Welcome to the Cultural Center, where you can explore some of the world's museums and cultural institutions, including collections that do not exist outside of cyberspace!
As the internet and its graphical interface, the World Wide Web, continues to expand, many of the world's museums, libraries and other cultural institutions are making their collections of artifacts, images and information availaible to an ever increasing audience.
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To provide tools for your explorations of culture and the world's great collections, take a look at the following resources:
The Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson, an English scientist. The Smithsonian is an independent trust instrumentality of the United States holding some 140 million artifacts and specimens in its trust for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge."The Smithsonian is composed of sixteen museums and galleries and the National Zoo and
numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.
The Field Museum of Natural History. The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live. Its collections, public learning programs and research are inseparably linked to serve a diverse public of various ages, background and knowledge.
Classics and Mediterranean Archeology Home Page. This server collects links to internet resources of interest to classicists and Mediterranean archaeologists. 
Other Museums Online. Many other museums have web pages to access their information over the internet, here are a few.
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Science Learning Network. The Miami Museum of Science is a member of The Science Learning Network (SLN) Alliance. Funded by the National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation, the SLN seeks to provide meaningful Internet explorations and resources for science educators. Six science centers throughout the United States participate in bringing the power of Internet resources to the science classroom in a realistic, inquiry-based way.
The Computer Museum.
Located on Boston's waterfront, The Computer Museum includes The Networked Planet (TM)--a new gallery on the Information Highway. The Computer Museum is also building an On-Line Museum. Watch for it to open at this URL in March, 1996. When it does, this Web site will be replaced by the new On-Line Museum.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida Our good neighbors in downtown Miami, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida the only museum solely dedicated to the history of southern Florida and the Caribbean region. Founded in 1940 as a nonprofit, educational organization and accredited by the American Association of Museums since the late 1970s, the museum is located in the heart of Miami, in the Philip Johnson-designed Metro-Dade Cultural Center, also home to the Center for the Fine Arts and the Miami-Dade Public Library main branch.
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The Andy Warhol Museum.
The Andy Warhol Museum is essential to the understanding of the most influential American artist of the second half of the 20th century. It is also a primary resource for anyone who wishes to gain insights into contemporary art and popular culture.
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