National Gallery of Art

DESCRIPTION

View some of the finest pieces of art in the world without leaving your house. A database of more than 100,000 objects is easily searchable by artist, title or subject. You can even choose to view the collections by school or medium or have a private tour in the language of your choice.

PROCEDURES

1. Go to the following URL: http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html
2. Explore the site.
3. Use the bookmark capabilities of your browser to save the site location for future use.

This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9255803 and 9550003. The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.