Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Deinonychus Antirrhopus
Deinonychus antirrhopus was a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, first discovered in the United States. A study of its skeleton revealed that it was fast-moving, which went against previously held beliefs...
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
In the Andes Mountains lies the focus of the research presented in this exhibit, Machu Picchu, thought to be a retreat for ancient rulers of the Inca.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Construct a Worm Farm
Clear instructions, with a photo of each step, explaining how to make a 'worm farm' in a large jar.
Other
Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum: Major Anasazi Regions and Sites
Information is provided about the different Anasazi regions and sites. In addition, users can click on links to see maps of different areas.
Other
Cliff Dwellings Museum: Phase One: Basketmaker Anasazi
An introduction to the Anasazi culture from its beginning to its demise. Click on the different links on the left to learn more about the different periods and topics of Anasazi culture.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Dna Model
Learn about DNA by building a model of its double-strand structure.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Fuel Cell Basics
Presents a general overview of fuel cells including what is a fuel cell, how do they work, and the different types.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Little Rock Nine
Imagine showing up to your first day of school and being greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard. Learn what happened to the "Little Rock Nine".
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Sit in Movement
Being served at a lunch counter was normal for whites, but African Americans were not allowed to sit at lunch counters throughout the South. Learn details of the Greensboro Sit-In.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Montgomery Bus Boycott
Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks along with other early protestors sparked a yearlong boycott of the Montgomery bus system that culminated in the desegregation of public transportation in Alabama and throughout the country.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The 14th and 15th Amendments
Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.
Other
Providence Children's Museum: A Maze Ing Challenges
Students will build a water drop maze using no-cost materials and see if they can make it to the end without their drop of water falling off or falling in.
Other
Guggenheim Bilbao
This is the home page of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Click on the "hamburger" in the top right of the page to access the museum's collections, exhibitions, and activities.
Other
Museu Picasso
This is the home page of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, Spain. The museum is an important resource for understanding Picasso's early years. There are descriptions of exhibitions, and of some of the individual works.
Read Works
Read Works: If Rocks Could Talk!: Obsidian
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PDF passage "If Rocks Could Talk!: Obsidian" from the American Museum of Natural History features an interview with an igneous rock named Obsidian. It is part of a paired text with "If Rocks Could...
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Sinkhole Swallows Eight Rare Cars
A slideshow of images shows the destruction caused when a sinkhold emerged, swalling eight Corvettes from a museum.
Other
London Grid for Learning: History of Computing: A Brave New World
This resource aims to teach the history of computing and the effect of landmark moments in computing history on today's world. Crosses different curriculum areas. Explanations of many of the world's significant computers were provided by...
Other
Illinois State Museum: The American Railway Union
Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.
Other
Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland Online
Exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present lets visitors experience the kinds of changes that an environment can undergo over several hundred years. Uses historical narratives, images of objects, timelines, maps, and...
Other
Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland
Wonderful site that takes you on a tour of the history of Illinois! You are treated to pictures of such things as early prairie household objects and stories of early settlers - and much, much, more!
Other
Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland
Wonderful site that takes you on a tour of the history of Illinois! You are treated to pictures of such things as early prairie household objects and stories of early settlers - and much, much, more!
Other
Illinois State Museum: The Midwestern United States 16,000 Years Ago
What did Northern America look like 16,000 years ago? Were the plants the same? What happened to the mastodons and the saber-toothed cats? Here's a short website that is easy-to-understand and supplies at least some of the answers.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Peabody Museum of Salem
Now embedded within the Peabody Essex Museum, the East India Marine Hall was built in the 1820s. The museum traces its lineage to the 1799 East India Marine Society, claiming to be the nation's oldest continuously operating museum.
Curated OER
A View on Cities: Athens: National Archaeological Museum
Statues on the National Archaeological Museum (Athens)