JWSC has an extensive library of website links for research, education, and just plain fun. Please see the sidebars at left, or explore unique collections online as featured in our list below.
Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, AZ)
This new museum opened April 2010, but take a look at the virtual tour to tempt future visitors. Clearly, plans include a commitment to digital cataloguing, interactivity, and web-based learning.
Chester Beatty Library (Dublin, Ireland)
The Chester Beatty Library is a wonderful free art museum with a special emphasis on book arts and sacred texts. Their website offers beautiful high-resolution images of Asian, Islamic and Western works from the collection.
Art Market Monitor
Not technically a collection of art, but a collection of savvy writing about art, Art Market Monitor is "a single place to follow public reporting on the art market." The editor is Marion Maneker, private consultant, business writer and publisher, and frequent contributor to the NYTimes and New York Magazine
Bata Shoe Museum (Toronto, Canada)
All About Shoes lets visitors explore this extensive collection of footwear in easy to navigate chapters. Beautiful design, perfect for spring.
Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia
This is a truly original presentation of a diverse and dimensional collection of objects from the Hard Rock Corporation Collection. A masterpiece of intuitive navigation and imaging, be sure to click on objects repeatedly to zoom in for fine details.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): The Heilbrunn Timeline is the best resource for exploring the history of human culture through art as represented in the Met's Collection. It's gray and cold outside, why not explore 543 works of art made of gold?