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New Zealand / International / Virtual
One of the great advantages of the internet for art lovers is being able to browse through the online collections of the world’s great art galleries.
You can explore Tutankhamun exhibits in a virtual tour of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, or take a guided tour through the galleries of the Uffizi in Florence.
When you have had enough of antiquities and Renaissance greats, check out the latest in contemporary art in Shanghai...
New Zealand
Museums nationwide
New Zealand Museums Online
Links to major galleries and museums nationwide.
Auckland
Auckland Art Gallery/Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland City Art Gallery’s extensive collection includes both New Zealand and international art. The permanent collection database is now available online
Auckland Museum
Extensive collections of Māori and applied art.
Lopdell House Gallery
Significant collections of both heritage and contemporary New Zealand art.
Christchurch
Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna o Waiwhetu
(Formerly the Robert McDougall Art Gallery)
This site includes extensive exhibition archives.
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Dunedin
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Local, national and international art. Highlights of the collection are available online.
Hamilton
Waikato Museum of Art and History/Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Local arts and history online.
Nelson
The Suter Art Museum/Te Aratoi o Whakatu Art
Museum of local arts and crafts.
New Plymouth
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
One of New Zealand's foremost contemporary art galleries.
Wellington
Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa)
Significant national collections of traditional and contemporary New Zealand art and culture.
City Gallery Wellington
Contemporary New Zealand visual arts.
National Library Gallery
Extensive heritage image collections. Selected images also available through Timeframes (see below).
Timeframes
Heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.
Adam Art Gallery/Te Pataka Toi
Victoria University of Wellington’s art gallery online. Includes features on selected artists.
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Whangarei
Whangarei Art Museum
Heritage and contemporary Northland art.
International
Australia
Australian Museums & Galleries Online
Links to galleries and museums nationwide.
Picture Australia
The National Library of Australia’s online picture database of image collections from libraries, museums, art galleries, universities and cultural agencies nationwide.
National Gallery of Australia
Extensive collections of Australian (Aboriginal and European) and international art.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney's gallery of contemporary Australian art. Includes selected New Zealand artists.
China
BizArt Gallery (Shanghai)
Contemporary art and artists in the People’s Republic of China.
Egypt
Egyptian Museum (Cairo)
Museum of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Includes Tutankhamun exhibits and virtual tours of main exhibition rooms.
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France
Musee du Louvre
Highlight’s of the Louvre’s collection online.
India
National Museum (New Delhi)
Extensive collections include painting, decorative arts and jewellery.
Italy
Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence)
The ultimate Italian renaissance gallery online. Explore the collections room by room.
Japan
Tokyo National Museum
Extensive collections of Japanese and oriental art.
Russia
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Check out IBM’s state of the art image searching techniques. Search the collection for images using QBIC - Query by Image Content - searches image colour and layout variables.
Spain
Museo del Prado
Extensive collections of international and Spanish art. Includes Goya/Velasquez/El Greco...
United Kingdom
National Gallery London
One of the world’s greatest collections of European painting: 1260-1900.
Tate Gallery London
Extensive collections of British art from the various Tate galleries.
United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
One of the world’s most extensive collections of art, antiquities and design.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
The world's most famous museum of contemporary painting/design/photography/sculpture and more...
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Virtual Galleries
VLMP
Links to virtual museums worldwide.
Artmagick
Searching for angels, dragonslayers or mythical beasts? Artmagick is a virtual art gallery featuring art movements of the late 19th and early 20th century which focus on the romantic, and mystical - PreRaphaelites / Symbolists / Art Nouveau.
Web Gallery of Art
Virtual museum of European painting and sculpture mainly from the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800). Especially good for Renaissance art.
Webmuseum
Extensive online collections of Gothic to contemporary art. Mainly European with a strong French focus: Impressionists, Matisse etc
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