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Music
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Circus World Museum 
 Use the site map to navigate this collection of circus artifacts in Baraboo, Wisconsin. See photographs and brief histories of restored circus wagons, and read a short essay on the history of music and the circus. The Great Circus Parade , an annual event held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shows "over 50 historic circus wagons, 700 horses, 30 bands, 2,000 costumed participants, clowns, and wild animals." Visitors to the museum in summer can see and participate in circus acts. Students of circus history can contact the Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center , which has an extensive collection of memorabilia. http://circusworld.wisconsinhistory.org/ Topics: Animals, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Musical Genres, Recreation Last updated Jul 29, 2009 emplive.org
Site of the Experience Music Project (EMP), a Seattle, Washington music museum that "combin[es] interactive and interpretive exhibits to tell the story of ... American popular music." Includes information on museum exhibits, events, programs, and featured artists; interviews; resources for musicians; and more. http://www.emplive.org Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 12, 2007 International Surfing Museum
Brief bios of surfing pioneers Duke Kahanamoku, who is credited with popularizing surfing in the 1920s (in Collections ), and Corky Carroll, first professional surfer (in Legends ), as well as interesting tidbits on surf music, films, and artifacts. The museum is located in Huntington Beach. This site contains lots of cool images and photos on surf history. http://www.surfingmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Sports Last updated Aug 2, 2006 Musee Mecanique
This museum located at Pier 45 on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is "one of the world's largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines." Click on the faces at the bottom of the pages to learn about machines such as Laffing Sal (an automaton with bright red hair and a loud boisterous laugh), the Naughty Marietta "Cail-o-Scope," and the gypsy fortuneteller. http://www.museemechanique.org Topics: Hobbies, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments Last updated Aug 3, 2005 National Music Museum
Web site for a museum collection of "more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods." More than a dozen online tours offer images of many of the museum's rare and interesting instruments. Also offers checklists of the collections and information about public events, performances, and tours of the museum, which is located at the University of South Dakota. http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/ Topics: Museums Last updated Oct 14, 2009 Nordic Heritage Museum
Seattle's "Nordic Heritage Museum is the only museum in the United States to honor the legacy of immigrants from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden." This site highlights the museum’s permanent collections and also offers information on current gallery shows, children's events, an oral history project, the museum's Gordon Tracie Music Library, and museum-sponsored language and craft schools. http://www.nordicmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 2, 2006 Pacific Science Center
Interactive online exhibits and visitor information for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Online exhibits include information on nutrition, space aliens, and music. Also features links to resources on weather, bats, raptors, and dinosaurs, as well as information about the center's various exhibits, IMAX movies and laser shows, children's camps, and more. http://www.pacsci.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Science Last updated May 7, 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Includes inductees, sound clips, birthdates, a timeline, materials for students and teachers, and more. http://www.rockhall.com/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated May 18, 2009 SIBMAS: International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
A listing of "over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about the collections which are to be found within the institutions." Browse alphabetically by name, in both original language and English; by collection; or location. From the Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle (SIBMAS). http://www.sibmas.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Museums, Performing Arts Last updated Jun 3, 2005 |
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