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Museums Without Walls: cyber art in the new millennium

© Judith Stock

Einstein said, "One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life…" The beauty that is art uplifts the soul, allows sight beyond the mundane, the ordinary to inspire.

Today the quality of art on the Internet meets the demands of an art literate public. Internet art museums charge no fees and are open 24-hours a day. All you need is an empty entry in your day planner and a cup of steaming café mocha for company. Now go forth and venture into these fine art museums.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is an excellent encyclopedic museum for the all-over scope of art appreciation. Find works of art from the beginning of time, ancient Egyptian civilization to the serenity of a Japanese garden. Elegant silver handcrafted by patriot Paul Revere and Impressionist painters including Monet add to this museum's renowned collection.http://www.mfa.org

In Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is truly a treasure collection of art. This Museum is the only private art collection in which the building and the collection are the creation of one individual. Until Isabella's death in 1924, she lived on the fourth floor of Fenway Court, frequently entertaining her guests in the gallery halls. http://www.boston.com/gardner/

Off the rugged coast of Maine, the Farnsworth Art Museum, long recognized as one of the finest regional art museums in the country, highlights the works of three generations of the Wyeth family. The Farnsworth also includes the classic homestead and grounds of the Olson House, inspiration for Andrew Wyeth's best-known and hauntingly beautiful painting, Christina's World. One of the finest Greek Revival residences, the Farnsworth Victorian Homestead, is part of the museum's collection, donated by local heiress and museum benefactor, Lucy Farnsworth (1838-1935). The distinguished collection of 5,000 American paintings and artifacts spans three centuries and includes the works of notables like Rockwell Kent, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Thomas Eakins, and Louise Nevelson. http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has something to suit everyone's taste in art. See the Acheson-Wallace Wing, The Lehman Wing, The Egyptian Galleries, the American Wing, the Rockefeller Wing, the Asian Art collection, the museum courtyards, the arms and armor galleries, the textile collection, and the Greek and Roman Collections. Don't miss the Cloisters, a branch of the museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.http://www.metmuseum.org/

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York City is home to one of the world's finest collections of modern and contemporary art. Together, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin compose the first international art museum. http://www.guggenheim.org/solomon/index....

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