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Title: ARTSEDGE: Linking Arts and Education Through Technology
URL: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Description: ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network helps artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum. Site includes news, curricula, interactive opportunities for students, and a searchable database of arts education directories.

Title: Getty ArtsEdNet Home Page (Getty ArtsEdNet)
URL: http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
Description: This site provides great resources for incorporating arts education in the classroom. There are also exhibits and publications online.

Title: MUSEE - Directory of museums worldwide including art, science, history, zoos, archaeology
URL: http://www.musee-online.org/
Description: An interactive directory to museums' collections including art, science, history, zoos, archaeology and aquariums, etc. providing links to their educational, entertainment, archive and shopping features.

Title: ArtsConnectEd
URL: http://www.artsconnected.org/
Description: A site from the Walter Arts Center with an art gallery, classroom activities, and more.

Title: Smithsonian Institution
URL: http://www.si.edu/
Description: The Smithsonian Institution's online resources include information on art and design, history and culture, and science and technology.

Title: Eyes on Art
URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html
Description: This site contains several exercises that help students learn about art. Copyright considerations are discussed.

Title: Group for Education in Museums (GEM)
URL: http://www.gem.org.uk/index.html
Description: Includes information about GEM, News about GEM's activities, index of publications, conferences and training, and links to resources and information about education in museums.

Title: Electronic Discussion Forums
URL: http://www3.baylor.edu/Library/BeyondLib/museum.html#discussion
Description: MUSEUM-ED is an open, unmoderated discussion list which serves as a forum for museum educators. Includes mailing list.

Title: Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp)
URL: http://icom.museum/vlmp/
Description: A distributed directory of on-line museums across the world. Searchable by country, state, type, & name.

Title: American Memory from the Library of Congress
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Description: Online collections of historic documents and images, as well as learning pages for teachers and students.

Title: Lawrence Hall of Science
URL: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
Description: Includes Kids' Corner, exhibit information, events calendar, teacher resources, links, and publications.

Title: Monticello—The Home of Thomas Jefferson
URL: http://www.monticello.org/
Description: Site describes the house, plantation, grounds, etc. Also provides lesson plans and other resources.

Title: The Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception.
URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html
Description: Online exhibits and actities, live webcasts, and science fair resources.

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