• Absolutearts.com -- Arts News Service Online
• AskART "a database about American artists spanning the 16th to the 21st centuries." (RB)
• ArtMagick.com [RealPlayer] "This online art gallery specializes in paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries" (SR)
• Art Atlas: Art Galleries of the World Look here for information on Art Galleries all over the world. (LII)
• _The Art Newspaper_ 'The _Art Newspaper_ is written for "keen exhibition viewers, museum professionals, collectors, artists," and others who are "in the game a little" while striving to "know and show where the power lies in the art world." ' (SR)
• Arts and Letters Daily A daily publication that has reviews, articles, and new book notices in all fields of the humanities.
• Arts Journal: The Daily Digest of Arts and Cultural Journalism "Edited by Douglas McLennan, formerly an arts columnist and arts reporter with the _Seattle Post-Intelligencer_ and the _Seattle Weekly_, Arts Journal is a daily digest of some of the best online arts and cultural journalism."
• Sister Wendy's American Collection "explores American museum collections. The Website furnishes color images of the works accompanied by Sister Wendy's equally colorful commentary, background on the artists, plus a guide to the six museums featured." (SR)
• Buddhist Art and Architecture from around the world. (LII)

Museums

• American Museum of Photography.
• Aperture Gallery Fine Arts Photography from the Aperture Gallery of London.
• Art and Life in Africa (ALA)
• Artchive "contains over 2000 scans of artwork by more than 200 artists"
• Artcyclopedia: the Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
• The Cave of Lascaux "Created by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, this fine Website focuses on the prehistoric artwork of the famous cave at Lascaux."
• Detroit Institute of Arts
• Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture dedicated to the decorative arts in America (SR)
• epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease -- AMNH [.pdf]
• Jim Crow Museum maintained by Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.
• The State Hermitage MuseumFounded by Catherine the Great of Russia in 1764.
• Lost Art Internet Database "The site "registers cultural goods which were transported or stolen because of persecution, especially of Jewish citizens, as a result of World War II or as a result of National Socialism.""
• Louvre Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Muskegon County Museum
• Muskegon Museum of Art
• San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
• Smithsonian Museum: Claiming Art | Reclaiming Space: Post Apartheid Art From South Africa
• Tate Gallery Online "Home of the national collection of British art from the 16th century to the present day"
• George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years From the Smithsonian Institute
• Wrapped in Pride -- Smithsonian [JavaScript, Quicktime, Shockwave, Flash 3] "Wrapped in Pride "explores the history of traditional Ghanaian weaving and its impact on cultures beyond Africa's shores."
• Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies -- Library Of Congress [MPEG, Quicktime, RealPlayer]
• MOWA: Museum of Web Art: preserving the best of the art of the web. This site has galleries of buttons, wallpaper, and other web art.
• MUVA: Virtual Museum of Arts El Pais "MUVA, Virtual Museum of Arts, exists only on the Web. In its virtual galleries, the Museum brings together Uruguayan artwork that might otherwise never be seen by the public."
• National Museum of American Jewish History Exhibitions
• The Postal Museum: Exploring History Through Postal Stamps. From the Smithsonian Institute
• Greystone Museum and the Story of Detroit
• Oliphant's Anthem political cartoons by Oliphant, from the Library of Congress
• Museo Picasso Virtual
• Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum
• ArtMuseum.net -- Van Gogh's Van Goghs [MSVideo, LivePicture Viewer, RealPlayer G2]
• Victoria and Albert Museum "largest museum of decorative arts in the world"
• Web Gallery of Art "..."contains over 8,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1750" supplemented with commentary on their technique and history. "
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust

Music

• America's Jazz Heritage [RealPlayer] "America's Jazz Heritage is a partnership of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution that is focussed on the preservation and presentation of the history of jazz."
• Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics "created and maintained by David Dodd, Branch Manager of the Civic Center Branch of the Marin County Free Library, and co-author of _The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography_." Lyrics and what they mean!
• Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music "Noted country artist Roy Acuff and modern American composer John Adams don’t often find themselves in close musical company, but in the Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music they are only separated by four entries. Offered as part of the eNotes site, the Encyclopedia is a good resource for both students and others who wish to brush up on any number of composers, musical terms, performers, and so on. Visitors can browse on through alphabetically, and they may wish to read the brief "Foreword" offered as a way of establishing the focus and intent of this publication. From Sun Ra to the Sabre Dance, visitors will want to dip into this encyclopedia on multiple occasions." (SR)
• Choral Wiki "one of the world's largest free sheet music sites. You can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers."
• Enjoyment of Music Online Tutor "Listen to a selection of more than 250 musical excerpts as you take the quizzes, review transitions between eras, or learn more about 80 composers." "Also includes timelines relating to musical eras (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century), and links to additional material for composers such as Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, and Richard Wagner. From W.W. Norton and Company." (LII)
• Free Sheet Music
• Free Sheet Music from 8notes.com"Free Sheet Music, Riffs, Lessons and Tools for musicians who play." (LG)
• Free Sheet music from Vocalist.org
• Historica American Sheet Music over 3,000 pieces of sheet music from 1850-1920.
• Icking Music Archive Sheet Music Archive listing
• Sheldon Harris Sheet Music Collection "Sheldon Harris was an avid record collector, and he began his collection as a young man growing up in Brooklyn. During his life, he also served as the blues editor of "Jazz & Pop Magazine", and also found time to publish an important biographical dictionary of blues singers and an oral history of jazz as told by jazz trombonist and blues singer, Clyde E.B. Bernhardt. This particular digital sheet music collection pays tribute to his work, and it was created by The University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections. Visitors can browse the sheet music at their leisure, and the holdings are particularly strong in the blues and early minstrel numbers. There are a number of ways to complete searches, as users can browse the selections by creator, decade, publisher, or geographic region. Items of note in the collection include "Jazzin' the Blues Away", "I'm Saving Up The Means To Get To New Orleans" and the W.C. Handy-penned classic "Memphis Blues". "(SR)
• The Hector Berlioz Website "an impressive amount of information about Berlioz, including many of his writings, compositions, and reviews ". (SR)
• Jazz Roots: Early Jazz History "this site offers a nice introduction to the development of the idiom, along with information about the various musicians and composers who contributed to this truly American art form." (SR)
• Klezmer Shack news on Klezmer music, reviews, information. (LII)
• Mozart Sheet Music Over 600 pieces or Mozart's sheet music are available. (LIB)
• Music History 101 A survey of Western Classical music from the Renaissance to the present
• Music in the Public Domain this site gives an overview of what is available in the public domain, and information on the rules for using public domain music.
• MusOpen "a database of online public domain music which has been recorded by individuals or orchestras and stored here online for free access." (LIB)
• Mutopia "Collection of several hundred classical music scores available in various text formats, some with MIDI audio files." (LII)
• New York City Opera
• Opera AmericaOverall Opera site
• OperaGlass "If you can't remember a particular aria from Gounod's "Faust" or a certain detail from the song contest at Wartburg, this site dedicated to opera may be just the ticket. Created and maintained by Rick Bogart, a research scientist at Stanford, the site provides access to libretti, source texts, performance histories, synopses, discographies, and so on. The site also contains an opera information directory, which features an opera composer index containing 4800 entries. Moving on, those who might be new to the wonders of opera will appreciate the "Opera For Everyone" CD's, which are offered here at no charge. Visitors can use the music here to learn about four classic operas, including "La Traviata" and "Madama Butterfly". The site is rounded out by a list of operas requiring six or fewer singers and a calendar of operatic commemorations." (SR)
• Opera World Offers opera items that are hard to find
• The World of Opera "This website should prove useful and interesting to the most dedicated opera aficionados and opera neophytes. The World of Opera "brings listeners compelling performances from top American and international opera companies." Beyond just performances, World of Opera goes beyond "traditional, operatic vernacular" to showcase opera as anything but an elitist form of art. Each opera presented here is accompanied by a short introductory article (with an available audio version as well). After the introduction, visitors can view video clips from a performance, listen to interviews which may include a conductor, stage director, and performer of the show. Also available is a short synopsis of the opera, act-by-act, as well as additional links to related NPR stories. Overall, this is a fantastic site dedicated to the World of Opera and it does a remarkable job of making this art form more accessible." (SR)
• Prokofiev Page "...dedicated to the life and work of twentieth century composer and pianist Sergi Prokofiev." (LII)
• Richard Wagner Archive
• Second Hand Songs: A Cover Songs Database "Find out who performed the original version of a particular song, or who covered that song." Features a database searchable by song, artist, or album, lists of newly added and recent songs, and related material about cover songs. The "Guidelines" section includes the website's definitions of original and cover songs, partial covers, samples, remixes, and other terminology. From a "group of fanatic cover song lovers." (LII)
• Free Scores links to sites with free scores for a variety of insturments, and mp3 arrangements. (LII)
• Metropolitan Opera
• World War I Sheet Music From the Center for Digital Initiatives at Brown University, see music that is about World War I. (SR)
• Also see Music links on our Leisure Page

Religion

Inclusive

• Sacred "The homepage of this very recent online collection of sacred texts from the British Library doesn't mince any words, declaring this clutch of materials to be "The world's greatest collection of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim holy books." The subtitle to this remarkable collection is "Discover what we share", and that is certainly an apt phrase to describe this moving online collection, which is intended to complement the in situ exhibit. First off, there are the texts themselves, which can be viewed in their entirety, and examined at leisure. There is a complete chronological list, a list organized by faith, and several editors' lists, such as "Kings and Queens" and "Pictures and Portraits". In keeping with the strong online traditions of like-minded exhibits at the British Library, visitors can take in some video highlights, including the Sufi dancer Zia Azazi and they may also watch a scribe demonstrating how old sacred texts were crafted. Additionally, there are several dozen podcasts that deal with the illumination of sacred texts and discussions on the relationship between medicine and various traditions of faith. Overall, the site is powerfully moving, inclusive, and worthy of repeat visits." (LII)

Buddhism

• Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) Buddhist perspectives on various issues. (LII)
• Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library: The Internet Guide to Zen (Ch'an, Son, Thien) Online Resources. (LII)
• Festivals of India including all major faiths.

Christianity

• In Depth: Pope Benedict XVI Profile of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, from the BBC (LII)
• The Days of Holy Week "This site describes the history behind important religious days occurring in the week prior to Easter (the last week of Lent): Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Also includes details about how these days are currently observed in different types of Christian churches. From "a global and ecumenical ministry dedicated to providing biblical and theological resources for growing Christians." " (LII)
• Dead Sea Scrolls information and links.
• Gospelcom One of the largest places on the net to find religious resources.
• Rowan Williams: The Archbishop of Cantebury.
• All-in-One Biblical Resources Search
• Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries
• Catholic Exchange information for Roman Catholics. (LII)
• Episcopal Chruch
• Festivals of India including all major faiths.
• Lent: Call to Conversion: Frequently Asked Questions About Lent "Questions and answers about this Christian religious observance that precedes Easter. Answers questions such as, "Why do Catholics fast and give things up during Lent?" "Why are there ashes on Ash Wednesday and palms on Palm Sunday" "When does Lent end?" and "Why meatless Fridays?" From Americancatholic.org, a website from the ranciscans and St. Anthony Messenger Press." (SR)
• Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings [.pdf, Word, .zip] "Created by Bill Carson, a Michigan pharmacist, as a spare time hobby, this site aims to make the works of Puritans, Scottish Divines, and other Reformed authors more widely available to the general public."
• From Advent to Epiphany: Traditions and Symbols "Overview of traditions and symbols associated with the Christian church seasons of Advent and Christmas. Topics include advent calendars, candy canes, Christmas cards, Christmas trees, crèches, fruitcake, mistletoe, and poinsettias. From the United Methodist Church." (LII)
• Gutenberg Bible One of only 4 illuminated Gutenberg Bibles has been scanned in and is available online in German and English.
• Gutenberg Bible available in paper and vellum
• JesuitsUSA: Society of Jesus Online information on the Jesuits. (LII)
• Knights Templar information on the Knights. (LII)
• The Lectionary Page: A Liturgical Calendar For Upcoming Weeks "This site was created to support all those who need access to the lesson texts of the Episcopal (ECUSA) Eucharistic Lectionary," based on the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. (LII)
• When Will It Be Read? Find out when a specific Bible verse will be read in Church. Based on the Episcopal Lectionary. (LII)
• The Lost Gospel "Discussion of a restoration project for "an ancient Coptic manuscript dating from the third or fourth century, containing the only known surviving copy of the Gospel of Judas, [which] has been restored and authenticated after being lost for nearly 1,700 years." Includes images of the manuscript, transcription, English translation, articles that provide "a different view of the relationship between Jesus and Judas," photos, timeline, and a map. From the National Geographic Society." (LII)
• National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
• American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) articles, information, etc. (LII)
• United Church of Christ (UCC) (LII)
• United Methodist Church
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Women's Ministries from the Episcopal Church. (LII)
• Women's Ordination referring to the Roman Catholic Church. (LII)

Islam

• Islam City learn more about Islam
• Al-Islam.org "Al-Islam.org is a work of the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP), which is a non profit Internet-based group of people operating from throughout the world. Our objectives are to digitise and present on the Internet quality Islamic resources, related to the history, law, practice, and society of the Islamic religion and the Muslim peoples with particular emphasis on Twelver Shia Islamic school of thought."
• Festivals of India including all major faiths.
• Free Koran "Free Koran is a non-profit Web site, run by private individuals, to provide the Holy Book of Koran to people who are interested in reading it even in Spanish, French, Urdu, and Italian." (LG)
• Islam: A Primer "Includes a brief historical background, tenets of Islam, jihad, the status of women, and other aspects of Islam. From the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)." (RT)
• Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion (SR)
• Muslim Life in America "This Web site is an attempt to capture in photographs, words, and statistics something of the extraordinary range and richness of ordinary Muslim life in this country." (LII)

Judaism

• Aish HaTorah "look into the hidden face of Purim"
• Center for Jewish History "central repository for the cultural and historical legacy of the Jewish people". (LII)
• Chabad.org: Holidays From the Jewish organization Chabad-Lubavitch. Information on Jewish holidays. (LII)
• HebrewSongs.com "English translations and Hebrew transliterations (and some sound clips) of the Psalms, Jewish festival music, and other lyrics for Hebrew songs." (LII)
• Festivals of India including all major faiths.
• The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives"This center, located at the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, is "committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry." The site features interactive exhibits on Judaism, the center's journal, genealogy resources, a guide to creating a synagogue archive, a description of holdings, and related research" (LII)
• Jewish Encyclopedia.com "contains the complete [unedited] contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906." (LII)
• Jewish Holidays at Aish From Aish HaTorah International Organization. Information on important Jewish holidays. (LII)
• Jewish Holidays From the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC). (LII)
• Jewish Holidays this site features the upcoming holiday on the main page. (LII)
• Jewish Holidays: Lag Ba'Omer A directory of links. (LII)
• Jewish Holidays "Learn about the Jewish holidays and explore the customs and traditions of Reform Jews throughout North America." (LII)
• Jewish Woman on online and print magazine for Jewish women. (LII)
• Judaism 101 '"online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs." Includes "A Gentile's Guide to the Jewish Holidays," which provides a "general understanding of ... your Jewish friends' and colleagues' holidays."' (LII)
• Kashrut.com (Kosher Information Source) "This site offers information on keeping kosher. Included are consumer information on kosher products, resources for kosher travel, recipes, and numerous links to related sites. Includes instructions for preparing a kitchen for Passover. Offers free e-mail notification of updates to the site." (LII)
• Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms "On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. This event came to be called Kristallnacht ('Night of Broken Glass') for the shattered store windowpanes." This site features an exhibition with a historical overview and details about what was destroyed. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum." (LII)
• Passover Selected Passover sites. (LII)
• Passover Through Archaeology and Rare Documents: A Teaching Site "This site uses artifacts and rare books to tell the story of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The items appear in chronological order and include the oldest extant Haggadah from the Cairo Genizah, a 1985 Haggadah in memory of the Holocaust, and related historical documents. Also includes a section of study questions. from the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York." (SR)
• Virtual Purim "includes instructions in celebrating the holiday the traditional way, a retelling of the story and more"
• Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture web site of the Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture (FASSC). (LII)
• Torah Tots "features printable coloring book pages, hamentaschen recipes, games, and even electronic greeting cards."
• The Jewish History Resource Center from The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. (LII)

Hindi

• Festivals of India including all major faiths.
• Meeting God - Elements of Hindu Devotion "This new online exhibit from the Huntington Archive showcases a selection of photos featured in two museum exhibits and a book of the same name." (SR)
• Raksha Bandhan information on the origins.
• Janai Purnima and Raksha Bandham information on these festivals
• Raksha Bandhan information about raksha bandhan festival celebrations, gift traditions, customs, importance, significance, legends. Also find rakhi recipes, greeting cards, messages and much more.

Other

• Festivals of India including all major faiths.
• Jainism: Jain Principles, Tradition, and Practices "this site contains a number of links that will be quite helpful to those seeking to learn more about this religion that places a premium on non-violence, reverence for all life, and the freedom from attachment to material things." (SR)
• Religion Resources a list of religion resources from the Librarian's Index to the Internet. (LII)

Languages and Writing Systems

• African Writing Systems describes different writing systems in use on the African continent. (LII)
• Omniglot "a guide to over 200 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems." (LII)
• Hieroglyphics "a guide and web directory to Egyptian Writing

Theater

• Local Theater
• American Theater Web
• The Bolshoi Theatre [Frames, Javascript] Provides current information as well as historical information.
• Internet Broadway Database "The official archival database for Broadway theatre information...provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today." (LII)
• Internet Theater Index Indexes all sorts of web sites having to do with theater.
• Justin's Drama and Theatre Links "a mammoth directory of theatre links." (BWN)
• Pioneer Drama "carries over 500 plays, including musicals, full-length plays, children's theater, melodrama, one act plays, Christmas plays and texts and aids"
• Playbill On -Line Theater news, interviews, discounts, theater resources.
• Internet Theater Bookshop Find plays, published in English, both in-print and out-of-print.
• Playwrights on the Web "an international database of playwrights and their websites, offering production and publishing opportunities "
• eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive online texts, news, biography, upcoming events, etc. (LII)
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet an annotated guide to Shakespearean resources on the Internet.
• TheatreUSA.com over 1,200 links in dozens of categories. (LII)
• Variety the on-line version of Variety, covers the world of entertainment.
• BackStage Online Provides reviews, job openings for writers and directors, and daily casting calls.
• Dramatists Play Service, Inc Database of scripts and performance rights.
• Samuel French, Inc Database of scripts and performance rights.
• American Variety Stage An anthology of documents on vaudeville and popular entertainment from 1870-1920.
• Perseus Project Greek theater (click on Texts) in Greek and in translation from the Classics Department of Tufts University.
• Broadway Musical Cast Album Database Click on "Searching" under "About this Database" for tips.
• Musicals.Net Only 80 Broadway shows are described, but in great detail.
• Gilbert and Sullivan Archive Every thing you wanted to know about Gilbert and Sullivan, including librettos that are in the public domain

Miscellaneous

• Academy of American Poets
• Art in Flux This is a metasite for exploring the world of contemporary art from the Boise State University Department of Art
• Artslynx International Dance Resources "extensive directory for resources in the performance, history, and scholarship of dance"
• Ballet Companies "There are over 1700 links to companies here, browsable by country while the site itself is searchable by keyword."
• The Best of the Humanities on the Web "The National Endowment for the Humanities and the MCI Foundation have created this website in order to bring together some of the best online humanities resources from the world’s great museums, libraries, and universities." (SR)
• Dance Net "a search engine devoted to all kinds of dance -- from African Dancing to Zydeco Dancing"
• _Esoterica_: The Journal of Esoteric Studies. Esoteric studies looks at how art, literature, science, and religion interrelate.
• Culture Kiosque Ezine, with a European flare, of the arts. May be in any of three languages.
• Godchecker info on Gods and Goddesses in mythology. (RB)
• Encyclopedia Mythica "visitors can peruse areas devoted to mythology, folklore, bestiary, heroes, and take a look at some genealogy tables" (SR)
• Humanities and Arts Calendar sponsored by the Michigan Humanities Council
• Lost and Found Sound: A Special Radio Series For the Millennium -- NPR [RealAudio]
• Michigan Humanities Council
• Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
• AskPhilosophers "This site puts the talents and knowledge of philosophers at the service of the general public. Send in a question that you think might be related to philosophy and we will do our best to respond to it. To date, there have been 907 questions posted and 1231 responses."
• Philosophy Research Base Check here for a database of Philosophy.
• Pragmatism Cybrary learn more about this theory of philosophy
• EpistemeLinks.com includes thousands of sorted links to philosophy resources on the internet
• The Paideia Project On-Line "Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy...online archive of contributed papers"
• Voice of Dance: Where Dance Lives "Created by Grants for the Arts, the San Francisco Foundation, and _Dance Magazine_, this wonderful site is a "thriving community for dance on the Internet," providing dance lovers with a broad range of movement- and dance-related materials."
• Zodiacal Zephyr astrology tools. (LII)

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