases for which he is best known, and examples of his preoccupation with religion and science during his classic period. Periodic rotations of the collection and special exhibitions allow museum goers to view new work on repeat visits. www.salvadordalimuseum.org /collection/index.php   (251 words)

Art Museum Masterpiece Collection Download Art Museum Masterpiece Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Art Museum Masterpiece Collection - A compilation of some of histories greatest art. Beginning with cave paintings through Claude Monet these screen savers have some of the most famous paintings ever created. With 70 paintings and wonderful classical music this collection will reveal images both enchanting and educational. www.art-museum-masterpiece-collection.net-software-download.com   (372 words)

National Postal Museum Large, comprehensive specialized collections that are historically important and have additional research potential for serious philatelists and postal historians are summarized here. Collection Management staff, volunteers and interns work to document, research, preserve and protect Collection (and loan) objects. The Museum's preservation specialist will provide an insider's view of what professionals do to preserve our national treasures through proper rehousing and storage, proper exhibit preparation and prescribed treatments. www.postalmuseum.si.edu /collection/3_collection.html   (156 words)

USNA Museum-The Rogers Ship Model Collection The collection, bequeathed to the Naval Academy in 1935 by Colonel Henry Huddleston Rogers, is one of the most valuable of its type in the world. Between the cases are several reproductions of prints from the Museum's Beverley R. Robinson Collection. The Museum's bone models are displayed in a darkened corridor behind the front gallery cases. www.usna.edu /Museum/rogers.htm   (503 words)

American Textile History Museum - Exhibitions - Art Quilts Titled Art Quilts from the Collection of the Museum of Arts and Design, the show is a survey of art quilts from around the world in the collection of the Museum of Arts and Design (formerly the American Craft Museum). Art Quilts from the Collection of the Museum of Arts and Design was made possible in part by Annual Fund donors of the American Textile History Museum. The Museum of Arts and Design for nearly half a century has served as the country’s premier institution dedicated to the collection and exhibition of contemporary objects created in craft media such as clay, glass, wood, metal, and fiber. www.athm.org /exhibitions_artquilts.htm   (935 words)

Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Ancient Egyptian Art The collection of Ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Michael C. Carlos Museum covers the full spectrum of Egyptian civilization, from the earliest Predynastic times, to the period of Roman domination. At the core of the collection are the artifacts acquired by Emory professor William Shelton, who traveled to Egypt in 1920. Through research and collaboration with Emory University medical experts, Carlos Museum scholars determined it to be that of the pharaoh Ramesses I. The museum returned the mummy to Egypt in 2003 as a gift of goodwill and international cultural cooperation. www.carlos.emory.edu /COLLECTION/EGYPT   (210 words)

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