COD Library: Art 2213 Art since 1950 Professor Ouellette: Museum Websites

Contemporary / Modern Art Museums

In addition to the museums listed below and the link to a google search for modern / contemporary art museums...

Try doing a web search on your theme and adding the term "Artwork," You can also add "Museum."

For example:

Immigration contemporary (modern) artwork
Climate Change contemporary (modern) artwork
Violence contemporary (modern) artwork
Race and contemporary (modern) artwork
etc.

Contemporary / Modern Art Museums and Google Search

Museums Websites

Below is a list of museum websites that cover a wide range of artistic styles, periods, mediums, and locations.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Browse online accessible collections, including over 375,000 open access artworks. Search the collection by keywords.
Art Institute of Chicago
Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s wide-ranging collection—from our world-renowned icons to lesser-known gems from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.
Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence
Be sure to see the online collections.
Galleria dell'Accademia of Venice
Check out the Online Collections for works accessible through your computer or device.
Google Arts & Culture
Links to over 2000 museums, 100,00 artworks, and historical places.
Use the menu on the upper-left side of the page to search by collections, themes, artists, mediums, art movements, and more.
National Gallery of Art
Browse the collection of thousands of artworks, and search specific artists from the "Collection" link at the top of the page.
Smithsonian Museums
The scope of objects in Smithsonian collections is staggering—from ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia. Scholars and scientific researchers at the Smithsonian—and around the world—use these vast collections in their research to expand human knowledge.
Guggenheim Museum
Click on the "Online Resources" from the left-side menu to access over 1,700 artworks by more than 625 artists. The "Collection Online" presents a searchable database of selected artworks from the Guggenheim’s permanent collection of approximately 8,000 artworks.
National Museum of African Art
Browse the Collection and discover the myriad art forms—sculpture, photographs, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, and sound- and time-based media—and materials—wood, ceramics, metal, glass, fiber, paper, ivory, bone, and mixed media

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