Just wanted to thank all who have responded to my query about good
collections-related websites. I have a list that will keep me surfing for
days and days!
Since several other list members expressed interest in this thread and I
received several suggestions off-list, I thought I would post them to the
list. They are:
Emory's Carlos Museumplease have a look at our website for the
>www.emory.edu/CARLOS
>The Smithsonian American History Museum has a very snazzy object-based web >site http://historywired.si.edu/index.html The content is historical objects >rather than art, but I thought the set-up was interesting and well-done.
If you want to prowl around on your own, you might try www.museumspot.com.
>Also, even if you are most interested in art museums, you might take a
>look at some other kinds of Web sites. For instance, the New York Public
>Library has a very educational site. Zoos seem to have good interactive
>Web sites. Good luck.
for the compleatly low tech aproach try our site
>
>http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg6.htm
As an alternative to custom websites, you might want to look at our Insight
>software starting with the David Rumsey cartography collection. Insight has
>two clients, a Java client that requires a client download, and a web
>browser client that you access through a standard browser window. The Java
>client has the most functionality including a presentation feature which is
>used at Yale and Cornell for teaching. Both clients give superior access to
>images for researchers.
>
>The link to our website will take you to the David Rumsey collection.
>www.LunaImaging.com