Collections contains more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.

Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.

Official site provides its history, collections, a virtual tour, and a schedule of events.

In Washington,D.C. houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.

Houses a vast collection of world art and artifacts. A large part of the collection can be viewed online.

Formerly the homes of tsars, the five buildings which comprise the Hermitage now house one of the finest art collections in the world. Site offers a virtual tour, on-line exhibtions and a digital collection of high resolution art images.

Madrid`s Museo Del Prado, opened in 1819, is one of the biggest art galleries in the world. It hosts over eight thousand paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other treasures.

Houses over 2,300 paintings covering all schools of European art from the 1250 to 1900. Includes details of the galleries, hours and directions. Free admission. Located in London. [French, German, Italian, Spanish, English, Japanese, Russian].

800 Master Pieces of painting, XIII-XX centuries. The Museum is located in Madrid, at the Villahermosa Palace.

International museum of fine art.

Multilingual site to tour Russian museums, culture and art.

London`s museum of international contemporary design.

Overview of the collections of art of the period 1848-1914, including the impressionists, and features paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture and photography. Includes admission fees, hours, directions, membership. Located in Paris. [French,

Features a magnificent selection of Dutch paintings from the Golden Age.

Royal residence of King Louis XIV. Features Hall of Mirrors, trianon, jeu de paume, French-style gardens, fountains, musical fountains, coach museum, orangery, grand trianon, petit trianon. Includes hours, fees, events and directions. [French and

Collection of international modern art from 1900 to the present day, housed in the former Bankside Power Station in North Southwark.

Home of the national collections of British art and international modern art. Online exhibits include 8,000 works of art.

Modern and contemporary international art.

Seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret the visual arts to a diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination, and lifelong learning.

The UK`s first national collection in cyberspace with over 2,000 museums and galleries listed and over 300 available on-line.

the premier visual arts museum is the Western United States. Holdings include more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.