Photography
Find resources for practicing photography and for locating photographs
and images.
Music
Resource Guide
From jazz to opera, to This Day in Music, use this guide to access materials
encompassing the full range of music and musicians across the ages.
Performing Arts
These are websites relating to the performance arts, including theater, speech, music, drama and a local theater alliance.
Song
Index
This searchable database of song titles and sheet music refers to the Song
Book Collection at the Research Center, Central Library.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
In formation since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. About 6,500 objects—highlights from each of the Museum's curatorial departments as well as the entire Department of European Paintings and the entire Department of American Paintings and Sculpture—can be accessed online.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
This collection of images is inspired by mythology around the world. The site includes essays and discussion questions to address a wide range of study areas.
National Arts and Education Network
A program from the Kenney Center for Performing Arts, this site offers student as well as teaching materials for the creative use of technology to integrate the arts with other academic fields.
National Gallery of Arts
The National Gallery of Arts, among the most highly attended museums in the United States, includes both American and European paintings, photographs, works on paper, and decorative arts.
National Museum of American Art Smithsonian
Another remarkable Smithsonian Institution site, which celebrates the extraordinary creativity of America’s artists, whose works are windows on the American Experience.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.
Smithsonian Museums
Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 16 museums and the National Zoo in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and 2 museums in New York City.
Sample Research Topics
Topic 1: I need criticism on the painting,
Starry Night, by van Gogh.
Topic 2: Where can I find information on the
impact (positive and negative) of Rap and Hip-Hop music?