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General History
- Africa Focus
Created by the libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this site contains multimedia materials on African history and culture. Representing 45 nations, it offers digital reproductions of more than 3,000 slides, 500 photographs, 50 hours of audio recordings, and a handful of primary and secondary texts.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/ - Bridging World History
This is the companion site to the DVD series, Bridging World History. It supplements the themes and content found on the DVD disks. The Alverno College library owns the DVD collection, and the call number for the item is 909 B851.
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/ - Cold War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409 - Digital Egypt for Universities
Coverage ranges from ancient times to the present. The primary aim of the website is support for learning across different disciplines. The site discusses subjects that include a historical dimension - architecture, art, medicine, science, religion, literature, gender studies, cultural studies and museum studies.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/Welcome.html - eHistory
Hosted and maintained by the History department of Ohio State University, this site contains historical reference materials from the following periods: Ancient, Middle Ages, United States Civil War, World War II, Vietnam War, Middle East and world history. Special features include multi-media sections, primary source materials and book reviews.
http://ehistory.osu.edu/ - Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
This site is an international project to develop and distribute digital data on historical and archaeological resources. It is managed by the International and Area Studies department at the University of California-Berkeley. Useful as a tool for visualizing and analyzing historical and cultural phenomena, it has a special module on the damage done to Iraqi antiquities during the Iraq War of 2003.
http://www.ecai.org/ - Encyclopaedia of British History: 1500-1980
Topics are arranged both chronologically and by category. Articles are available on traditional topics ("Conservatism," "Liberalism," "The Chartist Movement," "The Trade Union Movement," "Scotland, 1750-1950," "Wales, 1400-1980," "Child Labour: 1750-1900") and some less expected ones ("Black People in Britain," "Cartoonists & Illustrators," "The Theatre," "Spies and Spymasters"). An extremely useful resource for students of British history.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html - EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
This site features a wiki format and is hosted by Brigham Young University. It includes links to primary historical documents. Historical periods include medieval, renaissance and modern Europe. Geographical coverage includes very small western European countries like Monaco to larger countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and France.
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page -
Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
From the Library of Congress, this site is an excellent starting point for both beginning and experienced researchers. The site is a gateway to a growing number of online collections, materials and repositories representing different cultures from around the world.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digitized collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey Proceedings (court cases) from 1674 to 1834. It allows access to 100,000 trials, free of charge for non-commercial use.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ - The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
This Web site is part of the Yale Law School's Avalon Project, an extensive historical and legal document collection. The site is arranged well, with each document accessible from the home page and listed by its year of issuance. The resources examine the Middle East through government documents, transcripts of government leaders' speeches, and UN resolutions. Because graphics have been kept at a minimum, downloads are quick and dependable.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm - The National Archives: Records of the UK government from Doomsday to the present
This site preserves and provides public access to the records of the UK's central government and courts of law. It also maintains current information on nongovernmental records located in the UK and overseas that relate to British history. Of special note is the Exhibitions and Treasures page with its links to online exhibitions that use primary sources such as photographs, documents, and film. Although the site's primary focus is British, plenty of material is available on topics in US history that relate to the UK.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ - A Roma Journey
A Roma Journey "provides a unique opportunity to uncover Romani culture in the Balkans and beyond." The Web page uses cooliris plug-in technology to access manuscripts, books, images, postcards, and pamphlets. Exhibition curator Dragoljub Ackovic also has a page on the site listing his credentials and highlighting materials from his personal collections. For anyone interested in the study of the Romani culture, this page provides swift, simple access to a number of outstanding documents.
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/exhibition/roma_journey/eng/index.html - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Voyages)
This database contains materials on ships, crews, slaves, and places of embarkation and landing. It lists the names of ships, captains, number of crew and slaves, place where slaves were taken and landed, where they were sold, and if anything unusual happened during the voyage. It can be searched by just about any variable imaginable, including the number of crew deaths and the outcome of the voyage. The site provides links to other relevant sites and lesson plans for secondary school teachers.
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces - WWW Virtual Library's History Index
Created in 1993 and maintained by a large crew of volunteers, this site includes links to a vast number of history sites covering topics from Architecture to Women, countries and regions from Africa to Yugoslavia and eras and epochs from prehistory to Modern.
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html - WWW Virtual Library Women's History
The main purposes of this site are to list women's history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women's history.
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/ - WomanStats Project
Through the efforts of research assistants and professors at several US universities, the WomanStats Project (WSP) seeks to examine the relationship between the circumstances of women and the stability of particular nations. WSP compiles information about women's issues from sources such as governmental agencies, scholarly articles, books, news reports, and interviews. To search the WSP database, users must create a free account and choose from selected variables based on the codes and acronyms provided.
http://www.womanstats.org/index.htm - Yahoo History Sites
Links to many History-related sites by region, subject or time period.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/ - Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
This Web site is arranged around reports, task force documents, papers, and conference presentations dealing with topics including global trade reform, climate change, peace and security, health, foreign policy and economic governance. The primary publication and most valuable resource is YaleGlobal Online, which provides the latest information on globalization issues.
http://www.ycsg.yale.edu/center/
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For Web sites on Women's History, see the Women's Studies--History category.
American History
African American History
- African-American Women: Duke University Libraries
Focuses on the lives of African-American women and offers a rare firsthand glimpse into the lives of slaves in Virginia and Georgia through selected letters.
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ - Antislavery Literature
This unique site collocates materials of various types--original and linked digitized books, Web sites, teaching guides, video--having to do with the historical antislavery movement in America. Among the materials are works of fiction, speeches, poetry, travel accounts, and slave narratives.
http://antislavery.eserver.org/ - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Documents the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world, with emphasis on blacks in the Western hemisphere. This site provides researchers access and reference to documents, art and artifacts, manuscripts, monographs, photographs, moving pictures, and more.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html - Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History Guide to the Web
This guide to the web was launched in April 2005 and is based at the library of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, which is part of the University Library and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The guide concentrates on African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. Over 500 sites are available in the searchable guide which is also browseable by subjects. The topics covered range from the underground railroad to hip hop music.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/webguide/
The Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights Digital Library
At the core of this project are the unedited film archives of WSB-TV (Atlanta) and WALB-TV (Albany), held at the university's Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. Users may view these news clips online with RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, or Flash. Additionally, the site provides access to an array of other digitized archival materials in over 140 collections held by 91 entities in the US. Site materials are organized according to Events, Places, People, Topics, Media Types, Contributing Institutions, Educator Resources, and alphabetically.
http://crdl.usg.edu - The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University
This site promotes the study of Malcolm X and seeks to generate an ongoing conversation about his impact on U.S. society. All parts of the site are freely accessible except The Autobiography of Malcolm X MSE, which is restricted to Columbia University students. The site includes film clips, interviews and audio from Malcolm X’s speeches.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/index.html - Voices of Civil Rights
This collaborative effort of the American Association of Retired Persons, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and Library of Congress seeks to collect the personal stories of participants of modern civil rights movements from 1945 through 1975. The Web site's centerpiece is profiles of activists from the many reform organizations associated with the 1960s, including the African American Civil Rights Movement, the American Indian Movement, and the Chicano, gay rights, environmental, and women's movements.
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/
The Civil War
- The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
The Valley of the Shadow is a digital archive of primary sources maintained by the University of Virginia that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War.
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ - Wisconsin Goes To War: Our Civil War Experience
During the Civil War, over 12,000 men from Wisconsin were killed. Their stories in this collection are told through first person narrative accounts. Students may wish to start their journey by looking at some of the 42 sub collections here, which include the diary of William Ault who served in the 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and the papers of the Ladies' Union League, which handled claims for money for Wisconsin soldiers and their families.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/WIWarAbout.html
Cold War
- American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant scientist, and while the United States was quick to acknowledge his work in creating the atomic bomb, it was also quick to cast him aside as the Cold War escalated in the 1950s. Visitors can use this site to watch the original documentary in its entirety and also take a look at some resources for teachers and learn about the current proliferation of nuclear weapons.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/oppenheimer/
Colonial and American Revolution
- The Coming of the American Revolution
This website from the Massachusetts Historical Society takes students inside the pre-revolutionary struggles between the British colonies and various policies of the British government through official documents, personal correspondence, and newspaper pieces. By clicking on the "Explore" section, visitors will have the opportunity to look into the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and other important documents from the period that led up to the actual Revolution. Moving on, the "Resources" area contains brief biographies of key players involved in this period of rebellion and resistance, including Abigail Adams and Thomas Paine. Finally, the site is rounded out by a section for teachers which includes lesson plans.
http://www.masshist.org/revolution/ - “The Decisive Day is Come”: The Battle of Bunker Hill
The purpose of this site is to make available documents from the Massachusetts Historical Society's collections to a wider audience. The events of June 17, 1775 are told here through the words of those who were present. It includes well-known documents such as Abigail Adams's letter to her husband John, but there also are letters and journals of American and British soldiers, including ordinary soldiers in the ranks, as well as civilian observers who lived in the Boston area.
http://www.masshist.org/bh/ - The James Madison Papers
The James Madison Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consist of approximately 12,000 items captured in some 72,000 digital images. They document the life of the man who came to be known as the "Father of the Constitution" through correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography, legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/ - The Thomas Jefferson Papers
This site contains the complete Thomas Jefferson Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress - approximately 27,000 documents. Document types in the collection as a whole include correspondence, commonplace books, financial account books, and manuscript volumes.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/index.html - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Voyages)
This database contains materials on ships, crews, slaves, and places of embarkation and landing. It lists the names of ships, captains, number of crew and slaves, place where slaves were taken and landed, where they were sold, and if anything unusual happened during the voyage. It can be searched by just about any variable imaginable, including the number of crew deaths and the outcome of the voyage. The site provides links to other relevant sites and lesson plans for secondary school teachers.
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
The Constitution and the Supreme Court
- CRS Annotated Constitution
An online, searchable version of the US Constitution available from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University. This version of the Constitution links to Supreme Court opinions, the United States Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations; it provides enhanced navigation of the text through linked footnotes and tables of contents.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/ - GPO Access
A valuable resource for anyone wanting access to easily searchable text of the Constitution.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
Immigration
- Ellis Island (The American Family Immigration History Center)
This site allows visitors to explore the collection of immigrant arrival records stored in the Ellis Island Archives. The site contains ship manifest records of immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924.
http://www.ellisisland.org/ - Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
From the Harvard University Libraries, this site provides online access to U.S. immigration resources, including approximately 1,800 books and pamphlets, 9,000 photographs, and over 10,000 pages from manuscript and archival collections. The full text of each book can be printed or saved to disk as a PDF file, in whole or in part, and the thousands of manuscript/archival pages are available for print or downloading. Subjects include topics, themes, people, and organizations, as well as a time line that contains links to relevant material in the collection.
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/ - Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
Part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security web site, this database aggregates data tables on foreign nationals who have been granted lawful permanent residence, or have been admitted on a temporary basis, or have been granted refugee or asylum status, or are becoming naturalized citizens. The database also provides statistics on immigration law enforcement actions.
http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/
Native American History
- Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties With Various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869
From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, this research tool allows students to complete an analysis of a federal treaty. Especially useful for students in HS 312.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/History/subcollections/IndianTreatiesMicroAbout.html
Newspaper Collections and Archives
- AMDOCS Documents for the Study of American History
Text of about 500 documents and links to other sites about the American experience (15th - 20th Centuries).
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/ - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA)
This site is a project of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities. There are 310,000 digitized newspaper pages, dating from 1900 to 1910.
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ - eHistory
Hosted and maintained by the History department of Ohio State University, this site contains historical reference materials from the following periods: Ancient, Middle Ages, United States Civil War, World War II, Vietnam War, Middle East and world history. Special features include multi-media sections, primary source materials and book reviews.
http://ehistory.osu.edu/ - Library of Congress
Includes virtual exhibits of "American Memory" and "American Treasures", resources for educators, research tools such as catalogs of the Library of Congress and other libraries, databases on special topics, and links to other related sites.
http://www.loc.gov - Library of Congress American Memory
Archival material relating to U.S. history and culture.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html - National Archives and Records Administration
Historical records of three branches of the U.S. federal government (executive, legislative and judicial). Includes an online exhibit hall and links to related sites.
http://www.nara.gov/ - National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is the only independent institute in the nation devoted to advanced studies in the humanities. Of particular interest is the tab Toolbox Library, subtitled Primary Resources in US History and Literature. Assembled here is a wealth of carefully selected digital resources aimed at classroom use. At present 11 toolboxes appear (with a promise of more to come), each arranged chronologically and thematically. The first, American Beginnings: The European Presence in North America, 1492-1690, is divided into the themes Exploration, Settlement, Permanence, and Power.
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ - Scholars Lab
Created and maintained by the University of Virginia Library, this site contains digitized texts of primary sources in the humanities. Highlights include strong collections in English and American literature and American Civil War history. Some collections are only available to University of Virginia students, faculty and staff.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/resources/text/
The 1960’s and the Vietnam War
- Radical America
This site makes available the first 14 years of the magazine Radical America, a publication launched by college students in Madison, Wisconsin in 1967. The journal was affiliated with the organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The site was created and is maintained by Brown University. All files are in PDF format.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/radicalamerica/index.html - Vietnam War Bibliography
This site is a bibliography designed for students and includes books, microfilm collections, government documents and a limited number of journal articles relating to the Vietnam War. The author is a professor at Clemson University. A good site to begin work on the Vietnam War.
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/EdMoise/bibliography.html - The Wars for Vietnam
This site, developed around Robert Brigham's senior seminar on the Viet Nam War at Vassar College, offers access to official sources including documents in translation from the Vietnamese archives (Brigham was the first American scholar allowed access to the Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi) among others and also includes numerous useful links to related sites.
http://vietnam.vassar.edu/
Presidential History
- The American Presidency Project
This site has a large digital documents collection covering all 43 presidencies and including public papers, executive orders, proclamations, addresses, and press conferences from many of the presidencies. Users will also find summary data for presidential elections, approval ratings, public appearances, executive branch growth, and congressional activity.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ - American President: Resources on the U.S. Presidents
Contains in-depth information reviewed by prominent scholars on each president and their administration. For each president, visitors can read a brief overview ("At a Glance") and then look through essays that cover various aspects of their life and leadership strategy.
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident - The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2004
This Web site is an extraordinary resource for those who study or teach political communication or modern US political history. Beginning with the first ads of their kind in 1952 and continuing through 2008, the site provides general election ads from the major party presidential candidates (and select third-party candidates).
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ - POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Information on presidents, candidates, cabinet members, election results, administration highlights. Links to historical documents, inaugural addresses, biographies, First Ladies and more.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ - The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
Designed and developed by the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education, in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries and Terra Incognita Productions and funded with an NEH grant, this site provides access to a selection of digitized materials from the collections of the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. It features an interactive timeline of Presidents Hoover through Clinton and includes documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. Also included are educational activities and resources for teachers.
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/
Social and Intellectual History
- The Adoption History Project
This site contains both secondary and primary sources relating to the political, social and psychological aspects of the history of U.S. adoption. An index is also included and many entries contain high quality images.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/ - American
and British History Resources on the Internet
Searchable listing of scholarly resources of American and British history.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml - France in America
France in America is a bilingual, multi-format English-French digital library that tells the story of the French presence in America and the interactions between the French and American peoples from the early 16th to the late 19th centuries.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/ - The Gay Peoples Union Collection
Covers the LGBT activist history of Milwaukee during the period 1970 to 1984. It centers on the internal records and publications of one of the first gay activist organizations to form in the city of Milwaukee in the 1970s (and one still extant today.) Features of the collection include a complete run of the newspaper GPU News from 1971 to 1981, a "Gay Liberation Organization Manifesto" from 1970, and general files of the organization. Links are provided to the Wisconsin GLBT History Project (labeled as the Milwaukee LGBT Local History Project Inc.) and a list of other recommended primary collections on Milwaukee's gay and lesbian past.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/GPU/
Women’s History
- American Women's History: A Research Guide
Offers a variety of access points including a Subject Index, State Index, Research Tools for primary and secondary sources, shortcuts to digital and oral history collections, and Focus on (which highlights various digital resources). The Subject Index presents over 80 subcategories; the topical detail and currency (e.g., Japanese American Internment, Persian Gulf, Quilts) are noteworthy. A companion site, American Women through Time (http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html) organizes both the subject material and the research tools by time period.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html - Discovering American Women’s History Online
Created by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University, this database provides access to 405 digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States in a format that has multiple browse and search options. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th century.
http://library.mtsu.edu/digitalprojects/womenshistory.php
Wisconsin History
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History
Begun in the summer of 2004 in conjunction with the "Turning Points in Wisconsin History" digital collection, the "Dictionary of Wisconsin History" contains nearly 1,000 entries, including more than 120 names for Indian tribes who have lived in Wisconsin, dozens of words from fur-trade or logging jargon, and more than 300 short entries for important people. It is searchable by keyword or it can be browsed alphabetically.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary - Remember When...
Prepared by the Milwaukee Public Library, these historic photographs of Milwaukee were published in the "Remember When..." feature which appeared in the Milwaukee Journal's Green Sheet section from 1963 through 1994. The collection can be browsed or searched and includes an option to group photographs to compare or view as a slideshow.
http://content.mpl.org/ - Turning Points in Wisconsin History
Wisconsin Historical Society site offers documents and commentary relating to key events and themes in Wisconsin History.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints - Wisconsin Heritage Online
Initiated in 2004 as a collaborative project of Wisconsin cultural heritage institutions, Wisconsin Heritage Online is a digital history resource that includes photographs, postcards, newspapers, books, diaries, and audiorecordings highlighting Wisconsin's rich history.
http://wisconsinheritage.org/
Ancient Greece and Rome
- The British Museum – Greece
A site from the British Museum covering the periods of Greek art starting from the Bronze Age. Includes famous works such as early Bronze Age carvings from the Cyclades, sculptures from the Parthenon, the Nereid monument from Xanthos, and sculptures from the mausoleum at Halikarnassos.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/greece/greece.html - The British Museum – Rome
A site from the British Museum covering Roman art. Includes works from Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age and the whole of the Roman Empire (except Britain) until AD 313.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/rome/rome.html - Explore Art
Visitors can browse artists by name, or they can also look over the Getty Museum's collection by object type or subject. The "Natural World" theme is well-worth a look, as it contains hundreds of offerings such as a Roman sculpture of a bear and a meticulously carved bee that appears on a four-drachma coin from the 4th century BC. On the right side of the page, visitors can browse through the "Getty Guide" area. Here they can watch videos of artists at work or explore the modern outdoor sculpture collection. Finally, visitors can use the Getty Bookmarks feature to collect and save their favorite artists and works from the collection via their own customized bookmarks page.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/ - The Louvre Museum – Greece, Roman and Etruscan Works of Art
A site from the Louvre Museum illustrating the art of a vast area that encompasses Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, spanning a period that stretches from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_departement.jsp - National Archaeological Museum of Athens
The museum contains collections of prehistoric items, sculpture, pottery and minor art, bronzes and Egyptian art. It also features temporary exhibitions of ancient Greek art.
http://www.athensguide.com/archaeology-museum/index.htm - The New Greek Galleries (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s extensive collection of Greek art is showcased on this page and is divided into the following categories: a timeline illustrated with signal works of art, a menu of eighteen art objects accompanied by explanatory text and a geographical map of the Mediterranean area where the works of art were produced.
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Greek/Greek1.htm - University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology – The Ancient Greek World
A site from the University of Pennsylvania concentrating on the ancient Greek world and featuring the following categories: “Land and Time”, “Daily Life”, “Religion and Death” and “Economy”.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html - Works of Art – Greek and Roman Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This page contains links to the museum’s collection of Greek and Roman art. See especially the link for 50 representative examples of ancient Greek and Roman art works.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=13