This directory offers links to various art museums which provide lesson plans, teacher guides and education materials to aid in education of the arts. Visual arts, Art Lesson plan,free,education,Art Museums, Fine Art, Online Art Museums, Virtual Art Education, teacher,teaching,education,educational,curriculum,activities,K-12,K-12 art education, home school,home school art curriculum, primary source These world class museums provide art appreciation techniques and technologies for all levels of learning.

Getty Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to further knowledge of the visual arts and to nurture critical seeing by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of th
http://www.getty.edu/education/
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum is at once a vital cultural center, an educat
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art AN OVERVIEW OF THE MUSEUM The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art
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Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art Mission Statement Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. Through
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National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers and Students
National Gallery of Art A Brief History The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of fina
http://www.nga.gov/education/index.shtm
Smithsonian Center for Education - Art & Design Lesson Plans
Art & Design for the Smithsonian Center for Education The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, s
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The purpose of the Victoria and Albert Museum is to enable everyone to enjoy its collections and explore the cultures that created them; and to inspire those who shape contemporary design. All our
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