I recommend investigating the Museum of Web Art http://www.mowa.org ..
While it is a purely virtual museum, it's designers adopted some very
"real" elements .. including simple but compelling use of virtual
docents/guides. It's one of my all-time favorite's, and has been online for
a number of years now.

Roy Hemmat
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>This request is for a librarian friend doing some research on web design and
>metaphor.
>I am looking for museum websites that use the metaphor of the museum to
>guide people through the site.  For example, one might have virtual visitors
>press virtual elevator buttons to get to different virtual exhibitions on
>one's site.
>Has anyone run across museum websites that are doing this well?
>Additionally, has anyone run across museum websites that are using some
>other metaphor as a guide?
>
>Many, many thanks.

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