We have online museums now!
By Willowlady
@Willowlady (10658)
United States
April 8, 2007 1:23pm CST
It is now said that the web has become an archive of history and things. So here is a list of museums that you can visit online!
Computer History museum www.computerhistory.org
U.S. Army Center of Military History ftp.arl.army.mil/ftp/historic-computers sorry if it is not military, got this from a magazine
Smithsonian National Museum of American History americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm
The U.S. Library of Congress Online Catalog www.loc.gov
Gallery of French Hats chapeausbibitop.blogspot.com is in French
The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices www.mtn.org/quack
Condiment Packet Gallery www.condimentpacket.com
Museum of Burnt Food www.burntfoodmuseum.com
These are some I found and I am sure that there are more. Hope you find one or two to take a look at!
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12 responses
@simran1430 (1790)
• India
10 Apr 07
Yes , I have visited many online only . Especially the pictures .Galleries, Exhibition, and Shows is an ecelctic and ever-changing list of interesting links to collections and galleries, most of them hosted on personal web pages. In other words, it's where all the good stuff is.
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
One thing you won't find at MoOM are collections of posters or maps. As particular interests of ours, posters and maps have their own departments in the coudal.com archives. Find them and be lost for hours. MoOM will be evolving each week, so if you have a link that you think belongs here, please send a note to "kevin at coudal dot com" for consideration. And enjoy the galleries.
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@bluewings (3857)
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9 Apr 07
Very interesting! I visited two of them-The computer history museum and the burnt food museum(even the name is catchy,lol.I didn't browse through them thoroughly ,but I have bookmarked them.Thanks,Willowlady!I tried the French museum,but that blog isn't working.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
9 Apr 07
I was reluctant to put the blog one in. Since blogs can be so-so. It was part of the list though. Thanks for letting us know. Am glad to be of service and I thank you for responding.
@dana234 (2114)
• Spain
18 Apr 07
I love visiting online museums, so thanks very much for the links. I´ve never heard of the burntfood Museum, very original. The Computer History museum is another interesting one. I didn´t look through them all, but bookmarked the site to go back for a thorough visit when I´ve got the time.
Good post.
@suscan (1955)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I knew the Smithsonian was online,but I had no idea about these others. Thanks for sharing. Knowledge is a wonderful thing to share.
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Thanks for sharing this valuable information. It's good to know that the internet is being used for such a wonderful purpose in perserving our history. We always hear the very negative sides of the internet, but not enough good stuff so thanks for sharing.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
8 Apr 07
You bet! I am so tired of the bad things when it is a wonderful tool that is becoming more common in all our houses. Thanks so much for responding.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
10 Apr 07
These are fantastic Willowlady. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I have rated you +++ as always for a great posting. Have a lovely day my friend.
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
11 Apr 07
That is really cool! I will be giving those a look sometime when I have the chance. I have a real interest in the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. That one sounds STRANGE LOL.
Thanks for the links!
@asteriskec (1074)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
Wow thank you for sharing this! I'm glad to know that these institutions are making full use of the internet.
@ragmama (536)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Well those certainly run the gamut from cool to sort of creepy, don't they? (The condiment packet gallery is especially...interesting.) Thanks for sharing those links!
@songbirdnaimh (1422)
• United States
9 Apr 07
As a teacher I think this would be a great virtual class trip. We're discussing art and artists right now, too! Thanks for the heads up!
