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Art, Music & Museums Virtual Field Trips

Go on a Virtual Field Trip! Visit museums,see art,and hear music.

Resources in this category:

The American Museum of Photography
http://www.photography-museum.com/: "A Museum Without Walls...for an Art Without Boundaries", this virtual museum exhibits photographs from the collection of Wm. B. Becker. Find out more about creating and preserving photographs.
CHICO's Musical Heritage Network: Virtual Tours
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/vtour.html: Celebrate the joy of music making as musicians and dancers perform before your very eyes! Tours include the Great Lakes Powwow Tour, the Javanese Gamelan Tour, the Mariachi del Corazon Tour, and the Salsa Stories Tour.
Field Museum of Natural History
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/: The Field Museum of Natural History is a wonderful site for kids, parents, and teachers. It has lots of pictures, information and activities. Don't miss the "Life Over Time" exhibit!
Museum of Unnatural Mystery
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm: Would you like to know more about UFO's, dinosaurs, Stonehenge, and other puzzling subjects? Visit this virtual museum for information about odd and not-so-odd topics such as the seven wonders of the ancient world, lost worlds, and weird explorations. You can even get some ideas for science experiments by visiting the mad scientist's laboratory.
Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.smm.org/: An online version of the sciene museum includes information for teachers, including organizing a field trip and scheduling demonstrations from museum presenters at your school. Also includes online projects.
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/: Take a virtual tour of this museum, discover things from Anthropology to Zoology, learn about their exhibits, and even explore a few online exhibits.
A Stylistic Journey
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Emerson/index.html: Stop in at a virtual "gallery" created by middle school students and discover how technology is revolutionizing a visit to the museum.
Sue at the Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/: Sue is the largest and most complete T-rex skeleton and she's going to be at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. If you can't go to Chicago, visit her on the Web!
U-505 Submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/u-505/: Explore a German U-505 submarine that was captured during World War II. Play the interactive games and take a virtual tour to learn about submarine technology and history of the war.
Virtual Egyptian Museum
http://www.virtual-egyptian-museum.org/: Examine this collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts (including mummies!) not on display in a physical museum. You can see many views of each work in large pop-up box format. The reference section includes lists of almost all known Egyptian kings.

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